 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Ukraine yakaita yavo EuroBasket kutanga muna 1997. Mutambo wavo wokutanga mumutambo uyu wakanga usiri kugamuchirwa kwakanaka kwechikwata chenyika, sezvo vakaparadzwa neSpain 54-82. Nenguva isingasviki maawa makumi maviri nemana kuti vaunganidzwezve kumutambo wavo unotevera, Ukraine yakatarisana neGermany uko vakarasikirwa zvakare, panguva ino nechikoro che 81-60. Mumutambo wavo wekupedzisira mumutambo weboka, vakakunda Croatia 88-95, kuti vawane kukunda kwavo kwekutanga kuEuroBasket. Zvinosuruvarisa, hazvina kukwana kuti chikwata chifambire mberi kunzvimbo yekurova saka vakadzoserwa kumatanho ekuisa nzvimbo ye13-16th. Ikoko, chikwata chakakunda Latvia neSlovenia kuti vapedze mutambo wechi13 zvachose. 