VTB United League Supercup

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VTB United League Supercup
Current season, competition or edition:
Basketball current event.svg2024
Sport Basketball
Founded2021;3 years ago (2021)
First season2021
CEO Sergei Kuschenko
No. of teams6
Continent Europe
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
Most titles Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
Flag of Russia.svg Zenit Saint Petersburg
(2 titles each)
TV partner(s) Match TV
Related
competitions
VTB United League
Official website vtb-league.com

The VTB United League Supercup, also credited as VTB League Super Cup, is a men's professional basketball supercup competition between teams from the VTB United League. Its main sponsor is VTB Bank. It is a regional competition, that is contested between teams from five countries: Russia, Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Poland. In the first edition of the Supercup in 2021 all participants were from Russia.

Contents

History

The VTB United League Council, held online on June 12, 2021, in the press center of the Russian news agency TASS, approved the creation of an annual Supercup with the participation of the best 4 teams of the previous regular season. The winner will be awarded the Alexander Gomelsky Cup, named after the legendary CSKA and Soviet national team coach. [1]

The first tournament was organized by VTB United League in cooperation with the Moscow city Department of Sports and took place in Moscow, Russia. [2]


Finals

SeasonHostsFinalsThird-place games
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth Place
2021Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)
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CSKA Moscow
81–73 Flag of Russia.svg
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Flag of Russia.svg
UNICS
84–70 Flag of Russia.svg
Lokomotiv Kuban
2022Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)
Flag of Russia.svg
Zenit Saint Petersburg
71–70 Flag of Russia.svg
CSKA Moscow
Flag of Russia.svg
UNICS
83–77 Flag of Serbia.svg
Partizan
2023Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)
Flag of Russia.svg
Zenit Saint Petersburg
85–83 Flag of Russia.svg
Lokomotiv Kuban
Flag of Turkey.svg
Fenerbahçe
82–80 Flag of Russia.svg
Nizhny Novgorod
2024Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)
Flag of Russia.svg
CSKA Moscow
87–72 Flag of Russia.svg
UNICS
Flag of Russia.svg
Zenit Saint Petersburg
83–70 Flag of Serbia.svg
Crvena zvezda

All-time participants

The following is a list of clubs that have played in the VTB League Supercup at least once since its formation in 2021.

Key

1stChampions
2ndRunners-up
Did not qualify
HHost

List of participants

Team 21 22 Total
seasons
Highest
finish
Flag of Russia.svg CSKA 1stH2nd2Winner
Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Kuban 4th5th2Fourth place
Flag of Russia.svg UNICS 3rd3rd2Third place
Flag of Russia.svg Zenit 2nd1st2Winner
Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan 4th1Fourth place
Flag of Serbia.svg Mega 6th1Sixth place

Awards

MVPs

SeasonPlayerTeamRef.
2021–22 Flag of the United States.svg Will Clyburn Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow [3]
2022–23 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Wimbush Flag of Russia.svg Zenit Saint Petersburg
2023–24 Flag of Slovakia.svg Kyle Kuric Flag of Russia.svg Zenit Saint Petersburg
2024–25 Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksa Avramović Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow

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References

  1. "VTB United League announced the creation of a pre-season SuperCup". vtb-league.com. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. "4 teams – 1 trophy. Guide to the first SuperCup in the United League history". vtb-league.com. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. "CSKA wins the first title of the season". vtb-league.com (in Russian). Retrieved 19 September 2021.