VTB United League PromoCup 2008

VTB United League Promo Cup 2008
Logo of the VTB United League
sport	basketball
founding year	2008
Teams	8 teams
countries	Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Ukraine
master	CSKA Moscow
MVP	Ramūnas Šiškauskas ( CSKA Moscow )

The 2008 VTB United League Promo Cup was a rehearsal competition prior to the introduction of the VTB United League. 8 teams from 5 countries took part in the 2008 Promo Cup. The tournament took place in December 2008 in the ZSKA Universal sports hall . The winner was the team from CSKA Moscow , which prevailed in the final against BK Chimki .

Attendees

• ASK Riga
• Žalgiris Kaunas
• Prokom Sopot
• Dynamo Moscow
• CSKA Moscow
• BK Khimki
• Azovmash Mariupol
• BK Kiev

The tournament

The tournament was played in pure knockout mode for eight teams - with the losers in each round playing off the placements among themselves.

The games

round	date	place	winner	opponent	Result
Quarter finals	December 20, 2008	Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Prokom Sopot	75:54
	December 20, 2008	Moscow	BK Khimki	Azovmash Mariupol	74:54
	December 20, 2008	Moscow	CSKA Moscow	ASK Riga	80:67
	December 20, 2008	Moscow	BK Kiev	Žalgiris Kaunas	74:67
Semifinals	December 21, 2008	Moscow	BK Khimki	Dynamo Moscow	67:61
	December 21, 2008	Moscow	CSKA Moscow	BK Kiev	88:58
To place 5–8	December 21, 2008	Moscow	Žalgiris Kaunas	ASK Riga	95:67
	December 21, 2008	Moscow	Azovmash Mariupol	Prokom Sopot	88:57
For 7th place	12/22/2008	Moscow	ASK Riga	Prokom Sopot	76:56
For 5th place	12/22/2008	Moscow	Žalgiris Kaunas	Azovmash Mariupol	82:78
For 3rd place	12/22/2008	Moscow	BK Kiev	Dynamo Moscow	82:78
final	12/22/2008	Moscow	CSKA Moscow	BK Khimki	70:66

Awards

MVP

• Ramūnas Šiškauskas (CSKA)

All Tournament Team

• John-Robert Holden (CSKA)
• Anton Ponkraschow (Khimki)
• Manuchar Markoishvili (Kiev)
• Kenan Bajramović (Kiev)
• Mike Wilkinson (Chimki)