BC Minsk

{{Short description|Professional basketball team in Minsk, Belarus}}

{{Infobox Basketball club

| name = Minsk

| color1 = white

| color2 = #142952

| color3 = white

| logo = BC Minsk 2022 logo.png

| image_size = 200px

| leagues = Belarus Premier League
VTB United League

| founded = {{Start date and age|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

| colors = Navy, white
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| president = Yuri Shakola

| coach = Rostislav Vergun

| championships = 11 Belarus Championships
11 Belarus Cups

| website = [https://minskbasket.by/en Link {{in lang|en}}]

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Basketball Club Minsk ({{langx|be|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.

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.

History

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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.[http://bcminsk-2006.by/?id=16&news_id=512 Теперь мы будем называться "Цмокi-Мінск"!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212837/http://bcminsk-2006.by/?id=16&news_id=512 |date=2014-03-12 }} Official club website. 14 September 2012 {{in lang|ru}}. 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.championsleague.basketball/20-21/qualifiers/news/keravnos-and-tsmoki-minsk-earn-maiden-trips-to-bcl-regular-season|title=Keravnos and Tsmoki-Minsk earn maiden trips to BCL Regular Season|date=24 September 2020|access-date=25 September 2020|work=Basketball Champions League}}

Logos

Tsmoki Minsk 2019 logo.png|Logo (2019–2022)

BC Minsk 2022 logo.png|Logo (2022–present)

Players

=Current roster=

{{Basketball roster header|team= Tsmoki-Minsk | ht = n | wt = n | age = n }}

{{player3 |num = 3 |nat = BLR |first = Benjamin-Pavel |last = Dudu |pos = SF |m = 1.98 |year = 1991 |month = 4 |date = 29}}

{{player3 |num = 4 |nat = BLR |first = Daniil |last = Kasko |pos = SF |m = 1.97 |year = 2004 |month = 3 |date = 21}}

{{player3 |num = 5 |nat = BLR |first = Daniil |last = Barysevich |pos = SG |m = 1.95 |year = 2001 |month = 1 |date = 6}}

{{player3 |num = 6 |nat = BLR |first = Aliaksei |last = Trastsinetski |pos = SF |m = 2.00 |year = 1986 |month = 3 |date = 2 }}

{{player3 |num = 9 |nat = BLR |first = Darol |last = Hernandez-Zinenko|pos = F |m = 1.84 |year = 1989 |month = 11|date = 15}}

{{player3 |num = 11 |nat = BLR |first = Vadzim |last = Stubeda |pos = C |m = 2.05 |year = 2000 |month = 6 |date = 27}}

{{player3 |num = 12 |nat = BLR |first = Yauhen |last = Beliankou |pos = F |m = 1.98 |year = 1995 |month = 6 |date = 11}}

{{player3 |num = 13 |nat = BLR |first = Maksim |last = Karattsou |pos = G |m = 1.85 |year = 1998 |month = 3 |date = 13}}

{{player3 |num = 19 |nat = BLR |first = Kiryl |last = Vaskautsou |pos = F |m = 2.01 |year = 2003 |month = 8 |date = 15}}

{{player3 |num = 23 |nat = BLR |first = Roman |last = Shcherbakov |pos = PG |m = 1.85 |year = 2003 |month = 10|date = 5}}

{{player3 |num = 31 |nat = BLR |first = Andrei |last = Stabrouski |pos = SG |m = 1.84 |year = 1997 |month = 12|date = 29}}

{{player3 |num = 35 |nat = RUS |first = Artem |last = Kuzmin |pos = F |m = 2.01 |year = 1998 |month = 10|date = 16 }}

{{player3 |num = 73 |nat = BLR |first = Tsimafei |last = Paraliou |pos = F |m = 2.08 |year = 1997 |month = 1 |date = 17}}

{{player3 |num = 77 |nat = BLR |first = Uladzislau |last = Bliznyuk |pos = G |m = 1.83 |year = 1999 |month = 1 |date = 8 }}

{{Basketball roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

  • {{flagicon|POL}} Wojciech Walich
  • {{flagicon|HUN}} Aliaksei Sukhavetski

| roster_url = http://bc-tsmoki.by/en/osnovnoj-sostav?tv

| accessdate = March 14, 2022}}

{{Basketball roster nationality note}}

=Notable players=

{{Basketball notable players criteria}}

Season by season

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Season

!Tier

!League

!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}}

!Belarusian Cup

! colspan=3 | Regional competitions

!colspan=3 |European competitions

style="background:#efefef;"|2006–07

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| align="center"| 4th

|

| colspan=3 |

| colspan=3 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| align="center"| 3rd

| Third place

| colspan=3 |

| colspan=3 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2008–09

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| style="background:gold" align="center"| 1st

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| colspan=3 |

| colspan=3 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2009–10

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| style="background:gold" align="center"| 1st

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| colspan=3|

| 3 EuroChallenge

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}align=center|2–4
style="background:#efefef;"|2010–11

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| style="background:gold" align="center"| 1st

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| VTB United League

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}align=center|4–6

| 3 EuroChallenge

align=center|{{Tooltip|QR|Qualifying round}}align=center|0–1–1
style="background:#efefef;"|2011–12

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| style="background:gold" align="center"| 1st

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| VTB United League

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}align=center|1–15

| 3 EuroChallenge

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}align=center|3–3
style="background:#efefef;"|2012–13

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| style="background:gold" align="center"| 1st

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| VTB United League

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}align=center|3–15

| 3 EuroChallenge

align=center|{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}align=center|5–7
style="background:#efefef;"|2013–14

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| style="background:gold" align="center"| 1st

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| VTB United League

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}align=center|4–14

| 3 EuroChallenge

align=center|{{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}align=center|8–6
style="background:#efefef;"|2014–15

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| style="background:gold" align=center| 1st

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| VTB United League

align=center|15thalign=center|7–23

| 3 EuroChallenge

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}align=center|2–4
style="background:#efefef;"|2015–16

| align="center"|1

| Premier League

| style="background:gold" align=center| 1st

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| VTB United League

align=center|12thalign=center|9–21

| 3 FIBA Europe Cup

align=center|{{Tooltip|R32|Round of 32}}align=center|8–4
rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"|2016–17

| rowspan=2 align="center"|1

| rowspan=2|Premier League

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold" align="center"|1st

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold"|Champion

| rowspan=2|VTB United League

rowspan=2 align=center|12throwspan=2 align=center|5–19

| 3 Champions League

align=center|{{Tooltip|QR2|Second qualifying round}}align=center|2–2
4 FIBA Europe Cupalign=center|{{Tooltip|R2|Second round}}align=center|8–4
rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"|2017–18

| rowspan=2 align="center"|1

| rowspan=2|Premier League

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold" align="center"|1st

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold"|Champion

| rowspan=2|VTB United League

rowspan=2 align=center|9throwspan=2 align=center|8–16

| 3 Champions League

align=center|{{Tooltip|QR3|Third qualifying round}}align=center|2–1–1
4 FIBA Europe Cupalign=center|{{Tooltip|R16|Round of 16}}align=center|7–1–6
rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"|2018–19

| rowspan=2 align="center"|1

| rowspan=2|Premier League

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold" align="center"|1st

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold"|Champion

| rowspan=2|VTB United League

rowspan=2 align=center|14throwspan=2 align=center|4–22

| 3 Champions League

align=center|{{Tooltip|QR1|First qualifying round}}align=center|1–1
4 FIBA Europe Cupalign=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}align=center|3–3

Honours and distinctions

=Domestic competitions=

: 15px **Champions (16): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

: 15px **Champions (14): (14) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

=Individual Player & Coach awards=

Best Belarusian Basketball Coach

  • {{flagicon|BLR}} Rostislav Vergun: (5) 2017, 2019, 2020,{{cite web |title=Ростислав Вергун – лучший тренер 2020 года! |url=https://minskbasket.by/ru/news/5/rasczislay-vyargun-%E2%80%93-lepshyi-trener-2020-goda |website=minskbasket.by |accessdate=9 March 2025}} 2021,{{cite web |title=Лауреаты 2021 года. Ростислав Вергун. Не нагрузка, а удовольствие! |url=https://pressball.by/blog/pressball/111540/ |website=pressball.by |accessdate=9 March 2025}} 2022

References

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