BC Borisfen

BC Borisfen, also known as Borisfen Mogilev (in Belarusian: Барысфэн Магілёў; in Russian: Борисфен Могилёв), is a Belarusian basketball club based in Mogilev. It plays in the Belarusian Premier League[1] and played in the European North Basketball League until it was suspended.

Borisfen
Borisfen logo
NicknameKnights
LeaguesBelarusian Premier League
FIBA Europe Cup (suspended)
European North Basketball League (suspended)
Founded3 September 2010 (2010-09-03)
HistoryBC Borisfen
2010–present
ArenaOlympic Stadium
LocationMogilev, Belarus
PresidentAndrey Nikolaevich Kotov
Head coachAndrey Krivonos
Websitebcborisfen.by

History

The club was established on 3 September 2010.[2] The club was founded after BC Temp-OSHVSM disappeared from the highest Belarusian basketball league. In 2011, Borisfen played in the Belarusian Second League for one season.

In the 2016–17 season, Borisfen made its debut in the Baltic Basketball League. Domestically, in 2018 and 2019, Borisfen finished as runners-up behind BC Tsmoki-Minsk.[3] In the 2019–20 season, Borisfen made its debut in a European competition, playing in the qualifying rounds of the FIBA Europe Cup.[4] The team lost to BC Dnipro.

Borisfen qualified for the regular season of the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup.,[5] but due to the discovery of COVID-19 in one of the members of the delegation, the team was unable to participate in the games and was sent to quarantine.

In 2021, in the fourth match in the final series, BC Borisfen lost to BC Tsmoki-Minsk by a score 52:85. Thus, BC Borisfen - four-time vice-champion of the Belarusian Basketball Championship. Also, on July 16, it became known that several players left the team, namely: Dupree McBrayer, Darol Hernandez-Zinenko, Tywain МcКee, Brooks DeBisschop and Anton Zaretsky.

In the 2021/2022 season, the club planned to compete in the newly formed European Northern League, where the opponents would also be: Anwil Wloclawek, Basket Brno, BK Liepaja, Enisey Krasnoyarsk, BK Siauliai, Tartu Ulikool Maks and Moorits and BC Valmiera GLASS VIA. The European North Basketball League has excluded BC Borisfen and BC Enisey from the competition from March 1, 2022 due to the war against Ukraine.

European record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying round Ukraine Dnipro 76–101 81–71
2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup Regular season Netherlands Donar
DNP1
Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch
Russia Parma
^1 Borisfen withdrew from the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup after players on the team were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Players

Current roster
BC Borisfen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
5 Belarus BLR SG Artem Malkov
8 Belarus BLR SG Dmitriy Bezruchenko
9 Belarus BLR PG Sergey Tatur
10 Belarus BLR C Vlad Moroz
11 Belarus BLR PF Artem Sekushenko
12 United States USA PF Tywain McKee
13 Belarus BLR PF Andrey Ageenko
14 Belarus BLR F Denis Pastukhov
15 Belarus BLR SG Vlad Mikulski
21 Belarus BLR C Alexander Kopachev
22 Belarus BLR PG Vyacheslav Korzh (C)
48 Belarus BLR C Pavel Karasevich
71 Belarus BLR F Ilya Sharipov
88 Belarus BLR PG Alexander Kharkevich
United States USA SG Tavin Cummings
Head coach
  • Belarus Andrey Krivonos
Assistant coach(es)
  • Belarus Alexander Gulyaev
  • Belarus Denis Pastukhov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 30, 2022

References
  1. "COR-Borisfen Mogilev". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. "ИСТОРИЯ". BC Borisfen. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. "History". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. "22 clubs register for 2019-20 FIBA Europe Cup". FIBA Europe. 23 July 2019.
  5. "Teams registered for FIBA Europe Cup season 2020-21 confirmed". FIBA Europe. 12 August 2020.


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