Dmitry Grigoryevich Khvostov
Dmitry Grigoryevich Khvostov (Russian: Дмитрий Григорьевич Хвостов; born August 21, 1989 in Ivanovo, RSFSR ) is a Russian professional basketball player. Khvostov moved in 2005 to the youth teams of MBK Dynamo Moscow and was used subsequently in the men's team of the club, so he made his debut as a 17 -year-old in the highest European club competition ULEB Euro League. After the relegation of the club in 2011 from the highest Russian league, he joined the Russian runner- BK Khimki. With the Russian national team, he participated in the Basketball World Championship 2010 as well as the European Basketball Championship in 2011, when they won a bronze medal.
Career
After the U16 European Championship in 2005 Khvostov moved from his home to Dynamo Moscow. After winning the Russian Junior League 2006 he was employed in the following season 2006/ 07 in almost all league games of the men's team in the Super League Russia and got a 17 -year-old also play time in the ULEB Euro Cup 2006/ 07, in the quarter-final Play -offs against the eventual champions Panathinaikos Athens retired. In the summer of 2007, he was close to a nomination for the final squad of men for the 2007 European Championships, leaf was still painted as one of the last players of national team coach David. So he missed the surprising title of the Russian national team after a final against hosts Spain. After the fourth place in the Russian Cup 2007 you won the 2008 play-off series to the third place and thus a bronze medal in the Russian championship. Under coach Svetislav Pešić was reached in the ULEB Cup in 2007 /08 the semi-finals, where they lost against Pešić ' former club Akasvasyu Girona and finished in third place after a victory in the small final against Galatasaray Café Crown. With a new coach, you reached the Eurocup 2008/ 09, the new name of the ULEB Cup, again the " Elite Eight " tournament, but different this time already in the quarter- finals. In the Russian championship would retire in third place of the main round this time already in the quarter-final play- offs. Chwostows play stagnated in this time at Dynamo and he was also still used in the meantime in the reserve team. In the U20 European Championship in 2009, the Russian youth team, although only reached ninth place, but Khvostov was with 6.1 assists per game clearly the best original donor of the entire tournament. In Eurocup 2009/10 would retire after six defeats in six games in the first round, while one again as in 2007 and 2008, the dominant series champions and local rivals PBC CSKA Moscow failed in the Russian championship and ultimately finished fourth. In summer 2010, coach sheet Khvostov finally nominated for a finals squad. In the 2010 World Cup he was used in all games and remained with his teammates in the first round to a defeat against hosts Turkey victorious. In the quarterfinals, but they lost against Serbia and finished at the end of the seventh.
In the newly established PBL as the highest Russian League Dynamo finished at the end of the season 2010/11, the penultimate place in the table and then also got the license revoked, so that Khvostov moved to the runner-up in the Moscow suburb of Khimki. At the 2011 European Championships they won all the preliminary and intermediate round matches and was in the quarter finals this time also defeat Serbia. Subsequently, however, they lost the semi-final against France, but was able to secure the bronze medal on the surprise team of the tournament by beating Macedonia in the small final. With BK Khimki he won in the PBL twice the runner-up behind CSKA Moscow 2012 & 2013 and the Eurocup 2011/12, but in the ULEB Euro League 2012/13 it narrowly failed in the quarter-finals. In addition players of the Russian national team, he participated in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in part, in which the Russian selection again was able to secure a bronze medal, as you could defeat the U.S. champion and bronze medalist of Beijing 2008 Argentina in the match for third place. Khvostov however, was only used in four games at the tournament. For the 2013/14 season he moved from financially strapped Russian runners to the club from Nizhny Novgorod.
Awards and achievements
- 2013 winner at the Universiade 2013
- 2012 bronze medal winner at the Olympic Games in London
- 2012 winner in ULEB Eurocup with Khimki
- 2011 bronze medalist at the 2011 European Championships