On May 1-4, 2014, in Lviv, the Ukrainian Maxibasketball Championship 60+ was held. Lviv is a city that always loves and honors basketball. Lviv became the center of Ukrainian basketball veterans gathering. Veterans’ common characteristic is their devotion to basketball, their desire to promote basketball and play with friends to feel alive. Organizers gave the best they could to succeed in hosting the Maxibaketball Championship in the category over 60 years old. Hosts provided a cultural program plus a lot of rare sight-seeings and uniqueness, which could be found only in Lviv.

       The participating teams were placed into two preliminary groups A and B of three teams each. The top finishers of the group stages would play in the gold medal game. Group A:  AMICO (integrated team of Nikolaev and Donetsk players), Kyiv team (strengthened by players from Dnepropetrovsk), Slovak team (foreign guests competed out of the tournament). Group B: Lviv team(in fact the national team of Ukraine M60+ competed under Lviv’s colour), Zhytomyr team, the national team of Ukraine 65+.

        The first tournament’s game AMICO played against Kyiv team. The first quarter passed in equal strife, but AMICO clinched a17 : 16 lead. In the next period AMICO had a significant advantage 20 : 9. In the second half AMICO confirmed their status finally downing Kyiv team 75 : 59.

          In their second game AMICO competed with Slovak team. More younger Slovak players secured a comfortable victory 64 : 41.

        In the final AMICO met with Lviv team, the Group B winner. In this hazardous game Lviv claimed their Champion’s title. AMICO earned the second position at the Ukrainian Maxibasketball Championship 60+.