Russian basketball clubs in international competitions

Russian basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions is the performance record of men's professional basketball clubs from Russia's various top-tier level leagues over the years, Super Liga A (1991–92 to 2009–10), Professional Basketball League (PBL) (2010–11 to 2012–13), and the VTB United League (2013–14 to present).^{[citation needed]}

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine FIBA banned Russian teams and officials from participating in its competitions.^[1]

History

Russian men's professional basketball clubs have played in European-wide basketball competitions since September 1992 (nine months after the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991), when CSKA Moscow took part in the FIBA European League (now called EuroLeague), Stroitel Samara in the FIBA European Cup and Avtodor Saratov in the FIBA Korać Cup. UNICS Kazan is the first Russian men's basketball club that won a European-wide competition trophy, the 2003–04 FIBA Europe League (now called EuroChallenge), a third-tier competition on the pyramid of European professional club basketball system. CSKA Moscow was also the first Russian men's basketball club that won the EuroLeague, in 2006, when the club beat the defending champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv, in the Finals, that took place in Prague, Czech Republic.^{[citation needed]}

The same season (2005–06), a few days before the EuroLeague Final Four in Prague, Dynamo Moscow, under head coach Dušan Ivković, became the second Russian basketball club that won a European-wide competition trophy, after the defeated Aris TT Bank in the final of the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup Basketball) in Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium. For the next decade, Russian basketball clubs won many trophies in all European-wide competitions.^{[citation needed]}

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA banned Russian teams and officials from participating in FIBA 3x3 Basketball competitions.^[2]

The finals

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Season	Champion	Result	Runner-up	Date	Venue
FIBA European League & EuroLeague (1st tier)
2005–06	CSKA Moscow	73–69	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30/04/2006	Sazka Arena, Prague
2006–07	Panathinaikos	93–91	CSKA Moscow	06/05/2007	OAKA, Athens
2007–08	CSKA Moscow	91–77	Maccabi Tel Aviv	04/05/2008	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid
2008–09	Panathinaikos	73–71	CSKA Moscow	03/05/2009	O2 World, Berlin
2011–12	Olympiacos	62–61	CSKA Moscow	13/05/2012	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
2015–16	CSKA Moscow	101–96 (OT)	Fenerbahçe	15/05/2016	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
2018–19	CSKA Moscow	91–83	Anadolu Efes	19/05/2019	Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
EuroCup Basketball (2nd tier)
2005–06	Dynamo Moscow	73–60	Aris TT Bank	11/04/2006	Spiroudome, Charleroi
2008–09	Lietuvos rytas	80–74	Khimki	13/04/2009	Pala Alpitour, Turin
2010–11	UNICS	92–77	Cajasol	17/04/2011	PalaVerde, Treviso
2011–12	Khimki	77–68	Valencia Basket	15/04/2012	Basketball Center, Khimki
2012–13	Lokomotiv Kuban	75–64	Uxúe Bilbao Basket	13/04/2013	RTL Spiroudome, Charleroi
2013–14	Valencia Basket	165–140 (two-leg)	UNICS	01 & 07/05/2014	... Font de San Lluís, Valencia	Basket-Hall, Kazan
2014–15	Khimki	174–130 (two-leg)	Herbalife Gran Canaria	24 & 29/04/2014	Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas	Basketball Center, Khimki
2017–18	Darüşşafaka	2–0 Play-off	Lokomotiv Kuban	10 & 13/04/2018	Basket-Hall, Krasnodar	Volkswagen Arena, Istanbul
FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier)
2001–02	SLUC Nancy	172–167 (two-leg)	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody	10 & 17/04/2002	Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy	SK Ekspress, Rostov-on-Don
FIBA EuroChallenge (3rd tier)
2003–04	UNICS	87–63	Maroussi TIM	24/04/2004	Basket-Hall, Kazan
2004–05	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	85–74	Kyiv	28/04/2005	Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
2005–06	DKV Joventut	88–63	Khimki	09/04/2006	Palace of Sports, Kyiv
2009–10	Göttingen	83–75	Krasnye Krylia	02/05/2010	Lokhalle Göttingen, Göttingen
2010–11	Krka	83–77	Lokomotiv Kuban	01/05/2011	Sleuyter Arena, Ostend
2012–13	Krasnye Krylia	77–76	Pinar Karşıyaka	28/04/2013	Karşıyaka Arena, İzmir
2013–14	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	79–65	Triumph Lyubertsy	27/04/2014	PalaDozza, Bologna
FIBA EuroCup Challenge (4th tier)
2004–05	Asesoft Ploiești	75–74	Lokomotiv Rostov	10/04/2005	Sala Sporturilor Olimpia, Ploiești
2005–06	Ural Great Perm	154–147 (two-leg)	Khimik	16 & 23/03/2006	Dvorets Sporta, Yuzhne	Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm
2006–07	CSK VVS Samara	184–166 (two-leg)	Keravnos	22 & 29/03/2007	Costas Papaellinas Arena, Nicosia	Sport CSK VSS, Samara

EuroLeague (1st-tier)

Season to season

Year	Team	_______ Earlier stage _______	________ Last 24 to 32 ________	________ Last 12 to 16 ________	_________ Last 6 to 8 _________	_________ Semifinals _________	____________ Final ____________
1992–93	CSKA Moscow	Commodore Den Helder	Zadar
1993–94	CSKA Moscow	Smelt Olimpija
1994–95	CSKA Moscow	Dinamo București	Olympique Antibes	3rd of 8 teams	Olympiacos
1995–96	CSKA Moscow		Fidefinanz Bellinzona	1st of 8 teams	Pau-Orthez	Panathinaikos	Real Madrid Teka
1996–97	CSKA Moscow	2nd of 6 teams	5th of 6 teams
	Dynamo Moscow	6th of 6 teams	6th of 6 teams
1997–98	CSKA Moscow	4th of 6 teams	2nd of 6 teams	FC Barcelona	Partizan
1998–99	CSKA Moscow	3rd of 6 teams	3rd of 6 teams	Efes Pilsen
	Avtodor Saratov	6th of 6 teams	6th of 6 teams
	CSK VVS Samara	6th of 6 teams	6th of 6 teams
1999–00	CSKA Moscow	2nd of 6 teams	2nd of 6 teams	Cibona
2000–01	CSKA Moscow		2nd of 10 teams	Telindus Oostende	ASVEL	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Efes Pilsen (4th)
2000–01	Saint Petersburg Lions		5th of 6 teams
2001–02	Ural Great Perm		3rd of 8 teams	4th of 4 teams
	CSKA Moscow		4th of 8 teams	3rd of 4 teams
2002–03	CSKA Moscow		1st of 8 teams	1st of 4 teams	Bye	FC Barcelona	Montepaschi Siena (4th)
2003–04	CSKA Moscow		1st of 8 teams	1st of 4 teams	Bye	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Montepaschi Siena
2004–05	CSKA Moscow		1st of 8 teams	1st of 4 teams	Ülker	Tau Cerámica	Panathinaikos (4th)
2005–06	CSKA Moscow		3rd of 8 teams	1st of 4 teams	Efes Pilsen	Winterthur FC Barcelona	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2006–07	CSKA Moscow		1st of 8 teams	1st of 4 teams	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Unicaja	Panathinaikos
	Dynamo Moscow		2nd of 8 teams	2nd of 4 teams	Panathinaikos
2007–08	CSKA Moscow		1st of 8 teams	1st of 4 teams	Olympiacos	Tau Cerámica	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2008–09	CSKA Moscow		1st of 6 teams	1st of 4 teams	Partizan	Regal FC Barcelona	Panathinaikos
2009–10	CSKA Moscow		1st of 6 teams	1st of 4 teams	Caja Laboral	Regal FC Barcelona	Partizan
	Khimki		3rd of 6 teams	3rd of 4 teams
2010–11	CSKA Moscow		6th of 6 teams
	Khimki		5th of 6 teams
2011–12	CSKA Moscow		1st of 6 teams	1st of 4 teams	Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao	Panathinaikos	Olympiacos
	UNICS		3rd of 6 teams	2nd of 4 teams	FC Barcelona Regal
2012–13	CSKA Moscow		2nd of 6 teams	1st of 8 teams	Laboral Kutxa	Olympiacos	FC Barcelona Regal
	Khimki		2nd of 6 teams	5th of 8 teams
2013–14	CSKA Moscow		2nd of 6 teams	1st of 8 teams	Panathinaikos	Maccabi Tel Aviv	FC Barcelona (4th)
	Lokomotiv Kuban		3rd of 6 teams	5th of 8 teams
2014–15	CSKA Moscow		1st of 6 teams	1st of 8 teams	Panathinaikos	Olympiacos	Fenerbahçe Ülker
	Nizhny Novgorod		4th of 6 teams	8th of 8 teams
	UNICS		5th of 6 teams
2015–16	CSKA Moscow		1st of 6 teams	1st of 8 teams	Crvena zvezda Telekom	Lokomotiv Kuban	Fenerbahçe
	Khimki		2nd of 6 teams	5th of 8 teams
	Lokomotiv Kuban		1st of 6 teams	2nd of 8 teams	FC Barcelona Lassa	CSKA Moscow	Laboral Kutxa
2016–17	CSKA Moscow			2nd of 16 teams	Baskonia	Olympiacos	Real Madrid
	UNICS			15th of 16 teams
2017–18	CSKA Moscow			1st of 16 teams	Khimki	Real Madrid	Žalgiris (4th)
	Khimki			8th of 16 teams	CSKA Moscow
2018–19	CSKA Moscow			2nd of 16 teams	Kirolbet Baskonia	Real Madrid	Anadolu Efes
	Khimki			13th of 16 teams

FIBA Saporta Cup (2nd-tier)

Season to season

Year	Team	_______ Earlier stage _______	___________ Last 48 ___________	________ Last 24 to 32 ________	________ Last 12 to 16 ________	_________ Last 6 to 8 _________	_________ Semifinals _________	____________ Final ____________
1992–93	Stroitel Samara		Pro-Specs EBBC
	CSKA Moscow			USK Praha	4th of 6 teams
1993–94	Spartak Saint Petersburg		Nobiles Włocławek
1994–95	Avtodor Saratov	Bonus
1995–96	Dynamo Moscow		Olimpas	CSU Sibiu	2nd of 6 teams	Bye	Taugrés
1996–97	Avtodor Saratov		1st of 6 teams	London Towers	Śląsk Wrocław
	Akvarius Volgograd		5th of 6 teams
1997–98	Avtodor Saratov		2nd of 6 teams	Marc-Körmend	Tatami Rhöndorf	Samara	Žalgiris
	Samara		2nd of 6 teams	Mazowzanka	Torpan Pojat	Avtodor Saratov
1998–99	UNICS		2nd of 6 teams	Ventspils
	Spartak Moscow		6th of 6 teams
1999–00	Avtodor Saratov		6th of 6 teams
	Arsenal Tula		5th of 6 teams
2000–01	UNICS			1st of 6 teams	Hapoel Galil Elyon	Telindus Racing Antwerpen	Maroussi
2001–02	UNICS			3rd of 6 teams	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Montepaschi Siena

FIBA Korać Cup (3rd-tier)

Season to season

Year	Team	_______ Earlier stage _______	________ Last 64 to 48 ________	________ Last 24 to 32 ________	________ Last 12 to 16 ________	_________ Last 6 to 8 _________	_________ Semifinals _________	____________ Final ____________
1992–93	Avtodor Saratov		Helios Suns	Phonola Caserta
1993–94	Dynamo Moscow		Korabel' Nikolaev	Stefanel Trieste
	Stroitel Samara		Nová huť Ostrava	PAOK Bravo
1994–95	CSK VVS Samara	Cactus Tbilisi	Korabel' Nikolaev	Nikas Peristeri
	Dynamo Moscow		CSU Sibiu	Aris Intersalonika	4th of 4 teams
	Spartak Moscow		Kočani Delikates	illycafe Trieste
	Stroitel Samara	NMKY Lahti	Ratiopharm Ulm
1995–96	CSK VVS Samara		MZT Skopje	Amway Zaragoza
	Avtodor Saratov	Planja Basket	Atletas	Alba Berlin
	Akvarius Volgograd	Crvena zvezda	Bavaria Wolltex
1996–97	CSK VVS Samara		2nd of 4 teams	Benston Zagreb
	Samara		2nd of 4 teams	Rolly Pistoia
	Spartak Saint Petersburg		4th of 4 teams
1997–98	Lokomotiv Kazan		3rd of 4 teams
	Spartak Moscow		2nd of 4 teams	Varese Roosters
	Shakhtjor Irkutsk		3rd of 4 teams
1998–99	Spartak Saint Petersburg		3rd of 4 teams
	Arsenal Tula		1st of 4 teams	Iraklio Minoan Lines	Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	Adecco Estudiantes
	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody		3rd of 4 teams
1999–00	Ural Great Perm		3rd of 4 teams
	UNICS		2nd of 4 teams	Limoges CSP
	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody		2nd of 4 teams	Aeroporti di Roma Virtus
2000–01	Avtodor Saratov		CSKA Sofia	1st of 4 teams	Ricoh Astronauts
	Khimki		Sundsvall Dragons	3rd of 4 teams
	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody		Södertälje Kings	2nd of 4 teams	Prokom Trefl Sopot
	Spartak Saint Petersburg		Kouvot	3rd of 4 teams
	Shakhtjor Irkutsk		Grodno 93	4th of 4 teams
2001–02	Avtodor Saratov		Maccabi Brinkford Tbilisi	1st of 4 teams	Pivovarna Laško
	Khimki		Lukoil Academic	3rd of 4 teams
	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody		West Petrom Arad	1st of 4 teams	Atomerőmű	Prokom Trefl Sopot	Maroussi Telestet	SLUC Nancy
	EvrAz		Fenerbahçe	4th of 4 teams

See also

European basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions from:

• Czechoslovakia
• France
• Greece
• Italy
• Spain
• Turkey
• USSR
• Yugoslavia

References

1. "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA.basketball.
2. "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA.basketball.
3. Euroleague Results
4. FIBA Saporta Cup Results
5. FIBA Korać Cup Results
6. EuroCup Basketball Results
7. EuroCup Challenge Results
8. FIBA Europe Cup Results