VTB United League President Kushchenko: “The Super Cup was definitely a success”

VTB United League President Sergei Kushchenko said that the league successfully held the Super Cup this year.

The VTB United League Super Cup was held in Moscow from September 11 to 14, with the participation of CSKA, Lokomotiv-Kuban, Zenit, UNICS, Serbian Red Star and Turkish Besiktas. The army team won the gold medals of the tournament.

— Was the final and the Super Cup as a whole a success?

— The Super Cup was definitely a success, thanks to our foreign partners, the teams present. From the (last) game: UNICS missed a lot of things in the first quarter, came back, let CSKA go again, but another chase failed. The loss of Reynolds had adverse consequences; he played actively in the paint. The intensity of the game was worthy of the final; there was enough intrigue and emotion. CSKA was the first champion of the Super Cup, now it has won the trophy again.

The match for fifth place turned out to be interesting, the unique victory of Lokomotiv-Kuban in overtime was the highlight of the tournament.

— Have you invited anyone to the Super Cup, apart from Besiktas and Crvena Zvezda? Were there any refusals?

– No, only these two teams called at the same time, so no one refused. “Thank you very much to the teams for including our Super Cup in their preparation program,” the correspondent reports, according to Kushchenko’s words.

CSKA won the VTB United League Super Cup for the second time in its history – the army team had already won the tournament in 2021. Zenit has won the Super Cup twice.

Watch VTB United League matches on and the holding’s channels, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites. The new season of the tournament starts on September 21.

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