Khimki

In the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 game BC Khimki on the road faced Montepaschi Siena (Italy) and suffered defeat with the score 76:82. Rivers added 13 points and 5 rebounds, Loncar - 12 points and 4 rebounds, Monya and Davis - in 11 points each, Planinic - 10 points and 7 assists and became the best Top 16 assistant (7.33 assists per game). It was the first Top 16 defeat for BC Khimki. Now it ranks fourth in group F.

Within the bounds of Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top-16 BC Khimki Moscow Region at home faced FC Barcelona Regal (Spain). Despite the loss of the leader Juan Carlos Navarro the Rimas Kurtinaitis's squad showed character and due to perfect defense scored second in a row victory - 78:65. Zoran Planinic added 16 points and 6 assists, Fridzon - 13 points, Davis and Zhukanenko - 10 points each.

Within the bounds of Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top-16 BC Khimki and CSKA Moscow played their first games. The yellow-blue team in Istanbul faced Besiktas JK and scored victory. Vitaly Fridzon added 20 points, Paul Davis - 17, Zoran Planinic - 13 and 9 assists. As for CSKA Moscow, the Messina's squad at home crashed Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Krstic and Weems added 22 points each.

In a fantastic and emotional game BC Khimki hosted PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban and won in the overtime - 104:100. Loko played better in the beginning of the match and took the lead 28:19 but then Khimkians recovered and gave fight to the opponent. Eventually everything was determined in the overtime - due to perfect free throws of ex-Loko player K.C. Rivers the home team succeeded. Vitaly Fridzon scored 22 points in BC Khimki, Nick Calathes added 33 points in Lokomotiv-Kuban.

On Thursday, December 20, 2012 BC Khimki Moscow Region within the bounds of PBL championship hosted CSKA Moscow - it was the central game of the month. The equal game was until the last quarter but in the very end BC Khimki due to the Planinic's efford made a huge spurt 6-0 and eventually succeeded. Two unbelievable triples of Teodosic at last second didn't change the situation - Fridzon scored all 6 free throws. So the Moscow team suffered first defeat in PBL, as for BC Khimki it continued the unbeaten home series of 14 victories. Monya, Khryapa and Krstic made double-doubles.

On December 8, 2012 within the bounds of Turkish Airlines Euroleague BC Khimki Moscow Region played road game in Slovenia with the local team Union Olimpija Ljubljana. The crucail moment became in the very end of the meeting when Slovenian guard Klemen Prepelic scored the three-point buzzer and swat away the Russian team. Despite this defeat BC Khimki has already gauranteed itself the entrance to the Top-16. Paul Davis added 20 points and 4 rebounds, Vitaly Fridzon - 12 points and Egov Vyaltsev - 11.

On November 29, 2012 two Russian clubs played games in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague week 8 and succeeded. BC Khimki Moscow Region at home crushed Mapooro Cantu (Itlay) and due to the victory of Panathinaikos (Greece) over Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) guaranteed the entrance to the Top-16. CSKA Moscow on the road faced Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany) and also won. The Amry team qualified to the Top-16 couple of weeks ago.

On Monday, November 26, 2012 BC Khimki Moscow Region at its home court hosted BC Spartak-Primorye and scored a very confident victory. First half was equal, after the BC Khimki run 7-0 Primorye recovered and made a return spurt. Nevertheless after a big break Kurtinaitis's squad took a lead and didn't relax till the end of the game. As a result - a deserved win. Fridzon scored 17 points, Rivers - 16 and 6 rebounds. In BC Spartak-Primorye Efevberha added 21 points.

On November 23, 2012 BC Khimki Moscow Region faced on the road one of the best European teams of Real Madrid in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and suffered a defeat with the score 81:104. The biggest impact to the Real's success added Rudy Fernandez (23 points) and Nikola Mirotic (17 points). In BC Khimki Monya scored 19 points, Fridzon - 17, Planinic - 15 and 6 assists.

In the Turkish Airlines Euroleague game 6 BC Khimki hosted Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul and won in the very ending in the clutch due to Rivers incredible buzzer. He added overall 14 points to the team success, Fridzon - 12 points and Planinic - 11 points. Now BC Khimki Moscow Region has 4-2 record in the tournament and will face Real Madrid on November 23, 2012 in Madrid. As for CSKA Moscow it played on the road with Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania and celebrated victory. Sonny Weems stayed with 19 points, Teodosic added 13 and Kaun - 11. CSKA also ranks second in group D with the 5-1 record.

BC Khimki at its home court faced UNICS within the bounds of VTB United League (the result of the game takes into account of PBL championship) and very confidently won over the Kazan team with the score of 85:74. Zoran Planinic added 18 points, Vitaly Fridzon - 14 and James Augustine - 13 points and 6 rebounds. Kostas Kaimakoglou stayed with 20 points and became the best scorer of the overall match.

On November 9, 2012 in Athens the local team of Panathinaikos hosted BC Khimki Moscow Region within the bounds of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague group stage.

In a persistent ending of two teams of the championship of BEKO PBL different in level among teams of PBL clubs of 2012-2013 BC Nizhniy Novgorod, despite Semen Antonov's 22 points and Evgeny Baburin's 20 points, couldn't open the account of victories in a series with BC Khimki Moscow Region.

BEKO PBL presents the list of transfers of the BEKO PBL Russian championships. The list contains the infromation about the clubs where changes have taken place. All the information is taken from the official web sites of the BEKO PBL clubs. Latest transfers are marked in bold style.

Spartak St.-Petersburg beats Khimki Moscow Region 74:69 in the regular season of VTB United League, the result of which also goes to the credit of the regular Russian Championship BEKO PBL. This is the fourth victory of a St.-Petersburg`s team that has no unbeaten in the BEKO PBL.

On Saturday, September 1, BC Khimki genereal director Viktor Bychkov has been voted the Head of the Board of the Professioanl Basketball League, succeeding Andrey Vatutin at this position.

On Monday, July 16th the BEKO PBL Board meeting took place. It has discussed the scheme of the upcoming season, appointed general director in charge and approved the agreement with the VTB United League.

CSKA has won BEKO PBL championships, beating Khimki 90:75 in the 3rd game of the finals. The Army men have won Russian title for the 10th consecutive time.

CSKA went 2-0 up in the best-of-5 final series after they beat Khimki for the second day in a row 79:61. despite the abscence of Anrei Kirilenko. Games 3 and 4 (if needed) to take place in the Moscow region on 19th and 20th of May. 

CSKA Moscow has taken 1-0 lead in the best-of-5 BEKO PBL finals series. The Army Men got a great victory 81:62 mainly courtesy of their second unit. Andrei Kirilenko spained his ankle in the 3rd quarter and hasn't played since. Game 2 to take place in Moscow on Thursday.

Khimki will face CSKA in the best-of-5 final seris of the BEKO PBL championship after the Moscow region side beat their arch-rivals 87:82 in game 2 of their semi-final series. The game was very close until the very last minute when Kyle Landry received a technical foul for a flop, and Khimki scored decisive 5 points in the last possession

Khimki Moscow Region outscored Triumph Lubertsy by 102:76 in the game 1 of the semi-finals for 1-4 places play-offs BEKO PBL Russian Championship. The second game will be on May 05 in Lubertsy.

BC Triumph’s key player Davon Jefferson has been named the MVP of the BEKO PBL regular season 2011/2012. Also the first and second all-PBL teams have been named.

On Tuesday April 24th the BEKO PBL regular season has finished up. After the games in Krasnoyarsk, Kazan and Moscow the semi-finalists of both 1-4 and 5-8 play-offs became clear.

CSKA Moscow outscored Khimki Moscow Region in game for the first place in standings in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship. CSKA won regular season and will play Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar in semifinals 1-4 places play-offs. Khimki will play Triumph Moscow Region.

On Monday 16th of April during the BEKO PBL Board meeting the representatives of the clubs have approved the concept of the United tournament of BEKO PBL and VTB League, which recently received full support from the Euroleague.  Also the scheme and dates for the current season play-offs were approved. 

The 2011-12 Eurocup champion is BC Khimki, which held off Valencia Basket 77-68 in a thrilling finale. Khimki won for the first time and will play in the 2012-13 Euroleague. Zoran Planinic scored 19 and was named Finals MVP.

Khimki Moscow Region beats UNICS Kazan by 75:58 for the second time in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship. UNICS stays out of 1-4 places play-offs, while Khimki won 15th game and now waiting for the battle with CSKA for first place in the standings.

Khimki Moscow Region beats UNICS Kazan away from home 73:65 in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship. Rimas Kurtinaitis team keeps fighting for the first place in the standings. UNICS though has not lost chance for 1th-4th places play-offs yet.

Khimki Moscow Region outscored Krasnye Krylya Samara by 79:68 and reached in 1th-4th places play-offs insured at least second place in the standings in the regular BEKO PBL Russian Championship. Rimas Kurtinaitis`s team will fight for the top spot with CSKA Moscow.

Khimki beats Triumph in Moscow Region derby by 91:80 in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship. Rimas Kurtinaitis`s team moved to first place and will be there until CSKA gets another win.

On Wednesday March the 14 during BEKO PBL Board meeting Andrey Vatutin was voted to represent the League in the group whcih will control creature of the United tournament. This group will consist of delegates from the Ministry for sport, Russian Basketball Federation and VTB League.

Khimki remains in the hunt for the top spot in the BEKO PBL standings following 88-80 win over Lokomotiv-Kuban. They're still one win behind CSKA. The Moscow Region side suffered a painful loss from Loko back in January, but managed to take a revenge on Tuesday.

Khimki Moscow Region coached by Rimas Kurtinaitis outscored Nizhniy Novgorod coached by Zoran Lukic 79:74 away in the city of Bor, Nizhny Novgorod region in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship.

Khimki continues its chase of CSKA at the top of the BEKO PBL with a 91:73 road victory over Enisey. The visiting side established a double-digit lead half-way through the second quarter and then never looked back to take an 18-point win over bottom side Ensiey. The Moscow region side now had 11-2 record in the League and faces Nizhniy Novgorod also away from home on the 10th of March.

Zoran Planinic shined in Khimki's tough road victory over Spartak Primorie. The Croat had 20 points, 9 asissts and 8 rebounds. Just like usually Primorie came out as a strongly determined team, and they lead by as many as 9 points in the 1st half. But after the big break the visitors managed to alter the course of the game and win it by 9 points.

Khimki held Patrick Beverley to 0 points on his home court, and beat Spartak in Saint Petersburg. The game was evenly-matched and appeared to be a very low-scoring affair, but Khimki came up strongest despite having been outrebounded 37-22.

The Moscow Region side got its 6th victory in the BEKO PBL after beating Enisey 90-69 at home. Khimki were down by 12 at the end of the first quarter, but managed to alter the course of the game and leave Enisey no chance after 3 quarters of the match.

BEKO PBL board meeting took place in Moscow today, it was attended by managers of all 10 clubs and President of Russian Basketball Federation Aleksander Krasnenkov. The future of possible unification between BEKO PBL and VTB United League has been discussed. General director of VTB United League Andrey Shirokov had been invited, but he refused to attend the meeting having notified the Board with an official letter.

Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar outscored Khimki Moscow Region 93:80 in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship.

Khimki Moscow Region outscored CSKA Moscow 75:65 in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship. It`s the  first defeat of Jonas Kazlauskas`s team.

One of the main issues of the meeting was possible creation of a united competition with VTB-League, which would meet the requirements of the Euroleague.

On Friday, December 2, the League's baord has met up in Moscow. A vital issue of Play-offs has been discussed.

Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok made another big surprise, this time beating Khimki Moscow Region in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship on the road.

Khimki Moscow Region outscored Triumph Lubertsy 93:72 away in the BEKO PBL Russian Championship.

Khimki has recorded its second win in the BEKO PBL following 86:78 victory over Nizhniy Novgorod at home.

Last season's runners-up Khimki started new season with a hard-fought victory over Krasnye Krylya.

The League's calendar and regulations have been approved

The League heard from Euroleague brand manager.

Next season's games will be broadcasted at PBL TV