MBC Dynamo Moscow

Leagues

Russian Basketball Super League

Founded

1923

History

1923–present

Arena

Krylatskoye Sports Palace

Capacity

5,000

Location

Moscow, Russia

Team colors

White and Blue

President

Evgeny Gomelsky

Championships

1 Eurocup
2 USSR Championships

Website

dynamobasket.com

Uniforms

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MBC Dynamo Moscow (in МБК Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional basketball team from Moscow, Russia. Dynamo plays in the Russian Basketball Super League, the second tier basketball league in Russia.

Created in 1923 when Russia was part of the Soviet Union, Dynamo is among the oldest sports clubs in the country. Its name was chosen because Dynamo means 'power in motion'. The club was backed by the State Political Directorate (GPU), a police apparatus of the USSR. That is why the team has always been thought of as the police club, while cross-town rival CSKA Moscow was the army club. However, the connection between the police and the sportsmen at Dynamo has been almost non-existent in recent years. Dynamo quickly earned a reputation outside the Soviet Union borders due to its success in major sports such as football, handball, ice hockey and, of course, basketball. Dynamo Moscow won the USSR League championship in 1937 and 1948 and also made it to the final in 1944 and 1990.

Over the decades, Dynamo earned a reputation for being among the strongest teams nationally and around the continent. Dynamo finished third in the Soviet Union League standings in 1946, 1957 and 1958, as well as making it to the 1952 USSR Cup final. Years of domestic obscurity followed in which the team could not achieve any remarkable domestic success. A few former Dynamo players participated in some of the most historic moments in USSR sport. Aleksandr Boloshev was a member of the Olympic Team that won the gold medal in Munich 1972. Furthermore, Vladimir Zhigili, one of the most famous players in Dynamo's history, was World Champion in Puerto Rico in 1974.

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