Ukrainian basketball guard Lev Koshevatskyi has officially decided on the next stage of his professional career. The 23-year-old player has been added to the roster of Latvian University, which will compete in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League as well as the Latvian national championship in the upcoming season. This is reported by Sport RBC.UA, citing the official Instagram account of the Latvian club. In his new team, Koshevatskyi will wear the number 66 jersey.
Second Overseas Experience After Italy
For Koshevatskyi, the move to Latvia will be his second overseas experience in his career. He first left Ukraine in 2022, when he represented one of the Italian clubs. On the domestic front in the Ukrainian SuperLeague, the guard has played for several notable teams: Kyiv's Budyvelnik, Kyiv-Basket, and Cherkasy Mavpy. It was with the Cherkasy club last season that Koshevatskyi posted his most impressive statistics: in 26 games played, he averaged 16.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 6.7 assists per game.
Summer Camps and Work with the National Team
Summer 2026 was busy for Koshevatskyi on the international stage. The basketball player successfully represented Ukraine in the U-23 3×3 basketball national team at the League of Nations tournament. Already in August, he joined the training camp of the senior Ukrainian national team, which was held in Riga — the city where, most likely, the guard got acquainted with the infrastructure of Latvian basketball, which could have been one of the factors in his choice of a new club.
Debut in the Latvian-Estonian League
Latvian University played its first match of the new Latvian-Estonian League season on August 23, 2026, against Riga's VEF Riga. Thus, by the current moment (end of September 2026), Koshevatskyi has already made his debut for his new club and has presumably played through several rounds of the championship. The specific results of these matches are not specified in the provided sources.
Contradictory Data
The original source text (Sport RBC.UA) contains the following line: "We previously reported that the guard of the Ukrainian national basketball team had decided on a new club in Italy." This creates a certain inconsistency: if the publication previously reported Koshevatskyi's transfer to an Italian club, then the current information confirms his move to Latvia's Latvian University. Two explanations are possible: either the player's plans changed at the last minute and he turned down the Italian offer in favor of the Latvian one, or that line refers to a different player or is an editorial error. In any case, at the time of publication, the confirmed fact is precisely the move to Latvia, as recorded in the club's official Instagram channel.
Context: The Path from Mavpy to Latvia
Koshevatskyi's transfer to Latvian University fits logically into the general trend of recent seasons, when Ukrainian basketball players have been increasingly actively seeking opportunities to play abroad. For a 23-year-old guard with such SuperLeague statistics (averaging 16.6 points and 6.7 assists), the Latvian-Estonian league represents a serious but not excessive step in his career — the level of competition is higher than in Ukraine, but not so high as to deprive the player of significant game time. His previous experience in Italy in 2022 presumably gave Koshevatskyi an understanding of the European club system and the motivation to try himself in a new league.
