President of the Russian Basketball Federation Andrei Kirilenko He said on ‘s Loud show that Super League teams would join the VTB United League in the near future.
Zenit won the VTB United League last season. The Superleague was won by Uralmash from Yekaterinburg.
— Superleague teams will enter the VTB United League? What do we know now?
“Yes, a league council will be held soon and we will find out which teams will reconstitute it,” Kirilenko said on . – For 3-4 years, in fact, the first division has taken a huge step forward. And many teams are already ready to be promoted. Of course, there are certain criteria, but in order not to lose quality, new teams must appear and already compete with the existing ones.
What will happen to the technical staff?
– Again, we have a pretty solid league and good teams. Everything will depend on the clubs. But it’s a great opportunity for our coaches to show off.
– Are they generally sensible, because in basketball we were in the shadow of big foreigners?
– It’s the same with the players. Andrey Kirilenko would never play basketball without a chance. We have to give both our coaches and our young players a chance. As for the coaches. Sergei Bazarevich has now become Samara’s coach. I hope this team will move up to the United League next season, because the whole structure of the club is ready to play at the highest level.
Do you follow what is happening in the regions?
– We have a huge course to help our regions, we allocate more than 100 million rubles to members of our regional branches. And as for professional basketball. Ekaterinburg won this year, a magnificent region, a rich region. Able to have good teams. There is good basketball in Chelyabinsk, in Omsk. The regions are therefore developing step by step. And next year, God himself ordered to pay great attention to his championship.
Dynamo Kursk became the champion of Russia among women’s teams in the 2021/22 season.
Source : MatchTV
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