VTB United League Supercup

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VTB United League Supercup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021
SportBasketball
Founded2021; 1 year ago (2021)
Inaugural season2021
CEOSergei Kuschenko
No. of teams4
Country
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		Russia CSKA Moscow
Most titlesRussia CSKA Moscow (1 title)
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[]

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[]

Season Hosts Finals Third Place Games
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth Place
2021
Details 		 Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow) 		Flag of Russia.svg
CSKA Moscow 		81–73 Flag of Russia.svg
Zenit 		Flag of Russia.svg
UNICS 		84–70 Flag of Russia.svg
Lokomotiv Kuban

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[]

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

List of participants[]

Team Total
seasons 		Highest
finish
Russia CSKA 1stH 1 Winner
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 4th 1 Fourth place
Russia UNICS 3rd 1 Third place
Russia Zenit 2nd 1 Runner-up

Awards[]

MVPs[]

Season Player Team Ref.
2021 United States Will Clyburn Russia CSKA Moscow [3]

See also[]

  • Soviet Basketball Cup

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.

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