VTB United Youth League

The VTB United Youth League (Russian: Единая Молодежная Лига ВТБ) is a basketball tournament that is contested between the youth teams of basketball clubs from the VTB United League. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank.

VTB United Youth League
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
First season2013–14
Country Russia
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams11
Domestic cup(s)Russian Cup
Current championsRussia Zenit M
(1st title)
Most championshipsRussia CSKA Junior
(5 titles)
Websitewww.vtbyouth-league.com

The reigning champion is Zenit M after defeating 68:71 after overtime CSKA Junior.

Formats

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In the tournament, there are 11 teams that play in 4 rounds - paired matches at home and on the road. The 8 best teams on the basis of the regular season go to the Final Eight. The age of players performing in the Youth League must not be less than 15 and not older than 19 years on the date of the first match.

Current clubs

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Club City
Avtodor-2 Saratov
CSKA Junior Moscow
Enisey-2 Krasnoyarsk
Khimki-2 Khimki
Lokomotiv-Kuban-2 Krasnodar
Nizhniy Novgorod-2 Nizhniy Novgorod
Parma-2 Perm
Samara-2 Samara
Spartak Saint Petersburg-2 Saint Petersburg
UNICS-2 Kazan
Zenit-M Saint-Petersburg
MBA-2 Moscow

Finals

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Season Host city Final Third place game
Champion Score Runner-up Bronze Score 4th place
2013–14 No playoffs Khimki-2 By location Zenit-2 UNICS-2 By location CSKA-2
2014–15 Saratov CSKA-2 97:76 UNICS-2 Khimki-2 91:66 Avtodor-2
2015–16 Samara CSKA-2 67:65 Avtodor-2 Khimki-2 69:66 Samara-2
2016–17 Krasnodar CSKA-2 70:61 Khimki-2 Samara-2 78:74 Lokomotiv-Kuban-2
2017–18 Samara CSKA Junior 78:74 Samara-2 Khimki-2 91:88 Lokomotiv-Kuban-2
2018–19 Saint Petersburg Khimki-2 82:70 CSKA Junior Samara-2 91:65 Avtodor-2
2020-21 Saint Petersburg CSKA Junior 89:65 Lokomotiv-Kuban-2 Nizhny Novgorod-2 63:61 Khimki-2
2021-22 Moscow Zenit M 71:68 CSKA Junior Khimki-2 57:55 MBA-2

Statistics by club

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Club Gold Silver Bronze
CSKA Junior 5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021) 2 (2019, 2022)
Khimki-2 2 (2014, 2019) 1 (2017) 3 (2015, 2016, 2018)
Zenit M 1 (2022)
Samara-2 1 (2018) 2 (2017, 2019)
UNICS-2 1 (2015) 1 (2014)
Zenit-2 1 (2014)
Avtodor-2 1 (2016)

See also

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Notes

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