VTB United League
The VTB United League is a basketball tournament created in 2008 by VTB Bank and the Russian Basketball Federation.
Since the 2013/14 season, it has the status of the Russian Championship and is an official FIBA competition.
The league was created in 2008 and united clubs from Eastern and Northern Europe. The first full season was 2009/10, in which eight leading clubs from five countries played. VTB Bank remains the title sponsor of the league.
The winner of the tournament gets the right to playEuroleague. The current league consists of 11 clubs; Broadcasts in Russia are carried out through Kinopoisk.
The regular season takes place without division into groups: teams play each other in several rounds, after which the best clubs continue to fight in the playoffs. The number of participants and the number of rounds varied: for example, in the 2024/25 season, 12 clubs played the regular season in four rounds, and the first six places advanced to the next stage.
CSKA Moscow has the most titles - 13. The army club is also the current league champion.
In 2008; first full season - 2009/10.
The current composition includes 11 teams.
CSKA - 13 titles.
The winner gets a ticket to the Euroleague.
Publication date: 10/09/2026. Participants, format and titles have been verified as of this date; the progress of the current season is not recorded.
VTB United League is a Russian basketball tournament created in 2008 and has the status of the Russian Championship since the 2013/14 season; CSKA's record for titles is 13. The European tournament is discussed in the articleEuroleague, general analysis of the game - in the materialsbasketballAndNBA.