Meet the Opponent

The Standard team is the youngest of the A Division teams. Its current coach, Vladimir Trunov, initiated the professional basketball in Toliatti, when in 2001 he founded the basketball club, taking the city as namesake. Prior to that, only amateur teams played in Toliatti. Trunov, however, soon went his own way, and two years later a second club was founded, Standart, which had some serious tasks ahead of them from the very start.

The first season was experimental, and to improve the team’s strength they played in the First League, paving the way to play at a superior level.

The task for the 2003/04 season of winning the gold in the First League was accomplished. Standart, leaped up two echelons, appearing in the Super League B. In their first season they took sixth place, and played in the eighth finals of the National Cup, losing against CSKA.

The following year their goal was to conquer the gold. From the first until the final games, the fortified Standart was the leader in the tournament, and with only a few games to the finals, was welcomed into the A Division. With the help of the regional government, the club, from practically zero, began to prepare for its debut in the Elite Division. Sergey Bazarevich was invited to head up the team as coach, but left shortly afterward, and Vladimir Trunov took up where he had left off, anew.

5	Andrei Bezrukov	Guard	1978	187
7	Víctor Kouriltchouk	Forward	1975	197
9	Vasily Zavoruev	Guard	1987	196
10	Kevin Braswell	Forward	1979	183
11	Alexei Surovtsev	Guard	1984	200
12	Denis Timakov	Forward	1982	198
13	Sergey Stroilov	Forward	1981	203
15	Alexander Garshin	Forward	1977	204
17	Alexei Poltoratsky	Forward	1974	209
18	Igor Smygin	Guard	1987	176
20	David Simon	Forward	1982	186
21	Evgeny Belousov	Guard	1984	190
22	Sergey Pakhomov	Forward	1978	198
23	Dmitry Drevke	Forward	1978	200
	Mikhail Vikhnevitch	Forward	1981	198

Head coach: Vladimir Trunov
Assistant coach: Igor Legonkov