VTB United Youth League

VTB United Youth League
Founded 2013 (2013)
First season 2013-14
Country  Russia
Confederation FIBA Europe
Number of teams 10
Domestic cup(s) Russian Cup
Current champions Russia CSKA Junior
(4th title)
Most championships Russia CSKA Junior
(4 titles)
Website http://www.vtbyouth-league.com
2018–19 season

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.

The current champions are CSKA Junior, who secured their 4th title after defeating Samara-2 78:74 in the 2018 final in Samara.

Formats

In the tournament, there are 10 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
UNICS-2 Kazan
Zenit-2 Saint-Petersburg

Finals

Season Host city Final 3rd 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

Statistics by club

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

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 No final was played; teams played each other once in the final group round-robin.
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