The final match of the VTB United League in the outgoing year, the basketball club «Astana» will play on the road against the Perm «PARMA-PARIMATCH» The game will be held in Perm on Sunday, December 19, beginning at 16:00 Nur-Sultan time.
“PARMA-PARIMATCH” is a Russian professional men's basketball club from Perm, founded in 2012. Besides participating in the VTB United League this season, he plays in the FIBA Europe Cup.
Achievements:
- Winner of the Russian Cup — 2015/2016, 2018/2019
- Bronze medalist of the Russian Cup — 2016/2017
- Bronze medalist of the Super League — 2015/2016
- Participant of the Final Four of the FIBA European Cup — 2021
Roster:
PARMA PARIMATCH did not renew contracts with American Lorenzo Williams and Serb Boris Savovic. Maxim Grigoriev and Vladimir Ivlev are among the Russian players who left the team and moved to CSKA. In addition, the young players Kirill Budin, Yegor Chernyshev, and Vadim Bondarenko are not on the roster yet. As part of the Perm team, nine players from last season retained their places at once. The Baltic presence in the team was completely retained by the Lithuanians Ads Yushkevicus and Eigirdas Zukauskas and the Latvian Mareks Meyeris. Also, another import continues to defend the colors of the Perm team — Pole Marcel Ponitka. Five players with Russian citizenship continue to play in PARMA — Nikolay Zhmako, Konstantin Bulanov, Gleb Sheiko, Alexander Platunov, and Alexander Kurov.
There is no need to introduce the new American player of the Perm team; he is well known to all fans of the Kazakh team — guard Jeremiah Hill. Belarusian center Artem Parakhovsky is far less than a newcomer to the VTB United League. Moreover, he became a silver medalist of the VTB League, and at the same time the Championship of Russia; in addition, he was twice the champion and the winner of the Cup of Belarus, became the Champion of Latvia, Israel, and the silver medalist of Lithuania, as well as the winner of Cups Ukrainian Super League and King Mindaugas. Artem started with the Belarusian «Vitalyur,» played in the Turkish «Olin Edirne,» the Israeli «Hapoel Jerusalem,» and «Maccabi Tel Aviv,» the Lithuanian «Rytas,» the Serbian «Partizan,» the French «Strasbourg» and «Andorra.» In VTB United League in different seasons, he played for VEF, «Budevelnik», «Nizhny Novgorod,» UNICS, and «Tsmoki-Minsk.» The most experienced Russian guard, the bronze medalist of the Olympics and the winner of the European Challenge Cup and the Cup of Russia — Evgeny Voronov, has joined PARMA. Eugene spends the 11th season in the VTB United League and has played in UNICS, «Krasnye Krylia,» «Dynamo Moscow,» CSKA, «Lokomotiv-Kuban,» «Zenit,» and «Khimki.» Center Artyom Zabelin is another experienced Russian player; before this time, he had already played in «PARMA.» After one season, he returned to the Perm team. Artem was the champion and bronze medalist of the Euroleague during his career, won the VTB United League, became the champion of Russia three times, and won the Russian Cup twice. He was in the squads of «Avtodor,» «Dynamo St. Petersburg,» «CSKA,» «Lokomotiv-Kuban,» «Krasnye Krylia,» as well as in the Super League teams «Spartak Primorye» and «TEMP-SUMZ-UGMK.» Also in the Perm team in the application for the season was a young forward Vladislav Perevalov.
Head coach: The coaching staff of the Perm team is constant compared to last season. All four, including Lithuanians — head coach Kazis Maskvitis and coach Gintaras Kaziulis and Russian specialists Vyacheslav Shushakov and Veniamin Anisimov, retained their places in the coaching staff of «PARMA.»
Leaders of the rivals: All the imports are among the team leaders: Adas Yushkevichus is the leader in terms of performance, and Mareks Meyeris is in terms of efficiency. Artem Parakhovsky, Eigirdas Zukauskas and Jeremiah Hill also have high scoring rates. Marcel Ponitka is also one of the leading players on the team. Russian players include Artyom Zabelin, Nikolai Zhmako, and Alexander Platunov.
Standing position: “PARMA-PARIMATCH” is currently on the seventh line in the standings, with three wins in seven matches. This season started with a tricky away victory over the Belarusian «dragons.» Then they suffered defeats three times in a row — at home, they lost to CSKA, missed the win in another home match, this time against UNICS, and on the road did not cope with «NN.» Then we seriously upset «Kalev» in an away game, outplayed «Zelena-Guru» at home, and lost to «Loko» in the last home game.
History of games: In a personal confrontation, teams from Perm and Nur-Sultan met nine times. Teams won one game last season, with victories going to teams in away games. With these results, «Astana» is leading in the personal confrontation with a score of 6: 3.
Interesting Facts:
- Jeremiah Hill spent two last seasons with the Kazakh team.
- Bookmakers give a significant coefficient for the victory of «Astana.»
The match will take place on Sunday, December 19, in Perm on the site of the Molot Sports Palace, beginning at 16:00 Nur-Sultan time. Online broadcast of the match will be available on the main page of our website.
Detailed information about the tournament, tournament tables, schedule, and results of matches are published in the
Tournaments section.
