Russian Basketball Super League

Russian Basketball SuperLeague
Баскетбольная Cуперлига

Logo SuperLeague
Sport Basketball
Founded 1992
Inaugural season 1992
No. of teams 11
Country(ies)  Russia
Continent FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s) Spartak Primorye (1st title (2nd incl. Superleague B titles))
Most titles CSKA Moscow (17 titles)
Related competitions VTB United League
Professional Basketball League
Russian Cup
Official website basket.ru

The Russian Basketball SuperLeague (Russian: Баскетбольная Cуперлига) is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010. Currently it is the second-tier division of the Russian professional basketball pyramid.

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History

The league was relegated to being the second-tier division of Russian basketball after the 2009–10 season and was replaced with a different first-tier league starting from the 2010–11 season.[1]

The successor league to the SuperLeague is not controlled by the Russian Basketball Federation, like the SuperLeague is, but by a separate body named the Professional Basketball League (PBL).[2][3]

From the 2010–11 season onwards, the SuperLeague A and SuperLeague B (the previous second division of the Russian basketball pyramid) divisions were united into a single league that serves as the second tier of Russian basketball. The 2010–11 season features 11 clubs.

Current clubs

SuperLeague A champions

SuperLeague (second-tier league) champions

Club Winners Winning Years
CSKA Moscow
17
 1992–2000, 2003–2010
Ural Great Perm
2
 2001, 2002
Spartak Primorye
1
 2011

SuperLeague A regular season winners

SuperLeague (second-tier league) regular season winners

Club Winners Winning Years
CSKA Moscow
12
 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003–2010
Avtodor Saratov
2
 1997, 1998
Ural Great Perm
2
 2001, 2002
Universitet Yugra Surgut
1
 2011

See also

References

  1. ^ "Клубы приняли решение о ликвидации баскетбольной Суперлиги" (in Russian). Russian Basketball Federation. 15 June 2010. http://www.basket.ru/index.php?dn=news&to=art&id=556. Retrieved 22 June 2010. 
  2. ^ "Сергей Панов: Клубам предстоит решить – играть по-честному или по-старому" (in Russian). BC Nizhny Novgorod. 2010-06-15. http://www.nn-basket.ru/news/detail.php?ID=1130. Retrieved 2010-07-19. 
  3. ^ "Дмитрий Сватковский: "Главный принцип Совета лиги - прозрачность принятия решений"" (in Russian). BC Nizhny Novgorod. 2010-06-21. http://www.nn-basket.ru/news/detail.php?ID=1186. Retrieved 2010-07-19. 

External links
International men's basketball
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Asia
Europe
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Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.