The VTB United League Super Cup has a good reputation in Europe, a number of European teams are interested in participating in the tournament, the league’s general director told . Ilona Korstin .
The United League Super Cup will be held in Moscow from September 11 to 14. The tournament will bring together CSKA Moscow, UNICS Kazan, Zenit St. Petersburg, Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar, Serbian Red Star and Turkish Besiktas.
— The Super Cup has been an international tournament for several years now. This time, confirming its international status, we invited Red Star, which plays in the Euroleague, and Besiktas, which plays in the Eurocup, to participate. The four best Russian teams, according to last season’s results, also participate in the tournament.
Let’s present to the fans the best we have: the best teams in Russia and a unique chance to see their confrontations with major foreign clubs. Because, apparently, our fans will no longer have this opportunity in the new season.
It is important that the Super Cup will be held at the VTB Arena: in my opinion, it is one of the best basketball arenas in Russia. Various activities, competitions and draws will be held for spectators during the tournament. They will have the opportunity to win valuable prizes. But the Super Bowl is, first of all, a sports tournament.
— Was it difficult to invite two great foreign teams during this difficult period for our basketball?
— On the one hand, it was difficult, on the other hand, the European Super Cup has a reputation as a solid pre-season tournament. I can say that this year several European clubs contacted us to participate in the Super Cup. But we decided that we wanted to make it a six-team format, and not an eight-team format like last season. Because this format is denser, more interesting and more convenient in terms of organization. In addition, when there was a format with eight participants, in case of defeat in the first match, the team was deprived of the opportunity to compete for prizes. Therefore, we preferred the format with six participants.
“I am grateful to our foreign participants who, in this difficult period, still came to us for the Super Cup,” Korstin told .
UNICS and Besiktas will meet on Wednesday in the first match of the tournament. Watch the live broadcast of the match from 16:55 on and Match! Game”, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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