VTB United League Supercup
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025 VTB United League Supercup | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 |
| First season | 2021 |
| CEO | Sergei Kuschenko |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion | CSKA Moscow |
| Most titles | CSKA Moscow (3 titles) |
| Broadcaster | Match TV |
| Related competitions | VTB United League |
| Official website | vtb-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA | 1stH | 2nd | 2 | Winner |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 4th | 5th | 2 | Fourth place |
| UNICS | 3rd | 3rd | 2 | Third place |
| Zenit | 2nd | 1st | 2 | Winner |
| Partizan | — | 4th | 1 | Fourth place |
| Mega | — | 6th | 1 | Sixth place |
Awards
MVPs
| Season | Player | Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Will Clyburn | CSKA Moscow | [3] |
| 2022 | Thomas Wimbush | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
| 2023 | Kyle Kuric | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
| 2024 | Aleksa Avramović | CSKA Moscow | |
| 2025 | Melo Trimble | CSKA Moscow |
See also
References
- ^ "VTB United League announced the creation of a pre-season SuperCup". vtb-league.com. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "4 teams – 1 trophy. Guide to the first SuperCup in the United League history". vtb-league.com. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "CSKA wins the first title of the season". vtb-league.com (in Russian). Retrieved 19 September 2021.