The Ukrainian Basketball League is the second tier, lower level professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 division in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. It is the division below the country's top pro basketball league, the Ukrainian Super League

Ukrainian Basketball Super League

The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague is the top professional basketball league in Ukraine.-2010–2011 Teams:* Azovmash Mariupol* BC Kyiv* Khimik Yuzhny* MBС Mykolaiv* BC Donetsk* BC Budivelnik* BC Halychyna* BC Hoverla* BC Dnipro-Azot...

. Currently, Division A is represented by the following clubs:

• BC Budivelnyk Kyiv
  BC Budivelnyk Kyiv
  BC Budivelnik is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kiev. The club is currently playing in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. Budivelnik is owned and operated by the same group as the Kiev based hockey club, Budivelnyk.-History:...
  
  
• «Goverla» (Ivano-Frankivsk)
• «Griffons» (Simferopol)
• BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
  BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
  BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in Dnipropetrovsk. The club's home court is DS Meteor, which has a capacity of 5,600.-Some current players: Mario Austin Steve Burtt Andrei Lebedev Denham Brown...
  
  
• «DniproAZOT» (Dniprodzerzhynsk)
• «Kryvbasbasket – Lux» (Kryvyj Rig)
• «BC Odesa» (Odesa)
• Polytekhnika-Halychyna Lviv
  Polytekhnika-Halychyna Lviv
  BC Polytekhnika-Halychyna Lviv is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in the city of Lviv. The team's home arena is Budivelnyk stadium. The club competed in the EuroChallenge 2008-09.-External links:*...
  
  
• «Ferro – ZNTU» (Zaporizhya)
• Cherkassy
  Cherkassy (basketball)
  BK Cherkasy is a higher-tier Ukrainian professional basketball club that plays its home games in Cherkasy, Ukraine. The team is also known as the "Cherkas'ki Mavpy" , which means "Cherkasy Monkeys"....
  
  

Under the aegis of UBL the women’s Ukrainian basketball League that united 10 professional clubs was also formed.

Goal

The main task that UBL sets for itself is the popularization of basketball in Ukraine, the improvement of Ukrainian basketball players’ skills and the revival of Ukrainian basketball prestige. The President of UBL is Mykhailo Brodskyj.

History

Ukrainian basketball League was created on 20 June 2008 as an alternative body to Ukrainian basketball Federation. The following key principles are put to the basis of UBL operation: sight, competition and openness. That is why today in UBL, as in NBA, the clubs are limited with their budget top margins, which guarantees to all teams the same and equal opportunities. Another key difference of UBL is “the course to Ukrainization” of domestic basketball. The Regulations of the League demand the presence on playing court a minimum of one Ukrainian player out of five. This approach gives an opportunity to involve Ukrainian stars in games and to stimulate investments in formation of domestic basketball schools. During the first year of its existence UBL had organized several arrangements that combined the sporting activities with elements of show, such as All-Star Game and UBL Cup Final Four.

External links

• Ukrainian Basketball League Official Site