VTB United League Supercup explained

VTB United League Supercup
Current Season:2023
Pixels:200
Sport:Basketball
Inaugural:2021
Teams:4
Continent:Europe
Champion: Zenit Saint Petersburg
Most Champs: Zenit Saint Petersburg (2 titles)
Related Comps:VTB United League
Ceo:Sergei Kuschenko
Tv:Match TV

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.

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
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2021
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)

CSKA Moscow
81–73
Zenit Saint Petersburg

UNICS
84–70
Lokomotiv Kuban
2022
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)

Zenit Saint Petersburg
71–70
CSKA Moscow

UNICS
83–77
Partizan
2023
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)

Zenit Saint Petersburg
85–83
Lokomotiv Kuban

Fenerbahçe
82–80
Nizhny Novgorod

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
H Host

List of participants

Team 2122Total
seasons
Highest
finish
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H 2
2
2
2
1
1

Awards

MVPs

Season Player Team Ref.
2021 [3]
2022

See also

Notes and References

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