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 (2013)
First season2013–14
Country Russia
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams11
Domestic cup(s)Russian Cup
Current champions Khimki-2
(2nd title)
Most championships CSKA Junior
(4 titles)
Websitehttp://www.vtbyouth-league.com
2018–19 season

The current champions are Khimki-2, defeating CSKA Junior 82:70 in the 2019 final in Saint Petersburg to win their 2nd title.

Formats

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

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-2 Saint-Petersburg

Finals

Season Host city Final Third place game
Champion Score Runner-up Bronze Score 4th place
2013–14 Khimki-2 No playoffs[lower-alpha 1] Zenit-2 UNICS-2 No playoffs[lower-alpha 1] 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

Statistics by club

Club Gold Silver Bronze
CSKA Junior 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) 1 (2019)
Khimki-2 2 (2014, 2019) 1 (2017) 3 (2015, 2016, 2018)
Samara-2 1 (2018) 2 (2017, 2019)
UNICS-2 1 (2015) 1 (2014)
Zenit-2 1 (2014)
Avtodor-2 1 (2016)
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See also

Notes

  1. No final was played; teams played each other once in the final group round-robin.
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