Basketball in Russia

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Basketball isa popular team sport in Russia . The national teams of Russia, and in particular the former Soviet Union, are among the most successful basketball teams of all.

National basketball competitions

The Russian basketball champion was determined in the basketball Superleague (Russia) until the 2008/09 season . After a bribery scandal, the top 10 Russian clubs joined the newly formed Professionalnaja Basketbolnaya League . The Russian Basketball Association gave the new league the right to determine the Russian champions for three years. From the 2013/14 season the Russian champions will be determined in the VTB United League from among the 9 participating Russian teams, which has existed as a private league since the 2009/2010 season. In addition, the Superleague 1 Russia continues to exist with 14 teams as the second highest division. The Superleague 2 is the third highest league and consists of a total of 14 teams in the divisions.
For women, the championship is played in the Premier League with a total of 11 teams. The lower classes are Superliga 1 for women with 9 and Superliga 2 with 10 teams.
In addition to this competition, the Russian basketball cup is played, in which participation is voluntary for professional clubs. Golden Basket is a competition that was played in 2004 and 2005. Russian champions play against Russian cup winners. All of the above information is from the 2017/18 season.

National team successes

The national teams of the Soviet Union and Russia are among the most successful national teams in the world. The most successful period was before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, when sport in general had a higher political importance in the Soviet Union. Several Olympic, World Cup and European Championship victories fell during this period. The successes of the Russian national team after 1991 became rarer. In July 2015, the national teams of Russia were banned from all international competitions because of association disputes. This suspension was lifted only a few months later.

World championships

National team of men

Medal table:

With a total of 10 medals, the national team of Russia / Soviet Union is tied with the USA team in second place in the World Cup medal table behind Serbia / Yugoslavia.

National team of women

Medal table:

  • Gold medals: 6
    • Soviet Union: 1959, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1983
  • Silver medals: 5
  • Bronze medals: -

With a total of 11 medals, the women's national team from Russia / Soviet Union is tied with the team from the USA in first place in the World Cup medal table.

Olympic games

National team of men

Medal table:

National team of women

Medal table:

In the overall index of the Olympic basketball tournaments, the team from Russia / Soviet Union is in second place behind the USA.

European championships

National team of men

Medal table:

  • Gold medals: 15
    • Soviet Union: 1947, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1979, 1981, 1985
    • Russia: 2007
  • Silver medals: 4
    • Soviet Union: 1975, 1977, 1987
    • Russia: 1993
  • Bronze medals: 3
    • Soviet Union: 1955, 1973, 1983, 1989
    • Russia: 1997, 2011

With a total of 25 medals, the national team of Russia / Soviet Union clearly leads in the EM medal table ahead of Serbia / Yugoslavia.

National team of women

Medal table:

  • Gold medals: 24
    • Soviet Union: 1950–1956 (4 ×), 1960–1991 (17 ×)
    • Russia: 2003, 2007, 2011
  • Silver medals: 4
    • Soviet Union: 1958
    • Russia: 2001, 2005, 2009
  • Bronze medals: 2
    • Russia: 1995, 1999

With a total of 30 medals, the national team of Russia / Soviet Union is clearly ahead of the Czech Republic in the EM medal table. With one exception (1958), the women from the Soviet Union won all European Championship tournaments from 1950 to 1991. Only once (1997) did the team from Russia not make it into the top three.

Successes of the club teams

Men

After Italy and Spain, Russia is one of the most successful European nations in club basketball. A total of seven different clubs won different European cups 21 times. The Russian record champions CSKA Moscow stands out with six national champions and Euroleague titles.

European Champions Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

ULEB Euroleague

  • CSKA Moscow (3 ×): 2006, 2008, 2016

ULEB Cup

FIBA EuroCup / EuroChallenge

FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Women

For women, two Russian teams are among the top clubs in Europe. The UGMK Yekaterinburg won the Euroleague Women twice . His rival Sparta & K Widnoje achieved this success four times in a row.

Euroleague Women

EuroCup Women

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIBA excludes Russia sport1.de July 29, 2015

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