BC Kyiv (Ukrainian: БК "Київ") was a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club's home court for Ukrainian domestic league matches was the Meridian Sports Complex, which has a seating capacity of 1,500. Large attendance games and European-wide competition games were held at the 7,000 seat Kyiv Sports Palace.
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History
The club was founded in 1999. Kyiv won the Ukrainian SuperLeague in 2000 and 2005, and also reached the FIBA EuroCup final in 2005. Over this time, the club has also developed a huge rivalry with their city opponents Budivelnyk Kyiv.
Trophies
Ukrainian SuperLeague (2):
Champions (2): 2000, 2005
Runners-up (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Third-place (1): 2003
Ukrainian Cup (1):
Champions (1): 2007
Runners-up (3): 2006, 2008, 2010
FIBA EuroCup (0):
Runners-up (1): 2005
Third place (1): 2006
Notable players
Afik Nissim
Hryhoriy Khyzhniak
Viacheslav Kravtsov
Oleksandr Lokhmanchuk
Oleksiy Pecherov
Oleksandr Volkov
Marcelo Nicola
Ratko Varda
Krešimir Lončar
Marcus Norris
Manuchar Markoishvili
Giannis Giannoulis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Goran Nikolić
Ryan Stack
Sergei Chikalkin
Dušan Kecman
Dragan Lukovski
Gary Ervin
LaMarr Greer
Mike Harris
Scoonie Penn