Ukraine Basketball

The Ukraine national basketball team (Ukrainian: збірна України з баскетболу) represents Ukraine in international basketball matches. They are controlled by the Basketball Federation of Ukraine.

After Ukrainian Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and joining FIBA in 1992, the national team played their first official match against England on 30 May 1997. Their biggest success so far on the international stage has been competing at the EuroBasket 8 times, and reaching the FIBA World Cup for the first time in 2014.