VTB United League Supercup

VTB United League Supercup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 VTB United League Supercup
SportBasketball
Founded2021 (2021)
First season2021
CEOSergei Kuschenko
No. of teams6
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion
Russia CSKA Moscow
Most titlesRussia CSKA Moscow
(3 titles)
BroadcasterMatch TV
Related
competitions		VTB United League
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 Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)
CSKA Moscow		 81–73
Zenit Saint Petersburg
UNICS		 84–70
Lokomotiv Kuban
2022
Zenit Saint Petersburg		 71–70
CSKA Moscow
UNICS		 83–77
Partizan
2023
Zenit Saint Petersburg		 85–83
Lokomotiv Kuban
Fenerbahçe		 82–80
Nizhny Novgorod
2024
CSKA Moscow		 87–72
UNICS
Zenit Saint Petersburg		 83–70
Crvena zvezda
2025 Serbia
(Belgrade Arena, Belgrade)
CSKA Moscow		 96–79
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Crvena zvezda		 82–80
Dubai Basketball

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 21 22 Total
seasons		 Highest
finish
Russia CSKA1stH2nd2Winner
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban4th5th2Fourth place
Russia UNICS3rd3rd2Third place
Russia Zenit2nd1st2Winner
Serbia Partizan—4th1Fourth place
Serbia Mega—6th1Sixth place

Awards

MVPs

SeasonPlayerTeamRef.
2021United States Will ClyburnRussia CSKA Moscow[3]
2022United States Thomas WimbushRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg
2023Slovakia Kyle KuricRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg
2024Serbia Aleksa AvramovićRussia CSKA Moscow
2025United States Melo TrimbleRussia CSKA Moscow

See also

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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