Ukraine National Basketball Team
The Ukrainian national basketball team is the national basketball team of Ukraine. The team participates at FIBA Europe competitions. According to the FIBA Ranking it belongs to the six elite teams that resulted from the division of Soviet Union, alongside Team Lithuania, Team Russia, Team Latvia, Team Kazakhstan and Team Georgia. Their best result to date was the 13th place at EuroBasket, in 1997. The team has yet to qualify for the Olympics or the Basketball World Championship.
Read more about Ukraine National Basketball Team: Roster, Past Rosters, EuroBasket 2011 Qualification
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