USSR Basketball Cup

USSR Basketball Cup
Sport	Basketball
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

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

For finals not played on a single match, * precedes the score of the team playing at home.

Season	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Location	MVP
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

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
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

Russian Cup: (1999–present)

References

^ 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

Sport-Express.ru (in Russian)
SlamDunk.ru (in Russian)

[1] Официальный источник

[2] Красная Книга. "Шахтер" Донецк. (in Ukrainian)

[3] 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)

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