Wikipedia - 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 and played in the European North Basketball League until it was suspended.

History

The club was established on 3 September 2010. 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. In the 2019–20 season, Borisfen made its debut in a European competition, playing in the qualifying rounds of the FIBA Europe Cup. The team lost to BC Dnipro.[]

Borisfen qualified for the regular season of the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup., 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.

O Borisfen é um clube de basquetebol bielorrusso da cidade de Mogilev. A equipe compete no Campeonato Bielorrusso de Basquetebol e na Liga Báltica.

O clube foi fundado em 1996. Na temporada 2008-09, o Borisfen conquistou o Campeonato Bielorrusso pela primeira vez. A equipe também venceu a Liga Báltica em 2010 e 2011.

O Borisfen é uma das equipes mais bem-sucedidas do basquetebol bielorrusso. A equipe conquistou 8 Campeonatos Bielorrussos e 3 Ligas Bálticas.

O Borisfen é conhecido por seu estilo de jogo rápido e agressivo. A equipe tem uma forte defesa e um ataque muito eficiente.

O Borisfen é um dos principais representantes do basquetebol bielorrusso na Europa. A equipe participou de várias competições europeias, incluindo a EuroChallenge e a Copa Europeia da FIBA.

O Borisfen é um clube muito popular na Bielorrússia. A equipe tem uma grande base de fãs que apoiam a equipe em todos os jogos.