BC Minsk

Basketball Club Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск) is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Minsk, Belarus. They play in the Belarus Premier League and the VTB United League. The team plays its home games at the Minsk Arena.

Minsk
Leagues	Belarus Premier League VTB United League
Founded	2006; 17 years ago (2006)
History	BC Minsk-2006 (2006–2012) BC Tsmoki-Minsk (2012–2022) BC Minsk (2022–present)
Arena	Minsk Arena
Capacity	15,000
Location	Minsk, Belarus
Team colors	Navy, white
President	Yuri Shakola
Head coach	Rostislav Vergun
Championships	11 Belarus Championships 11 Belarus Cups
Website	Link (in English)
Home Away

Established in 2006 as BC Minsk-2006, the club has been the most successful team in Belarusian basketball. Since 2008, Tsmoki has won every Premier League title. In the 2009–10 season, Tsmoki made its European debut in the FIBA EuroChallenge. Since then, the club has participated in a European competition each season. In 2012, the club adopted its current club name Tsmoki-Minsk.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 2006, with the name of BC Minsk-2006. In September 2012, the club changed its name to BC Tsmoki-Minsk.^[1] In September 2020, Tsmoki-Minsk qualified for the Basketball Champions League (BCL) for the first time in club history after beating Neptunas in the qualifying final. As such, it became the first ever Belarusian team to play in the competition.^[2]

Logos

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  Logo (2019–2022)

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  Logo (2022–present)

Players

Current roster

Tsmoki-Minsk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name SF 3   Dudu, Benjamin-Pavel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1991-04-29)29 April 1991 SF 4   Kasko, Daniil 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2004-03-21)21 March 2004 SG 5   Barysevich, Daniil 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2001-01-06)6 January 2001 SF 6   Trastsinetski, Aliaksei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 37 – (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 F 9   Hernandez-Zinenko, Darol 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 33 – (1989-11-15)15 November 1989 C 11   Stubeda, Vadzim 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 F 12   Beliankou, Yauhen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1995-06-11)11 June 1995 G 13   Karattsou, Maksim 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1998-03-13)13 March 1998 F 19   Vaskautsou, Kiryl 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (2003-08-15)15 August 2003 PG 23   Shcherbakov, Roman 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 19 – (2003-10-05)5 October 2003 SG 31   Stabrouski, Andrei 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1997-12-29)29 December 1997 F 35   Kuzmin, Artem 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 F 73   Paraliou, Tsimafei 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1997-01-17)17 January 1997 G 77   Bliznyuk, Uladzislau 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999	Head coach   Rostislav Vergun Assistant coach(es)   Wojciech Walich   Aliaksei Sukhavetski Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: March 14, 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

•   Vidas Ginevičius
•   Keith Benson
•   Tierre Brown

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Belarusian Cup	Regional competitions			European competitions
2006–07	1	Premier League	4th
2007–08	1	Premier League	3rd	Third place
2008–09	1	Premier League	1st	Champion
2009–10	1	Premier League	1st	Champion				3 EuroChallenge	RS	2–4
2010–11	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	RS	4–6	3 EuroChallenge	QR	0–1–1
2011–12	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	RS	1–15	3 EuroChallenge	RS	3–3
2012–13	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	RS	3–15	3 EuroChallenge	T16	5–7
2013–14	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	RS	4–14	3 EuroChallenge	QF	8–6
2014–15	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	15th	7–23	3 EuroChallenge	RS	2–4
2015–16	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	12th	9–21	3 FIBA Europe Cup	R32	8–4
2016–17	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	12th	5–19	3 Champions League	QR2	2–2
								4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2	8–4
2017–18	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	9th	8–16	3 Champions League	QR3	2–1–1
								4 FIBA Europe Cup	R16	7–1–6
2018–19	1	Premier League	1st	Champion	VTB United League	14th	4–22	3 Champions League	QR1	1–1
								4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS	3–3

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Champions (14): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

References

1. Теперь мы будем называться "Цмокi-Мінск"! 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine Official club website. 14 September 2012 (in Russian).
2. "Keravnos and Tsmoki-Minsk earn maiden trips to BCL Regular Season". Basketball Champions League. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

External links

• (in Russian)
• (in English)
• Eurobasket.com page