Khimik Yuzhny
Wikipedia - BC Khimik
Khimik Yuzhne (Ukrainian: Хімік Южне) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in Yuzhne. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In 2006, the club reached the final of the EuroCup Challenge, where they were defeated by Ural Great Perm.
History
The team was founded in 2001 as BC Khimik. In the first season of the club, the team immediately finished in fourth place in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In the 2014–15 season, Khimik won its first national championship after going undefeated in the entire season. In the regular season, Khimik finished 30–0 and in the Playoffs the team won all its six games. In 2016, Khimik repeated as national champions - winning the Ukrainian SL Favorit Sport (one of the two Ukrainian top tier basketball leagues).
In the 2018–19 season, Khimik won its third domestic championship.
Khimik Yuzhny har vundet det ukrainske mesterskab to gange (2007 og 2018) og har også vundet den ukrainske pokalturnering tre gange (2004, 2007 og 2018). Klubben har også deltaget i europæiske klubturneringer, herunder FIBA EuroCup og EuroCup Basketball.
Khimik Yuzhny er kendt for sin aggressive forsvarsstil og for at have en stærk hjemmebanefordel. Klubben har et dedikeret fanskare, der skaber en højlydt og støttende atmosfære ved hjemmekampe.