Russian Basketball Cup
The Russian Cup trophy | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Country | Russia |
| Most recent champions | Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st title) |
| Most titles | CSKA Moscow (4 titles) |
| Related competitions | BSL, VTB |
| Official website | russiabasket |
The Russian Basketball Cup is the primary professional national domestic basketball cup competition of Russia.
History
After the cease of the USSR Basketball Cup in 1987, the Russian Federation did not launch any Cup competition in the following years despite the fact that the Russian Basketball Super League 1 had started in 1992. The first cup tournament took place in the year 2000 with the Final Four being hosted at Sochi. It was not held in the following two seasons, but it returned in 2002. Starting from the 2014-15 season most of the VTB League clubs withdrew as the Russian Federation did not allow the use of foreign players in the competition resulting in only 3 VTB teams (Khimki, Krasnye Krylia and Krasny Oktyabr) participating. BC UNICS was the last club from the VTB League to win the trophy in 2014. The last two seasons (2020-22) no VTB club applied to participate in the competition as normally two or three teams would join annually. Current holders are BC Samara.
Final Fours
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Semifinalists | City | MVP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody | Spartak Saint Petersburg | Ural Great (3rd) | Dinamo-Avtodor Volgograd (4th) | Sochi | N/a |
| 2002–03 | UNICS | CSKA Moscow | Ural Great | Khimki | Ekaterinburg | N/a |
| 2003–04 | Ural Great | CSKA Moscow | UNICS (3rd) | Khimki (4th) | Perm | N/a |
| 2004–05 | CSKA Moscow | UNICS | Dynamo Moscow (3rd) | Khimki (4th) | Moscow | N/a |
| 2005–06 | CSKA Moscow | Khimki | UNICS (3rd) | Triumph Lyubertsy (4th) | Khimki | |
| 2006–07 | CSKA Moscow | UNICS | Dynamo Moscow | Triumph Lyubertsy | Kazan | |
| 2007–08 | Khimki | CSKA Moscow | UNICS | Dynamo Moscow | Vidnoye | |
| 2008–09 | UNICS | Dynamo Moscow | CSKA Moscow (3rd) | Triumph Lyubertsy (4th) | Lyubertsy | |
| 2009–10 | CSKA Moscow | UNICS | Spartak Saint Petersburg (3rd) | Khimki (4th) | Moscow | |
| 2010–11[a] | Spartak Saint Petersburg | Nizhny Novgorod | Enisey Krasnoyarsk (3rd) | Lokomotiv Kuban (4th) | Krasnoyarsk | |
| 2011–12[b] | Krasnye Krylia | Spartak Primorye | Spartak Saint Petersburg (3rd) | Ural Ekaterinburg (4th) | Samara | |
| 2012–13 | Krasnye Krylia | Spartak Saint Petersburg | Spartak Primorye (3rd) | Enisey Krasnoyarsk (4th) | Vladivostok | |
| 2013–14 | UNICS | Lokomotiv Kuban | Khimki | Krasny Oktyabr | Kazan, Krasnodar | |
| 2014–15[c] | Novosibirsk | Dynamo Moscow | Spartak Primorye (3rd) | Krasnye Krylia (4th) | Novosibirsk | |
| 2015–16[c] | Parma | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Temp-SUMZ-UGMK (3rd) | Samara (4th) | Moscow | |
| 2016–17[c] | Novosibirsk | Sakhalin | Parma (3rd) | Temp-SUMZ-UGMK (4th) | Ekaterinburg | |
| 2017–18[c] | Lokomotiv Kuban | Nizhny Novgorod | Novosibirsk (3rd) | Irkut (4th) | Krasnodar | |
| 2018–19[c] | Parma | Nizhny Novgorod | Novosibirsk (3rd) | Spartak Saint Petersburg (4th) | Nizhny Novgorod | |
| 2019–20[c] | Samara | Temp-SUMZ-UGMK | Vostok-65 (3rd) | Uralmash (4th) | Samara, Revda | |
| 2020–21[c] | Temp-SUMZ-UGMK | Vostok-65 | Samara (3rd) | Kupol-Rodniki (4th) | Revda, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | |
| 2021–22[c] | Samara | Temp-SUMZ-UGMK | Runa (3rd) | Novosibirsk (4th) | Samara, Revda | |
| 2022–23 | Nizhny Novgorod | Zenit Saint Petersburg | MBA Moscow (3rd) | Khimki (4th) | Saint Petersburg | |
| 2023–24 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Nizhny Novgorod | Uralmash Yekaterinburg (3rd) | MBA Moscow (4th) | Yekaterinburg | |
| 2024–25 | Uralmash Yekaterinburg | Nizhny Novgorod | MBA Moscow (3rd) | Khimki (4th) | Nizhny Novgorod | |
- ^ In the 2010–11 season, 4 teams of the PBL did not participate in the Cup: CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Khimki, and UNICS.[1]
- ^ In the 2011–12 season, 5 teams of the PBL did not participate in the Cup: CSKA Moscow, Enisey, Khimki, Lokomotiv-Kuban and UNICS.
- ^ a b c d e f g h From the 2014–15 competition and onwards, teams were only allowed to play with Russian players; which led to the withdrawals of most of the top tier Russian teams.[2]
Performance by club

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runner-up years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10 | 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2002–03, 2008–09, 2013–14 | 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1999–00, 2017–18 | 2013–14 | |
| 2 | – | 2011–12, 2012–13 | ||
| 2 | – | 2014–15, 2016–17 | ||
| 2 | – | 2015–16, 2018–19 | ||
| Samara | 2 | – | 2019–20, 2021–22 | |
| 1 | 5 | 2022–23 | 2010–11, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24, 2024–25 | |
| Temp-SUMZ-UGMK | 1 | 2 | 2020–21 | 2019–20, 2021–22 |
| 1 | 2 | 2010–11 | 1999–00, 2012–13 | |
| 1 | 2 | 2023–24 | 2015–16, 2022–23 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2007–08 | 2005–06 | |
| 1 | – | 2003–04 | ||
| Uralmash Yekaterinburg | 1 | – | 2024–25 | |
| – | 2 | 2008-09, 2014–15 | ||
| – | 1 | 2011–12 | ||
| – | 1 | 2016–17 | ||
| Vostok-65 | – | 1 | 2020–21 |
Predecessor competition
- USSR Cup: (1949–1987)
See also
- Russian Professional Championship: (1991–present)
- Russian Super League 1: (1992–present)
- Russian Professional League: (2010–2013)
- VTB United League: (2008–present)
- USSR Cup: (1949–1987)
- USSR Premier League: (1923–1992)
- Russian basketball league system
- Basketball in Russia
References
- ^ Хомичюс: интерес к Кубку не пропадёт ни у команд, ни у фанатов (in Russian). Championat.ru. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Европейцев: только российские баскетболисты смогут играть в Кубке России (Only Russian players can play in the Cup Competition)