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VTB United League Promo-Cup
VTB United League Promo-Cup 2008 was the first test run tournament of the VTB United League. The tournament was held during the 2008–09 basketball season on 20–22 December 2008, at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow. The tournament included 8 teams from Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine. CSKA Moscow won the tournament by defeating Khimki Moscow Region in the final. Kyiv finished in third place by defeating Dynamo Moscow. Promo-Cup 2008 clubs Quarterfinals 5th-8th place Awards Final standings All-Tournament Team * J.R. Holden (CSKA Moscow) * Anton Ponkrashov ( Khimki Moscow Region) * Manu Markoishvili (Kyiv) * Kenan Bajramović (Kyiv) * Mike Wilkinson ( Khimki Moscow Region) External links Official Website Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Vtb United League Promo-Cup 2008 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 VTB United League
The VTB United League 2009–10 was the first complete season of the VTB United League, which is Eastern Europe's (and the Baltic region's) top-tier level competition for men's professional basketball clubs. Teams of the 2009–10 season Group stage Group A ;Game 1 ---- ;Game 2 ---- ;Game 3 ---- ;Game 4 ---- ;Game 5 ---- ;Game 6 ---- Group B ;Game 1 ---- ;Game 2 ---- ;Game 3 ---- ;Game 4 ---- ;Game 5 ---- ;Game 6 ---- Final four The Final Four took place between January 21 and 22, 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania at Kaunas Sports Hall, the home court of Žalgiris Kaunas. The following teams qualified: * CSKA Moscow * Khimki Moscow Region * UNICS Kazan * Žalgiris Kaunas Semifinals ---- Third-place playoff Final Individual awards All-Round 1 Team * Andrey Vorontsevich – MVP (CSKA) *Timofey Mozgov (Khimki) * Chris Owens (Donetsk) *Martynas Mažeika (VEF) * Marko Popović (UNICS) All-Round 2 Team * Marko Popović – MVP (UNICS) *Kre� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominet Bank Ekstraliga
Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) ( English: Polish Basketball League), officially known as the Orlen Basket Liga due to its sponsorship by Orlen, is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crowned the Polish Champions of that season. It began in 1947–48, with the name of I Liga, and was originally organized by the Polish Basketball Federation. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1997–98 season, after the Polska Liga Koszykówki SA, PLK SA (the Polish Basketball League Joint-stock company) took control over the league (the PLK SA was created in 1995). In the 2000–01 season, the league turned professional. The PLK, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 16 teams. A PLK season is split into a league stage and a playoffs stage (since 1984–85 season). At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VTB United League Seasons
VTB Bank (; formerly known as ''Vneshtorgbank'', , lit. 'International Trade Bank') is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered as St. Petersburg. As of 2022, over 90% of the company's capital stock was owned by three Russian agencies. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form VTB Group – a leading Russian financial group uniting VTB banks located in different countries and offering a wide range of corporate banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the US. As of April 2025, VTB had a Chinese subsidiary which operated a branch in Shanghai. VTB was ranked 446th on the FT Global 500 in 2011. The ''Financial Times''’ annual snapshot of the world's largest companies. It climbed to 210th in the ranking of the 500 largest companies in Europe, the FT Europe 500 2014, and to 127th in the FT Emerging 500 2014, the list of the 500 largest companies in the world's emerging mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Wilkinson (basketball)
Michael Joseph Wilkinson (born October 1, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the power forward position. Amateur career Wilkinson attended Wisconsin Heights High School, where he played basketball for the Vanguards. In his senior year, Wilkinson earned the Mr. Basketball award, which is the player of the year award in Wisconsin high school basketball. Wilkinson played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers from 2001 to 2005, redshirting his freshman year, for a total of five years with the basketball program. He averaged 14.3 points per game and was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference First Team his senior year. He was just the second player to finish his playing career with at least 1,500 points and 800 rebounds at Wisconsin. Pro career After playing in Greece, Russia and Turkey, Wilkinson joined Euroleague team UNICS for two seasons. On January 23, 2014, he signed a contract with Levski Sofia for the rest of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenan Bajramović
Kenan Bajramović (born May 24, 1981) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player. Professional career Bajramović spent the early part of his career in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina between his original club, Čelik Zenica and Bosna Sarajevo, with whom he won the national title and cup in 2005. From 2005 to 2007 he played with the Ukrainian team Azovmash Mariupol. With them he was a two time champion of the Ukrainian SuperLeague. For the 2007–08 season he moved to Lietuvos rytas. In June 2008, he signed a two-year deal with the Ukrainian team BC Kyiv. In February 2009, Kyiv released him. Later that month he signed with Türk Telekom of Turkey for the remainder of the season. In August 2009, he signed a one-year deal with the German team ALBA Berlin. In December 2009, Alba released him. In January 2010, he signed with his former team Lietuvos rytas for the remainder of the season. With them he won the Lithuanian League in the 2009–10 season. He later re-signe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manu Markoishvili
Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player and coach who is currently an assistant coach for AS Monaco of the French LNB Élite and the EuroLeague. Early career Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and he turned into a professional basketball player in Georgia before he graduated from high school. He played for Basco Batumi in the 2001–02 season. In Basco, he distinguished himself, even though he was the youngest player of the team. Professional career Markoishvili was scouted and recruited by the Italian League club Benetton Treviso in 2002. He would even play in the EuroLeague at the young age of 15 years old, being the youngest player to participate in the event at the time. In 2004, he was loaned to Mitteldeutscher of the German League for the season, and with them he won the FIBA Europe Cup. In 2004, he moved to the Slove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Ponkrashov
Anton Aleksandrovich Ponkrashov (, born April 23, 1986) is a Russian professional basketball. Standing at , he can play as a swingman and as a point guard. Professional career Ponkrashov joined Pulkovo during the 2001–02 season. He moved to LenVo Saint Petersburg for the 2002–03 season. He then moved to Spartak St. Petersburg for the 2004–05 season. He then joined CSKA Moscow for the 2006–07 season. He then moved to Khimki Moscow Region for the 2007–08 season and he returned to CSKA Moscow before the 2009–10 season. Ponkrashov has played for the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Summer League in 2010. On July 21, 2010 he signed a two-year contract with Spartak Saint Petersburg. In July 2011 he signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year with CSKA Moscow. He left CSKA again in June 2013. On February 16, 2014, he signed with Lokomotiv Kuban for the rest of the season. On August 17, 2014, he signed with Krasny Oktyabr. On December 31, 2014 he left Krasny Oktyabr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VTB United League Final Four MVP
The VTB United League Final Four MVP is an annual award that is given to the best player of the final four of the VTB United League competition. The award has been given out since the league began. Previously, the award was also known as the VTB United League Playoffs MVP. Winners From 2008 until 2012, and since 2018, the league ends with a final four style format. In a weekend, single-elimination games are played in the semi-finals, finals and third place game. The player who played the best during the tournament receives the award. From 2012 until 2017, the league champions were decided through a playoff format. The Playoffs MVP was awarded to the best player within these playoff series. ;Notes : J.R. Holden, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prokom Sopot
Arka Gdynia, also known as AMW Arka Gdynia for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia. The team plays in the Polish PLK. The club's sponsorship name comes from Akademią Marynarki Wojennej. Historically the team is one of the most successful in Poland, mainly because of the nine championships in a row the team won from 2004 to 2012. History The team was founded in 1995, as STK Trefl Sopot. In its first season, the team won the Polish third division and promotion to the Polish second division. In the 1996–97 season, after winning Group B of the Polish second division, the team was promoted to the top Polish Basketball League, the Dominet Bank Ekstraliga. In 2003, Prokom Trefl played in the final of the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, against Aris. Starting in 2004, the team began to play in the EuroLeague. In its first EuroLeague season, the club became the first Polish team to reach the EuroLeague's Top 16 stage. In 2009, the club relocate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azovmash Mariupol
MBC Mariupol (, formerly BK Azovmash) was a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. Mariupol was one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with Kyiv, Khimik, and Cherkasy. The team's performance peak was an appearance in the EuroCup Final of 2007, against Akasvayu Girona. History The club was founded in 1990. Azovmash moved up from the Ukrainian third to first division by 1999. Azovmash won the 2002 Ukrainian SuperLeague title. Azovmash added another Ukrainian title in 2004 and following the arrival of point guard Khalid El-Amin, won the domestic championship again in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, with players like Kenan Bajramović, Panagiotis Liadelis, Serhiy Lishchuk and El-Amin, Azovmash reached the FIBA EuroCup Final Four, defeating Italian Serie A club Virtus Bologna by a point in the semis before falling to Spanish Liga ACB club Akasvayu Girona in the title game. In 2008, Azovmash reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
