VTB United Youth League explained

VTB United Youth League
Confed:FIBA Europe
First:2013–14
Teams:11
Pyramid:Russian basketball league system
Domest Cup:Russian Cup
Champions: Zenit M
(1st title)
Most Champs: CSKA Junior
(5 titles)

The VTB United Youth League (Russian: Единая Молодежная Лига ВТБ) is a basketball tournament that is contested between the youth teams of basketball clubs from the VTB United League. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank.

The reigning champion is Zenit M after defeating 68:71 after overtime CSKA Junior.

Formats

In the tournament, there are 11 teams that play in 4 rounds - paired matches at home and on the road. The 8 best teams on the basis of the regular season go to the Final Eight. The age of players performing in the Youth League must not be less than 15 and not older than 19 years on the date of the first match.

Current clubs

ClubCity
Avtodor-2Saratov
CSKA JuniorMoscow
Enisey-2Krasnoyarsk
Khimki-2Khimki
Lokomotiv-Kuban-2Krasnodar
Nizhniy Novgorod-2Nizhniy Novgorod
Parma-2Perm
Samara-2Samara
Spartak Saint Petersburg-2Saint Petersburg
UNICS-2Kazan
Zenit-MSaint-Petersburg
MBA-2Moscow

Finals

SeasonHost cityFinalThird place game
width=15%Championwidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Runner-upwidth=15%Bronzewidth=10%Scorewidth=15%4th place
2013–14No playoffsKhimki-2By locationZenit-2UNICS-2By locationCSKA-2
2014–15SaratovCSKA-297:76UNICS-2Khimki-291:66Avtodor-2
2015–16SamaraCSKA-267:65Avtodor-2Khimki-269:66Samara-2
2016–17KrasnodarCSKA-270:61Khimki-2Samara-278:74Lokomotiv-Kuban-2
2017–18SamaraCSKA Junior78:74Samara-2Khimki-291:88Lokomotiv-Kuban-2
2018–19Saint PetersburgKhimki-282:70CSKA JuniorSamara-291:65Avtodor-2
2020-21Saint PetersburgCSKA Junior89:65Lokomotiv-Kuban-2Nizhny Novgorod-263:61Khimki-2
2021-22MoscowZenit M71:68CSKA JuniorKhimki-257:55MBA-2

Statistics by club

ClubGoldSilverBronze
CSKA Junior5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021)2 (2019, 2022)
Khimki-22 (2014, 2019)1 (2017)3 (2015, 2016, 2018)
Zenit M1 (2022)
Samara-21 (2018)2 (2017, 2019)
UNICS-21 (2015)1 (2014)
Zenit-21 (2014)
Avtodor-21 (2016)

See also

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