BC Nizhny Novgorod

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Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Pari Nizhny Novgorod logo
LeagueVTB United League
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
HistoryNBA Nizhny Novgorod
2001–2009
BC Nizhny Novgorod
2009–2022
BC Pari Nizhny Novgorod
2022–present
ArenaCEC Nagorny
Capacity5,600
LocationNizhny Novgorod, Russia
Team colorsBlack, White
   
Head coachZoran Lukić
Websitenn-basket.ru

BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: БК «Нижний Новгород»), commonly known as simply Nizhny Novgorod, also known as Pari Nizhny Novgorod for sponsorship reasons, is a Russian professional basketball club from the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It participates in the VTB United League.

History[edit]

Basketball club Nizhny Novgorod is the only professional men's basketball team in Nizhny Novgorod and the region. It was founded in 2000. It played in the Russian Third Division. In the 2001–02 season the club was named Nizhegorodsky Basketball Academy, or NBA.[citation needed] Since then it had changed several names: NBA (2001–2002), NBA-Seti-NN (2002–2004), NBA-Telma (2004–2006). After the 2005–06 season the team entered the Superleague B and was called NBA-Nizhny Novgorod.[citation needed]

Two seasons in the Superleague B were successful for NBA-NN, with the 5th and the 6th places. In 2008–09 the team finished only the 7th.[citation needed] In October 2008 there were changes in the management. The new Minister for Investment Policies of Nizhny Novgorod region, Olympic champion Dmitri Svatkovskiy became the President of the club. Sergei Panov – the twelve times champion of Russia, Euroleague champion, silver medallist of the World and European championships – became the general manager.[citation needed]

Before the season 2009–10 the management worked on the players selection ending with the entire changes to the team roster. Beside this the club changed its name to BC Nizhny Novgorod (BCNN).[citation needed] By the end of the 2010 season the team took the first place in the Superleague B which respectively granted them the right to play in the elite division of the Russian basketball.[citation needed]

During the 2010–11 season BCNN was among those clubs who had founded the new Russian Professional Basketball League. Also the team played in the EuroChallenge in 2010–11, not having much success though getting new international cup experience. In the Cup of Russia 2010–11 season, for the first time in its history BCNN took part in the Final of the Four winning silver medals.[citation needed]

During its first year in the Russian basketball elite division, Nizhny Novgorod took the final fifth place in the Russian championship. In the 2011–12 season the team failed to enter the play-off of the Russian championship, finishing the season at #9.[citation needed]

In the 2013–14 season Nizhny Novgorod reached the Finals of the VTB United League, in which it lost 0–3 to CSKA Moscow. Therefore, the team qualified for the 2014–15 EuroLeague regular season. The team reached the Top 16 over the likes of UNICS and Sassari. In 2015, Israeli NBA player Gal Mekel played for the team.

Honours[edit]

Total titles: 2

Domestic competition[edit]

European competition[edit]

Other competitions[edit]

  • Nesterov Cup
    • Winner (1): 2014
  • Godella, Spain Invitational Game
    • Winner (1): 2014

Logos[edit]

Before the start of the 2016–17 season, Nizhny Novgorod changed its primary logo.[1]

Season by season[edit]

Season Tier League Pos. Russian Cup European competitions
2000–01 3 Higher League 16th
2001–02 3 Higher League 4th
2002–03 3 Higher League 3rd First round
2003–04 3 Higher League 9th Round of 64
2004–05 3 Higher League 6th First round
2005–06 3 Higher League 3rd First round
2006–07 2 Superliga B 5th Round of 16
2007–08 2 Superliga B 6th Round of 16
2008–09 2 Superliga B 7th Round of 32
2009–10 2 Superliga B 1st Round of 16
2010–11 1 PBL 5th Runner-up 3 EuroChallenge RS
2011–12 1 PBL 9th QF 3 EuroChallenge L16
VTB United R16
2012–13 1 PBL 8th QF
VTB United QF
2013–14 1 VTB United RU 2 Eurocup SF
2014–15 1 VTB United 4th 1 Euroleague T16
2015–16 1 VTB United 7th 2 Eurocup QF
2016–17 1 VTB United 9th 2 EuroCup T16
2017–18 1 VTB United 7th Runner-up 3 Champions League QR2
4 FIBA Europe Cup QF
2018–19 1 VTB United 6th Runner-up 3 Champions League QF
2019–20 1 VTB United 8th QF 3 Champions League L16
2020–21 1 VTB United 5th 3 Champions League QF
2021–22 1 VTB United 8th 3 Champions League GR
2022–23 1 VTB United 5th Winner

Roster[edit]

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

BC Nizhny Novgorod roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 5 Russia Gankevich, Alexander 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 28 – (1995-08-05)5 August 1995
G 6 Russia Ponkrashov, Anton 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 37 – (1986-04-23)23 April 1986
F/C 8 Serbia Apić, Dragan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 28 – (1995-10-03)3 October 1995
SG 9 Belarus Liutych, Vitali 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1992-05-09)9 May 1992
PF 10 Russia Chadov, Aleksandr 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 22 – (2001-11-20)20 November 2001
G 13 Russia Khvostov, Dmitry 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1989-08-21)21 August 1989
F 17 Russia Karvanen, Maksim 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999
G 19 Russia Strebkov, Ivan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1991-07-27)27 July 1991
G 22 Russia Belenitskiy, Mikhail 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2002-09-12)12 September 2002
PG 23 Russia Lichutin, Maxim 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (2000-06-14)14 June 2000
SG 44 Russia Baburin, Evgeny (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 36 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987
C Russia Ivlev, Vladimir (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 34 – (1990-02-28)28 February 1990
PF Russia Vorontsevich, Andrey (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 36 – (1987-07-17)17 July 1987
SF Russia Babushkin, Alexey (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1994-04-04)4 April 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Russia Alexey Zhukov
  • Russia Sergey Kozin
  • Russia Sergey Sidnev

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: December 29, 2022

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BC Nizhny Novgorod presents new corporate identity". Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-05.

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