USSR Basketball Cup
Appearance
(Redirected from Soviet Basketball Cup)
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1949 |
Ceased | 1987 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Last champion(s) | Spartak Leningrad (2nd title) |
Most titles | Dinamo Tbilisi CSKA Moscow (3 titles both) |
Related competitions | USSR Premier League |
The USSR Basketball Cup, or Soviet Union Basketball Cup, was the national basketball cup competition of the former Soviet Union. The first USSR Cup was held in the year 1949, and the last one was held in the year 1987. The competition was not held every year, as it was only contested 11 times between the years 1949 and 1987. However, it was initially held every year between 1949 and 1953.[citation needed]
The last team to win the cup was Spartak Leningrad, in 1987.[1]
Title holders
[edit]- 1948–49 Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1949–50 Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1950–51 Georgian SSR Team
- 1951–52 Dinamo Riga
- 1952–53 Žalgiris
- 1953–68 Not held
- 1968–69 Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1969–71 Not held
- 1971–72 CSKA Moscow
- 1972–73 CSKA Moscow
- 1973–77 Not held
- 1977–78 Spartak Leningrad
- 1978–81 Not held
- 1981–82 CSKA Moscow
- 1982–84 Not held
- 1984–85 Shakhtar Donetsk.[2]
- 1985–86
- 1986–87 Spartak Leningrad
- 1987–92 Not held
The finals
[edit]For finals not played on a single match, * precedes the score of the team playing at home.
Season | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Location | MVP |
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USSR Basketball Cup | ||||||
1948–49 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 24–19 | Dinamo Riga | Tbilisi | N/A | |
1949–50 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 49–36 | Dynamo Moscow | Moscow | N/A | |
1950–51 | Georgian SSR Team | 37–28 | VVS Moscow | Leningrad | N/A | |
1951–52 | Dinamo Riga | 53–44 | VVS Moscow | Kuybyshev | N/A | |
1952–53 | Žalgiris | 55–41 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Moscow | N/A | |
1953–68 | Not held | |||||
1968–69 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 88–78 | Stroitel | N/A | ||
1969–71 | Not held | |||||
1971–72 | CSKA Moscow | 277–229 | Stroitel | Kiev & Moscow | N/A | |
1972–73 | CSKA Moscow | 152–145 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Moscow & Tbilisi | N/A | |
1973–77 | Not held | |||||
1977–78 | Spartak Leningrad | [3] | Kalev | N/A | ||
1978–81 | Not held | |||||
1981–82 | CSKA Moscow | N/A | ||||
1982–86 | Not held | |||||
1986–87 | Spartak Leningrad | N/A |
Performance by club
[edit]Rank | Club | Titles | Runner-up | Champion Years |
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1. | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | 3 | 1948–49, 1949–50, 1968–69 |
2. | CSKA Moscow | 3 | 0 | 1971–72, 1972–73, 1981–82 |
3. | Spartak Leningrad | 2 | 0 | 1977–78, 1986–87 |
4. | Dinamo Riga | 1 | 1 | 1951–52 |
5. | Georgian SSR Team | 1 | 0 | 1950–51 |
6. | Žalgiris | 1 | 0 | 1952–53 |
7. | VVS Moscow | 0 | 2 | |
8. | Stroitel | 0 | 2 | |
9. | Dynamo Moscow | 0 | 1 | |
10. | Kalev | 0 | 1 |
Successor competition
[edit]- Russian Cup: (1999–present)
See also
[edit]- Russian Professional Championship: (1991–present)
- Russian Super League 1: (1992–present)
- Russian Professional League: (2010–2013)
- Russian Cup (1999–present)
- VTB United League: (2008–present)
- USSR Premier League: (1923–1992)
- Russian basketball league system
- Basketball in Russia
References
[edit]- ^ Официальный источник
- ^ Красная Книга. "Шахтер" Донецк. (in Ukrainian)
- ^ В 1978 году финальный матч не проводился. Проводился финальный турнир из 4 команд в один круг и Спартак, одержав 3 победы в 3 матчах, опередил таллинский Калев (2 победы), киевский Строитель (1) и рижский ВЭФ (0)
External links
[edit]- Sport-Express.ru (in Russian)
- SlamDunk.ru (in Russian)