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VTB United League Supercup

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VTB United League Supercup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024
SportBasketball
Founded2021; 3 years ago (2021)
First season2021
CEOSergei Kuschenko
No. of teams6
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Russia CSKA Moscow
Most titlesRussia CSKA Moscow
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
(2 titles each)
TV partner(s)Match TV
Related
competitions
VTB United League
Official websitevtb-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.

History

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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

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Season Hosts Finals Third-place games
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth Place
2021  Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)

CSKA Moscow
81–73
Zenit Saint Petersburg

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

Zenit Saint Petersburg
71–70
CSKA Moscow

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

Zenit Saint Petersburg
85–83
Lokomotiv Kuban

Fenerbahçe
82–80
Nizhny Novgorod
2024  Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)

CSKA Moscow
87–72
UNICS

Zenit Saint Petersburg
83–70
Crvena zvezda

All-time participants

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

Key

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1st Champions
2nd Runners-up
Did not qualify
H Host

List of participants

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Team 21 22 Total
seasons
Highest
finish
Russia CSKA 1stH 2nd 2 Winner
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 4th 5th 2 Fourth place
Russia UNICS 3rd 3rd 2 Third place
Russia Zenit 2nd 1st 2 Winner
Serbia Partizan 4th 1 Fourth place
Serbia Mega 6th 1 Sixth place

Awards

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MVPs

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Season Player Team Ref.
2021–22 United States Will Clyburn Russia CSKA Moscow [3]
2022–23 United States Thomas Wimbush Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
2023–24 Slovakia Kyle Kuric Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
2024–25 Serbia Aleksa Avramović Russia CSKA Moscow

See also

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References

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  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.
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