Super Cup: CSKA, Zenit, Loko, MBA, UNICS and Paris NN against Turkish clubs
Andrey Antson September 19, 2023, 23:30 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
A new format of the tournament, which will take place from September 21 to 24.
The material is updated throughout the week. In the future, the ad of the week will be published every Monday.
The program in summary:
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🏀 September 21, 17:00: MBA – Fenerbahçe, quarterfinals
Intrigue: can the young team resist the Turkish giants?
MBA surprised everyone in the last season of the VTB United League, demonstrating a new and progressive approach to team building. However, the club’s squad still does not have a large number of stars and is made up entirely of Russian players. The Moscow team lost to Zenit and Paris NN in the Kondrashin and Belov Cup. The teams had never met before. Meanwhile, Fenerbahçe became the silver medalist of the Turkish Championship of the 2022/2023 season.
PBC MBA Official Website
Photo: Gleb Sheiko
🏀 September 21, 20:00: Lokomotiv-Kuban – CSKA, quarterfinals
Intrigue: Will CSKA avenge the disappointing semi-final defeat?
Last season of the VTB United League the teams faced each other in the semi-final phase. The series continued until the seventh game, where the Krasnodar team turned out to be stronger. Lokomotiv eventually reached the final, but lost to UNICS Kazan. Nikola Milutinov and Alexey Shved, who were the team’s defining basketball players, left CSKA. Will the Moscow team become the first two-time champion of the Super Cup or will a new champion await us again this year?
Anton Astapkovich
Photo: PBC CSKA official website
🏀 September 22, 17:00: UNICS – Paris Nizhny Novgorod, quarterfinals
Intrigue: Will UNICS confirm its championship status?
The teams recently met in the semi-finals of the Kondrashin and Belov Cup. UNICS turned out to be stronger with a score of 84:75. In the United League of the 2022/2023 season, the teams met four times, and in all meetings the Kazan team won, eventually becoming the champion of the entire season. Will UNICS, the favorite, confirm its status or will the Nizhny Novgorod team manage to pull off the first surprise of the tournament?
Luis Laberie
Photo: UNICS official website
🏀 September 22, 20:00: Zenit – Besiktas, quarterfinals
Intrigue: will the Turkish outsider create intrigue in the match?
Don’t be fooled by the Club’s famous name: Besiktas is going through difficult times. Last season the team only took 14th place in the Turkish championship. Zenit, in turn, finished fourth in the United League, losing to UNICS in the semifinals and then to CSKA in the series for third place. The teams last met in 2015 as part of the Euro Cup. Of the four matches, the St. Petersburg team only managed to win one.
Javier Pascual
Photo: BC Zenit official website
