The Gomelsky Cup is an annual basketball tournament held in Moscow in the fall. Four European teams are selected to participate in the tournament. The four teams face off in the semifinal bracket; the two winners of each match play each other, while the losers also play each other for third place. The hosts CSKA Moscow have won seven consecutive titles since 2010 till 2016, and in 2018-2020 and it is the current champion.

Gomelsky Cup
SportBasketball
Founded2008
No. of teams4
CountryFIBA Europe members
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Russia CSKA Moscow
Most titlesRussia CSKA Moscow
(10 titles)

The tournament is named after CSKA's legendary basketball coach, Alexander Gomelsky, one of the most influential figures in the history of European basketball who played a crucial role in the development of the sport in the former Soviet Union.[1]

Tournaments edit

2008 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  CSKA Moscow 81
 
 
 
  Žalgiris Kaunas83
 
  Žalgiris Kaunas 80
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 69
 
  Panathinaikos 100
 
 
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 96
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  CSKA Moscow 76
 
 
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 59

2009 edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  CSKA Moscow 74
 
 
 
  Lietuvos Rytas 67
 
  CSKA Moscow 72
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 78
 
  Panathinaikos 66
 
 
  Triumph Lyubertsy 62
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Lietuvos Rytas 94
 
 
  Triumph Lyubertsy 90

2010 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  CSKA Moscow 75
 
 
 
  Partizan Belgrade 63
 
  CSKA Moscow 79
 
 
 
  Žalgiris Kaunas 73
 
  Panathinaikos 70
 
 
  Žalgiris Kaunas76
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 73
 
 
  Partizan Belgrade 68

2011 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 85
 
 
 
  Fenerbahçe Ülker88
 
  CSKA Moscow 73
 
 
 
  Fenerbahçe Ülker 57
 
  CSKA Moscow 69
 
 
  Žalgiris Kaunas 61
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 80
 
 
  Žalgiris Kaunas 66

2012 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Lokomotiv Kuban 82
 
 
 
  Olympiacos Piraeus 79
 
  Lokomotiv Kuban 65
 
 
 
  CSKA Moscow 82
 
  CSKA Moscow 89
 
 
  Žalgiris Kaunas 87
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Olympiacos Piraeus 86
 
 
  Žalgiris Kaunas 75

2013 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  CSKA Moscow 72
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 49
 
  CSKA Moscow 76
 
 
 
  Lokomotiv Kuban 65
 
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 61
 
 
  Lokomotiv Kuban 71
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 80
 
 
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 74

2014 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  CSKA Moscow 87
 
 
 
  Lietuvos rytas 70
 
  CSKA Moscow 75
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 46
 
  Panathinaikos 63
 
 
  Nizhny Novgorod 55
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Lietuvos rytas 82
 
 
  Nizhny Novgorod 66

2015 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 89
 
 
 
  UNICS Kazan 74
 
  CSKA Moscow 81
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 80
 
  CSKA Moscow 102
 
 
  Laboral Kutxa 74
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  UNICS Kazan 90
 
 
  Laboral Kutxa 86

2016 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 90
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 88
 
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 73
 
 
 
  CSKA Moscow 95
 
  CSKA Moscow 84
 
 
  Unics Kazan 75
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 69
 
 
  Unics Kazan 58

2017 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  BC Khimki 73
 
 
 
  Panathinaikos 70
 
  CSKA Moscow 77
 
 
 
  BC Khimki 84
 
  CSKA Moscow 81
 
 
  Darüşşafaka 75
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Darüşşafaka 78
 
 
  Panathinaikos 75

2018 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Anadolu Efes 78
 
 
 
  Olympiacos 70
 
  CSKA Moscow 87
 
 
 
  Anadolu Efes 83
 
  CSKA Moscow 96
 
 
  UNICS Kazan 65
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Olympiacos 91
 
 
  UNICS Kazan 89

2019 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  UNICS Kazan 66
 
 
 
  Olympiacos 70
 
  CSKA Moscow 91
 
 
 
  Olympiacos 66
 
  CSKA Moscow 77
 
 
  Promitheas 57
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Promitheas 87
 
 
  UNICS Kazan 83

2020[a] edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September
 
 
  Parma 87
 
18 September
 
  CSKA-2 75
 
  CSKA Moscow 91
 
17 September
 
  Parma 51
 
  CSKA Moscow 106
 
 
  MBA Moscow 59
 
Third place
 
 
18 September
 
 
  MBA Moscow 71
 
 
  CSKA-2 83

Medal count edit

Medal Count
Team       Total
  CSKA Moscow 10 2 1 13
  Panathinaikos 1 3 4 8
  Žalgiris Kaunas 1 1 0 2
  Khimki 1 0 0 1
  Lokomotiv Kuban 0 2 0 2
  Olympiacos 0 1 2 3
  Anadolu Efes 0 1 0 1
  Fenerbahçe Ülker 0 1 0 1
  Parma 0 1 0 1
  Lietuvos Rytas 0 0 2 2
  UNICS Kazan 0 0 1 1
  Darüşşafaka 0 0 1 1
  Promitheas 0 0 1 1
  CSKA-2 0 0 1 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ Crvena zvezda mts, Lokomotiv Kuban and UNICS Kazan were supposed to take part in the tournament, but had to refuse due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

References edit

  1. ^ "Alexander Gomelsky Born 90 Years Ago Today | VTB United League - Official Website". Retrieved 2023-07-19.