Before the start of the season Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk were renamed to Khimik Svetlogorsk.
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Four lowest placed teams (Traktor Minsk, Khimik Svetlogorsk, Veino-Dnepr and Polesye Kozenki) were initially relegated to the Second League, although Khimik Svetlogorsk later avoided relegation due to withdrawal of two other teams before 2001 season.
Svetlogorskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of district significance of Svetlogorsk in Svetlogorsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia is incorporated as
Tyrone Brazelton (born March 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Svetlogorsk in Belarus.