VTB United League Promo-Cup 2008 was the first test run tournament of the

VTB United League The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...

. The tournament was held during the 2008–09 basketball season on 20–22 December 2008, at the

CSKA Universal Sports Hall Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA, also known as USH CSKA, and formerly known as CSKA Palace of Sports, was a multi-purpose indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. It formed part of the CSKA Sports Complex and was primari ...

in Moscow. The tournament included 8 teams from Russia,

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

, Poland and

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...

won the tournament by defeating Khimki Moscow Region in the final.

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

finished in third place by defeating

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...

Promo-Cup 2008 clubs

Quarterfinals

5th-8th place

Awards

Final standings

All-Tournament Team

* J.R. Holden (

) *

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 Len ...

( Khimki Moscow Region) * Manu Markoishvili (

) *

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 ...

(

) * Mike Wilkinson ( Khimki Moscow Region)

External links

Official Website

Official Website
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