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
(3 titles)
CSKA Moscow
(3 titles)
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.

The last team to win the cup was Spartak Leningrad, in 1987.[1]

Finals

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

Year Host City Champion Runner Up 1st match / Final 2nd match 3rd match
1948–49
Details
Tbilisi Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Riga 24–19
1949–50
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Moscow Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 49–36
1950–51
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Leningrad Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian SSR Team Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic VVS Moscow 37–28
1951–52
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Kuybyshev Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Riga Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic VVS Moscow 53–44
1952–53
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Moscow Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 55–41
1968–69
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Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Stroitel 88–78
1971–72
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Kiev & Moscow Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Stroitel 79–*81*100–7298–76
1972–73
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Moscow & Tbilisi Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi *75–6777–*78
1977–78
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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Leningrad [2] Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Tallinna Kalev 00–00
1981–82
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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow
1986–87
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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Leningrad

Titles per team

Team Champion Finalist Years Won
Dinamo Tbilisi
3
2
1949, 1950, 1969
CSKA Moscow
3
1972, 1973, 1982
Spartak Leningrad
2
1978, 1987
Dynamo Riga
1
1
1952
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Team
1
1951
Žalgiris
1
1953
VVS Moscow
2
Stroitel
2
Dynamo Moscow
1
Tallinna Kalev
1

See also

References

  1. Официальный источник
  2. 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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