VTB United League Supercup

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.

VTB United League Supercup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021
SportBasketball
Founded2021 (2021)
Inaugural season2021
CEOSergei Kuschenko
No. of teams4
Country
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		Russia Zenit
Most titlesRussia CSKA Moscow
Russia Zenit (1 title each)
TV partner(s)Match TV
Related
competitions		VTB United League
Official websitevtb-league.com

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)
CSKA Moscow		 81–73
Zenit
UNICS		 84–70
Lokomotiv Kuban
2022
Details		  Russia
(VTB Arena Park, Moscow)
Zenit		 71–70
CSKA Moscow
UNICS		 83–77
Partizan

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

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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