Sergei Bazarevich

Sergei Walerianowitsch Basarewitsch (Russian: Сергей Валерьянович Базаревич; born March 16, 1965 in Moscow, RSFSR ) is a Russian basketball coach and a former Soviet and Russian national team. As a player Basarewitsch was washed once each with the Soviet Union and Russia, Vice World Champion, as well as with Russia, European Vice Champion. In addition to stations in his home Basarewitsch played in various European leagues, also in 1994 ten games for the Atlanta Hawks in the U.S. NBA. As a coach Basarewtisch was previously only worked in his home and in particular for Dynamo from his birthplace. After exclusion of this association which was incorporated in 2010 Professional Well Basketbolnaja League he took over in 2011 Krasnye Krylia ( German Red Wings ) from Samara, with whom he won the Euro Challenge 2012/13.

• 3.1 As a player
• 3.2 As a coach

Playing career

Clubs

Basarewitsch first played for the Army Sports Club CSKA from his native Moscow. While one could refer to 1982-1984 in the Soviet state championship Zalgiris Kaunas still in second place, one after nine championships in series against the Lithuanian rivals from 1985 to three times in a row, only the runner-up. In 1988 they remained victorious against Zalgiris and won the championship again, the third at this time for Basarewitsch with CSKA. He then moved to local rivals and KGB sports club Dynamo, with which he was runner-up in 1990 behind CSKA. 1992 was reached again a third place in the championship of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

After he returned to the beginning of the 1992/93 season to Russian champions CSKA, Basarewtisch was obliged by Yıldırım sports club of Istanbul in December 1992, a newcomer to the top Turkish league Türkiye Ligi Basketbol. With nine wins from their last sixteen league games, the club reached the league and the qualifying round for the Championship play-offs. Then moved Basarewitsch for the season 1993/94 to the sports club Tofaş Bursa, which he left for the championship in the quarter-final play-offs.

In the season 1994/95 Basarewitsch originally wanted to go to Italy. After a brilliant basketball world championship in 1994, gave him the NBA Atlanta Hawks club a contract. After ten games Basarewitsch but was discharged in December, he moved to the Spanish ACB league the club from Cáceres. Last year's fifth of the Spanish Cup semi-final lost in Korać Cup in which Basarewitsch but could not be subsequently notified and was therefore not entitled to use, to eventual German title winners Alba Berlin. In the championship they failed to qualify for the play- offs.

In the season 1995/96 Basarewitsch returned to Russia for Dynamo Moscow, where one was once again put at the end of the fifth and decisive final match CSKA in the Russian championship. In Europe Cup Winners' Cup they reached the semi-finals, which went against the eventual champions Taugrés Vitoria lost. In the 1996/97 season played Basarewitsch again for CSKA, with whom he won the championship in Russia. In the season 1997/98 he signed a contract in Turkey again, this time at Türk Telekomspor from Ankara. Here he was, however, used only in the games of the FIBA Europe League, in which one was eliminated in the second round. In March 1998 he returned to CSKA and could again win the Russian Championship.

In the season 1998/99 played Basarewitsch first in Russia unterklassig before he was obligated at the turn of the Italian Erstligarückkehrer Union Ginnastica of Gorizia. At the end of the season they finished because of the poorer direct comparison to the relegation zone. In the season 1999/2000 played in the A1 Ethniki Basarewitsch for the Greek Cup winner PAOK from Thessaloniki. They reached the Greek runner-up behind Euroleague champion Panathinaikos Athens. In the FIBA Europe League itself one was eliminated in the second round against eventual finalists Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In 2000, the Union of Ligues Européennes de basketball, where the main southern and western European clubs were organized split, on the FIBA Europe League and founded his own named ULEB Euro League. Since different particular Eastern European associations cleavage would not suffer and their clubs from taking part or those participating preferred the original competition, founded a group of investors own Russian club Lions, based in St. Petersburg, who took part in Euro League competition only at the ULEB. Basarewitsch was one of the committed player, but could in the ULEB Euro League not prevent the club was eliminated in the first group phase 2000/ 01. Then played Basarewitsch for Pallacanestro Telit from the Italian city of Trieste, among others also in the FIBA Competition Korać Cup, in which one was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In the championship of the league could still be achieved.

National

In 1984 succeeded Basarewitsch with the junior national team of the Soviet Union 's victory in the European Championships. Four years later he was appointed for the first time in the national team of seniors. His first major tournament was the 1990 World Cup in Argentina. In this tournament, he won the silver medal with the Soviet Union. That was the last major tournament of the Soviet national team. At the 1992 Olympic Games Basarewitsch went to the United Taem. The team from the players of the CIS countries remained without a medal, finishing in 4.Rang. In the next major tournaments Russia stood as an independent team. At the 1993 European Championships and the 1994 World Cup, the Russians won the silver medals respectively and Basarewitsch belonged to the guide players of his team. In the 1994 World Cup, he was elected to the All- Tournament team. This was his most successful year in the national team. After a few years break Basarewitsch took the end of his national career in 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney and took there the 8th Place.

Coaching career

The coaching career of Basarewitsch began in the 2001/ 02 season as player-coach of Dynamo Moscow. His other stops were the youth team of CSKA Moscow, then ZSK WWS Samara in the Russian Super League B. At the start of the 2007/ 08 known Basarewitsch an assistant coach positions at Dynamo Moscow. In this club he remained, first as Co and then as head coach until the dissolution of the club in 2011. Parallel, he oversaw the Russian U20 as head coach at the 2008 European Championships in Riga and won the tournament. After the dissolution of Dynamo, he moved to Samara at Krasnie Krylia with his new team and won the 2012 Russian Cup and 2013 Euro Challenge.

Awards and achievements

As a player

• Winner Junior Championships 1984
• Winner Soviet Championship ( 3x): 1983, 1984, 1988
• Winner Russian Championship ( 2x): 1997, 1998
• World Championship silver medalist ( 2x): 1990, 1994
• EM- Silver medalist: 1993
• Member of the All -Tournament Team at the 1994 World Cup

As a coach

• Winner Junior Championships 2008
• Winner of Russian Cup ( 2x): 2012, 2013
• Winner of the Euro Challenge 2012/13