Athletistic / Basketball PBC CSKA President Andrey Vatutin and Russian Ice Hockey Federation First Vice-President and SKA Head Coach Roman Rotenberg embrace after the decisive seventh game of the VTB United League final, during from which Zenit defeated CSKA Moscow (81:75, 4-3 in the series) and became the winner of the tournament.

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The Saint Petersburg club won the VTB United League for the first time in its history. Javier Pascual’s side managed to win the series, losing 1-3 along the way.

CSKA failed to win the tournament for the first time in 11 years. After the game, the head coach of the army team, Dimitris Itoudis, announced his resignation from the club.