Ukraine men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Ukraine women's national basketball team.

Ukraine
FIBA ranking39 1 (3 March 2026)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFBU
CoachAinars Bagatskis
Nickname(s)Синьо-жовті
(The Blue and Yellow)
Збірна
(The National Team)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances1
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances9
MedalsNone
First international
 Ukraine 87–76 England 
(Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
 Iceland 62–105 Ukraine 
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 22 November 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 99–62 Ukraine 
(Vršac, Serbia and Montenegro; 18 September 2005)

The Ukraine men's national basketball team (Ukrainian: збірна України з баскетболу, romanized: zbirna Ukrainy z basketbolu) represents Ukraine in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Basketball Federation of Ukraine.

After Ukrainian Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and joining FIBA in 1992, the national team played their first official match against England on 30 May 1993. Their biggest success so far on the international stage has been qualifying for the EuroBasket nine times, and reaching the FIBA World Cup for the first time in 2014.

History

Gaining Independence

Before the Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukrainian players took part on the Soviet Union national team during international competition. The Soviets were one of the strongest national teams in the world during this period.

EuroBasket 1997

Ukraine made their EuroBasket debut in 1997. Their first match at the tournament was not a warm welcome for the national team, as they were demolished by Spain 54–82.[2] With less than 24 hours to regroup for their next game, Ukraine faced Germany where they lost again, this time by the score of 81–60. In their final match of group play, they defeated Croatia 88–95, to earn their first ever win at the EuroBasket.[3] Unfortunately, it wasn't enough for the team to advance to the knockout stage, as they were relegated to the classification rounds for 13th–16th place. There, the team defeated Latvia, and Slovenia to finish the tournament 13th overall.[4]

EuroBasket 2013

After failing to qualify for the EuroBasket in 1999, along with uninspiring results at the finals in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2011 respectively, Ukraine was eager to turn their fortunes around at EuroBasket 2013. Ukraine was placed into Group A to begin their tournament run. The national team was victorious in their first three matches of the tournament, against Belgium, Israel, and Germany. Heading into their fourth match against the heavily favoured France, Ukraine displayed genuine toughness in a losing effort to the eventual tournament champions 71–77. In their final game of the preliminary phase, the team turned around and displayed resilience in blowing out Great Britain 68–87 to advance to the second group phase. There, they were blasted in their first match of group play against Latvia, but redeemed themselves with a quality victory over Serbia a few days later.[5] Ukraine went on to lose their final game in the group to Lithuania, however, it was enough to clinch a spot into the knockout rounds. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine was paired up against Croatia, although the national team would come up short 84–72. With the loss, Ukraine went on to play in classification matches to determine 5th–8th place. The team defeated Italy, before falling to Slovenia to finish up in sixth place. It was the best result for Ukraine at the EuroBasket to that point.[6]

2014 FIBA World Cup

Ukraine made their first appearance on to the global stage at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, through their surprising performance at EuroBasket 2013.[7] Led by former NBA head coach Mike Fratello, the national team won their first ever match in the World Cup, defeating the Dominican Republic 72–62. With their historic win under their belt, the team went into their second match of the tournament confident. However, Finland would pull out a narrow 81–76 victory to drop Ukraine to a record of (1–1). Entering their third match, Ukraine went up against Turkey, and the national team didn't disappoint. They eventually won a hard-fought 64–58 contest, before their pivotal game versus New Zealand.

With a berth into the Round of 16 on the line, Ukraine needed one more victory to advance. But they were unsuccessful in the crucial match, as they lost 73–61, to head into their do-or-die game against the tournament favourite United States in a dire position. In the must win game for Ukraine, the national team got off to a strong start, to even possess the lead after the first period. However, the Americans flexed their dominance thereafter, which led to the team being eliminated from the tournament altogether by the score of 71–95.[8]

EuroBasket 2017

After failing to make it past the group stage in 2015, Ukraine looked to make amends on the continental stage at EuroBasket 2017. Ukraine went through qualifiers where the team finished at a record of (4–2), to earn a spot back to the EuroBasket finals.[9] Placed into Group B to begin the tournament, Ukraine was defeated in their first two matches against Germany and Italy. In their third game, the national team would eventually pickup their first victory against Georgia 81–88. Sitting at a record of (1–2), Lithuania handed Ukraine a damaging 62–94 defeat. With one game remaining in group play, and a spot into the knockout stage on the line, the team was up against one of the tournament co-hosts Israel. The national team ultimately displayed supreme urgency to punch their ticket to advance, with a dominant 64–88 win.[10] Entering the Round of 16, however, was where Ukraine would come up short, by getting thoroughly defeated by the eventual champions of the tournament Slovenia 55–79.[11]

2019 FIBA World Cup qualification

For the first round of qualifying to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Ukraine was drawn into Group B. The national team would open up their qualifying campaign with a solid road victory against Sweden 76–84. They would eventually attain a (3–3) record in the group to advance to the second and final phase of qualifying. In the second group phase of qualifiers, Ukraine started things off with a strong home win against Spain.[12] Although the team dropped their second match of group play to Montenegro 90–84 to fall to (1–1). After that loss for Ukraine, the team would finish the rest of the qualifiers at a record of (5–7) overall, and were eliminated from World Cup contention.[13]

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2025

21 February 2025 Ukraine  71–84  Slovenia Riga, Latvia
17:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 14–21, 19–21, 16–18
Pts: Bliznyuk, Pustovyi 16
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Zotov 6 		Boxscore Pts: Hrovat 22
Rebs: Daneu 11
Asts: Hrovat 7 		Arena: Arena Riga
Attendance: 650
Referees: Michał Proc (POL), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU), Alberto Sánchez (ESP)
24 February 2025 Portugal  60–88  Ukraine Matosinhos, Portugal
19:00 (UTC+0) Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 15–17, 18–30, 10–17
Pts: Williams 14
Rebs: Queiroz, Relvão 5
Asts: Queiroz 6 		Boxscore Pts: Bobrov 16
Rebs: Bliznyuk 7
Asts: Bliznyuk, Lukashov 5 		Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Attendance: 3,843
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)
6 August 2025 Switzerland  66–64  Ukraine Fribourg, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 12–13, 15–20, 21–17
Pts: Fofana 18
Rebs: T. Ročak 7
Asts: Fofana 6 		Boxscore Pts: Tkachenko 13
Rebs: Sanon 7
Asts: Kovliar 10 		Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard
Referees: Boris Krejić (SVN), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Ivor Matějek (CZE)
9 August 2025 Ukraine  80–71  Slovakia Riga, Latvia
17:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 21–14, 17–14, 18–19
Pts: Sanon 23
Rebs: Bobrov, Lypovyy 8
Asts: Sanon 6 		Boxscore Pts: Malovec 19
Rebs: Pavelka 9
Asts: Krajčovič 4 		Arena: Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 500
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Viola Györgyi (NOR)
16 August 2025 Ukraine  73–64   Switzerland Riga, Latvia
17:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 13–19, 21–24, 11–9
Pts: Sanon 15
Rebs: Lypovyy 6
Asts: Sanon 5 		Boxscore Pts: three players 11
Rebs: N. Ročak 10
Asts: five players 2 		Arena: Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 600
Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Petar Pešić (SRB), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)
20 August 2025 Slovakia  86–98  Ukraine Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–32, 27–20, 19–29
Pts: Malovec 28
Rebs: Pavelka 9
Asts: Krajčovič 9 		Boxscore Pts: Kovliar 33
Rebs: Lypovyy 8
Asts: Kovliar 6 		Arena: Gopass Arena
Attendance: 2,376
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Péter Praksch (HUN), Siniša Prpa (SRB)
27 November 2025 Georgia  79–92  Ukraine Tbilisi, Georgia
21:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–32, 27–20, 19–29
Pts: D. Sanadze 22
Rebs: Shengelia,
Shermadini 6
Asts: Andronikashvili 5 		Boxscore Pts: Kovliar 31
Rebs: Bobrov 15
Asts: Kovliar 6 		Arena: Tbilisi Arena
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Mihkel Männiste (EST), Çisil Güngör (ROU), Orhan Çağrı Hekimoğlu (TUR)
30 November 2025 Ukraine  88–71  Denmark Riga, Latvia
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 28–16, 27–10, 15–25
Pts: Kovliar 28
Rebs: Bobrov 11
Asts: Kovliar 11 		Boxscore Pts: Erikstrup 21
Rebs: Erikstrup, Larsen 7
Asts: Jensen 10 		Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 500
Referees: Petar Pešić (SRB), Ilias Kounellis (CYP), Ioannis Tsibouris (GRE)

2026

27 February 2026 Ukraine  66–86  Spain Riga, Latvia
15:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 12–15, 14–33, 19–21
Pts: Kovliar 15
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Zotov 5 		Boxscore Pts: Bassas, Cárdenas 16
Rebs: Almansa 7
Asts: Fernández 5 		Arena: Arena Riga
Attendance: 605
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Edgard Ceccarelli (FRA)
2 March 2026 Spain  78–64  Ukraine Oviedo, Spain
20:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 12–12, 24–22, 26–21
Pts: Alonso 12
Rebs: Oriola 8
Asts: Cárdenas 7 		Boxscore Pts: Voinalovych 12
Rebs: Lypovyy, Shelist 5
Asts: Kovliar 5 		Arena: Palacio de los Deportes de Oviedo
Attendance: 5,261
Referees: Martin Vulić (CRO), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Orhan Çağrı Hekimoğlu (TUR)
2 July 2026 Ukraine  vs.  Georgia TBD
Boxscore
5 July 2026 Denmark  vs.  Ukraine Denmark
--:-- (UTC+2)
Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 27 February and 2 March 2026 against Spain.[14]

Ukraine men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 0 Mykhailo Bublyk 22 – (2003-06-30)30 June 2003 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Kyiv
PG 2 Yehor Sushkin 19 – (2006-05-27)27 May 2006 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Kyiv
G/F 5 Ivan Tkachenko 28 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Mitteldeutscher BC
PG 7 Denys Lukashov 36 – (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Rīgas Zeļļi
SF 11 Oleksandr Lypovyy 34 – (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Rapid
F/C 13 Vyacheslav Bobrov 33 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Dinamo
PF 14 Daniil Shelist 22 – (2003-08-30)30 August 2003 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Oviedo
PF 17 Andrii Voinalovych 26 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Sabah
C 23 Artem Pustovyi 33 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Andorra
PG 34 Illya Tyrtyshnyk 27 – (1998-09-07)7 September 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Catanzaro
C 44 Dmytro Skapintsev 27 – (1998-05-12)12 May 1998 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Hapoel Jerusalem
PG 45 Vitaliy Zotov 28 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Kapfenberg
G 50 Oleksandr Kovliar 23 – (2002-06-26)26 June 2002 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Budućnost
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Valerii Plekhanov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 February 2026

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Alex Len Artem Pustovyi Dmytro Skapintsev
PF Volodymyr Gerun Vyacheslav Bobrov
SF Svi Mykhailiuk Ivan Tkachenko
SG Bogdan Bliznyuk Illya Sydorov
PG Issuf Sanon Vitaliy Zotov Denys Lukashov

Notable players

Current notable players who have played for the national team:

Players previously called up roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G/F Oleksandr Belikov 33 – (1992-05-31)31 May 1992 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Nitra Blue Wings
SG Bogdan Bliznyuk 30 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Kaohsiung Aquas
PG Igor Boyarkin 30 – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Free agent
F Bohdan Bryniuk 22 – (2003-08-23)23 August 2003 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Fyllingen
C Volodymyr Gerun 31 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Osaka Evessa
C Maxim Klitschko 20 – (2005-04-01)1 April 2005 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) AS Monaco U21
G/F Oleksandr Kolchenko 37 – (1988-09-20)20 September 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Adroit
F Volodymyr Koniev 36 – (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Dnipro
C Vladyslav Koreniuk 31 – (1994-01-08)8 January 1994 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Amman United
F/C Artem Kovalov 27 – (1997-11-28)28 November 1997 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Bayreuth
C Viacheslav Kravtsov 38 – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Borneo Hornbills
G/F Pavlo Krutous 33 – (1992-04-09)9 April 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Melilla
C Alex Len 32 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Real Madrid
G/F Kyrylo Marchenko 28 – (1997-07-28)28 July 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Cherkaski Mavpy
SG Olexandr Mishula 33 – (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Free agent
SF Svi Mykhailiuk 28 – (1997-06-10)10 June 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Utah Jazz
PF Rostyslav Novitskyi 25 – (2000-10-23)23 October 2000 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) VEF Rīga
PF Serhii Pavlov 28 – (1997-07-18)18 July 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Free agent
F/C Viacheslav Petrov 31 – (1994-08-13)13 August 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Bambitious Nara
PG Issuf Sanon 26 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Śląsk Wrocław
SG Anatolii Shundel 31 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Ogre
PG Illya Sydorov 28 – (1996-12-04)4 December 1996 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) VEF Rīga
C Daniil Sypalo 20 – (2005-08-16)16 August 2005 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Dnipro
PF Stanislav Tymofeyenko 36 – (1989-06-03)3 June 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Dnipro
F/C Ihor Zaytsev 36 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Free agent
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 November 2025

Head coach position

Past rosters

1997 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Oleksandr Okunsky, 5 Grihoriy Khyzhniak, 6 Leonid Yaylo, 7 Ihor Molchanov, 8 Victor Savchenko, 9 Alexander Lokhmanchuk, 10 Denis Zhuravlov, 11 Roman Rubchenko, 12 Vadym Pudzyrey, 13 Yevheniy Murzin, 14 Dmytro Bazelevsky, 15 Ihor Kharchenko (Coach: Zaurbek Khromaev)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Andriy Lebedev, 5 Vadym Pudzyrey, 6 Viktor Kobzystyy, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Viacheslav Ievstratenko, 9 Serhiy Lishchuk, 10 Nikolay Khryapa, 11 Oleksandr Okunsky, 12 Dmytro Markov, 13 Dmytro Korablov, 14 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 15 Volodymyr Ryzhov (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Andrii Lebediev, 5 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 6 Oleksandr Skutelnyk, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Artur Drozdov, 9 Sergiy Moskalenko, 10 Nikolay Khryapa, 11 Oleksandr Okunsky, 12 Viacheslav Ievstratenko, 13 Alexander Lokhmanchuk, 14 Andriy Botichev, 15 Grigorij Khizhnyak (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

4 Andrii Lebediev, 5 Artem Butskyy, 6 Viktor Kobzystyy, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Igor Kryvych, 9 Volodymyr Koval, 10 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 11 Rostyslav Kryvych, 12 Serhiy Lishchuk, 13 Oleksiy Pecherov, 14 Volodymyr Gurtovyy, 15 Slava Medvedenko (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Denys Lukashov, 6 Steve Burtt Jr., 7 Oleksandr Kolchenko, 8 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 9 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 10 Oleg Saltovets, 11 Oleksiy Pecherov, 12 Serhiy Lishchuk, 13 Danylo Kozlov, 14 Kyrylo Fesenko, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Eugene Jeter, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Dmytro Gliebov, 8 Sergiy Gladyr, 9 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 10 Kyrylo Natyazhko, 11 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 12 Maxym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 18th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Eugene Jeter, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Svi Mykhailiuk, 8 Sergiy Gladyr, 9 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 10 Kyrylo Natyazhko, 11 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 22nd among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Jerome Randle, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Denys Lukashov, 8 Kyrylo Fesenko (C), 9 Oleksandr Sizov, 10 Stanislav Tymofeyenko, 11 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Pavlo Krutous (Coach: Yevgen Murzin)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Oleksandr Kolchenko, 7 Denys Lukashov, 9 Ruslan Otverchenko, 11 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Vyacheslav Bobrov, 14 Ihor Zaytsev, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov, 23 Artem Pustovyi, 24 Vladimir Konev, 31 Olexandr Mishula (Coach: Yevgen Murzin)

2022 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 24 teams[15]

5 Ivan Tkachenko, 7 Denys Lukashov, 10 Svi Mykhailiuk, 13 Vyacheslav Bobrov, 23 Artem Pustovyi, 25 Alex Len, 30 Issuf Sanon,
32 Bohdan Blyzniuk, 44 Dmytro Skapintsev, 45 Vitaliy Zotov, 52 Volodymyr Gerun, 55 Illya Sydorov (Coach: Ainars Bagatskis)

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Croatia v Ukraine EuroBasket 1997 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 27 June 1997. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022.
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  5. ^ "Ukraine v Serbia EuroBasket 2013 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020.
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