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Minsk
Leagues	Belarus Premier League VTB United League
Founded	2006; 18 years ago (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
Team colors	Navy, white
President	Yuri Shakola
Head coach	Rostislav Vergun
Championships	11 Belarus Championships 11 Belarus Cups
Website	Link (in English)
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Basketball Club Minsk (Belarusian: 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. 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.

Logos

• Logo (2019–2022)
• Logo (2022–present)

Players

Current roster

Tsmoki-Minsk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name SF 3 Dudu, Benjamin-Pavel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1991-04-29)29 April 1991 SF 4 Kasko, Daniil 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2004-03-21)21 March 2004 SG 5 Barysevich, Daniil 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2001-01-06)6 January 2001 SF 6 Trastsinetski, Aliaksei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 38 – (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 F 9 Hernandez-Zinenko, Darol 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 35 – (1989-11-15)15 November 1989 C 11 Stubeda, Vadzim 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 F 12 Beliankou, Yauhen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1995-06-11)11 June 1995 G 13 Karattsou, Maksim 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1998-03-13)13 March 1998 F 19 Vaskautsou, Kiryl 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2003-08-15)15 August 2003 PG 23 Shcherbakov, Roman 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2003-10-05)5 October 2003 SG 31 Stabrouski, Andrei 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1997-12-29)29 December 1997 F 35 Kuzmin, Artem 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 F 73 Paraliou, Tsimafei 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1997-01-17)17 January 1997 G 77 Bliznyuk, Uladzislau 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999	Head coach Rostislav Vergun Assistant coach(es) Wojciech Walich Aliaksei Sukhavetski Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 14, 2022

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Notable players

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• Vidas Ginevičius
• Keith Benson
• Tierre Brown

Season by season

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Champions (14): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

References

1. ^ Теперь мы будем называться "Цмокi-Мінск"! Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine Official club website. 14 September 2012 (in Russian).
2. "Keravnos and Tsmoki-Minsk earn maiden trips to BCL Regular Season". Basketball Champions League. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Russian)
• Official website (in English)
• Eurobasket.com page
• VTB United League team page

• Basketball teams in Belarus
• Sport in Minsk
• Basketball teams established in 2006
• 2006 establishments in Belarus
• VTB United League teams