The Ukrainian Basketball League was the professional basketball division in Ukraine in 2008–09 season alongside the country's top pro basketball league, the Ukrainian Men's Basketball SuperLeague .
6-461: In the only 2008–09 season, Division A was represented by the following clubs: Under the aegis of UBL the women’s Ukrainian basketball League that united 10 professional clubs was also formed. The main task that UBL sets for itself was the popularization of basketball in Ukraine, the improvement of Ukrainian basketball players’ skills and the revival of Ukrainian basketball prestige. The President of UBL
12-456: Is “the course to Ukrainization” of domestic basketball. The Regulations of the League demand the presence on playing court a minimum of one Ukrainian player out of five. This approach gives an opportunity to involve Ukrainian stars in games and to stimulate investments in formation of domestic basketball schools. During the first year of its existence UBL had organized several arrangements that combined
18-651: The Orange Revolution (in 2006 he was elected as a deputy of the Kyiv City Council representing the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ), but broke with her before the snap parliamentary elections of September 2007 . In 2007, he publicly accused Tymoshenko of trying to bribe judges of the Constitutional Court and of selling places on election lists. Brodskyy was a candidate for President of Ukraine in
24-522: The " Yabluko " ("Apple") Party in 2003–2005. He was a national deputy (member of Parliament) of Ukraine from 1998–2002. He was a chair of the publishing house " Kyivskie Vedmosti " in 1998, but lost control of it after being jailed on corruption charges. Main policy is opposition to " oligarchs ", and declared when registering that he was running for president in 2004 to bar (then) Prime Minister of Ukraine , Viktor Yanukovych , from power. Brodskyy allied himself with Yulia Tymoshenko before and during
30-503: The sporting activities with elements of show, such as All-Star Game and UBL Cup Final Four. Mykhailo Brodskyy Mykhailo Yuriyovych Brodsky ( Ukrainian : Михайло Юрійович Бродський ) (born April 5, 1959 in Kyiv ) is a Ukrainian politician, leader of the Party of Free Democrats and businessman. Brodsky was a self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election . Chair of
36-519: Was Mykhailo Brodskyy . Ukrainian basketball League was created on 20 June 2008 as an alternative body to Ukrainian basketball Federation. The following key principles are put to the basis of UBL operation: sight, competition and openness. That is why today in UBL, as in NBA , the clubs are limited with their budget top margins, which guarantees to all teams the same and equal opportunities. Another key difference of UBL
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