Upcoming VTB United League Super Cup will add interest and appeal to Russian basketball, president tells BET NN » Sergei Panov .
On Friday, the VTB League announced that Fenerbahce and Besiktas will participate in the Super Bowl. Six Russian teams will also take part in the tournament: UNICS, Lokomotiv-Kuban, CSKA, Zenit, Pari Nizhny Novgorod and MBA.
– For us, it will be one of the last stages of the preparation for the season, very important. It is very good that the strongest Russian teams and foreign competitors participate in this tournament. In fact, this tournament will test the team before the season in its entirety. If at the beginning of pre-season training it is possible to play with weak opponents, then in the final stage it is necessary to play only with strong opponents.
The second thing I would like to point out is that in this situation someone still has common sense, and we have the opportunity to play in international tournaments. It is very important. The third point – I see that all this difficult situation has benefited us today. If before many Russian teams went abroad to play in preparation for the season, today, thanks to the strong movements of the VTB United League management, foreign clubs come to us.
And this is an undeniable plus for the supporters of our clubs. In a difficult situation, I think we find the best solutions. And the championship is already becoming interesting for us. And the upcoming tournament, I think, will add interest and appeal to our basketball,” Panov told .
The 2023 Super Cup matches will take place from September 21-24 in Moscow at the VTB Arena.
Source : MatchTV
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