The final game of the 17th championship between universities men's basketball teams at the Sport Complex of "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" was held on December 16. This championship is held under the auspices of Kyiv trade unions. As in previous years, the Head of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine O.M.Yatsun and his deputy O.M.Trofymenko were present at the finals games.
15 teams representing 12 universities played for championship:
- National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ";
- National Transport University of Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv;
- National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
- National University of Food Technologies
- The Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman
- National Aviation University;
- National Academy of Management;
- National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine;
- -Kyiv State Academy of Water Transport named of hetman Peter Konashevich-Sagaidachny.
- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
- Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics.
Teams played more than 100 games in the championship 2016, where 250 student-athletes played. Teams of our University participated in the last ten championships; they became champions and silver winners nine times.
This year the first time in the history of the competition two teams of KPI basketball players came in the final. The team "KPI-1" was winner, which beat the team "KPI-2" with a score of 110: 92 (head coach O.V.Kuzenkov). The third place won Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics (head coach D.S.Yeltsov), which beat rivals from National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine (head coach O.B.Kraynyuk) with a score of 97:90.
Winners of the competition got medals, prizes and the winning team got a race cup.
See you in 2017, at the 18th tournament!