Fr om 20 to 28 February, Moscow hosted the Russian Men's and Women's Basketball Championship, which brought together teams from eight regions of the country.
Eight men's and six women's basketball teams from Moscow-1, Moscow-2, St. Petersburg, Lugansk People's Republic, Chelyabinsk, Belgorod, Kemerovo, Rostov and Moscow regions competed for the title.
During the sports week, all the teams competed fiercely in a round-robin system. No team was going to give up, but gradually it became clear who was in the lead. In both the men's and women's competitions, the teams from the capital took the lead literally from the start, crushing everyone in their path and finishing well ahead of the other teams in terms of points and standard of play. On the final day of the championship, the teams of Moscow and St. Petersburg met in the final of the women's tournament, wh ere the capital's athletes came out on top. The bronze medal went to the representatives of the Belgorod region.
In the men's final matches of the championship, which was played on a round-robin system, the intrigue remained until the last match. In the end, the places were distributed in the following order:
1st place - Moscow
2nd place - Chelyabinsk Region
3rd place - Belgorod Region
Alexander Vasilkov, head coach of the Russian national basketball team: Everything was on a high level. The games were very different, were played on equal terms, and in several games, there was not enough time to decide the outcome of the game.
Text: Nurlan Tazhigulov, Maria Mazhenina, Gennadi Kovalenko
Photo: Olga Zakharova
Translation: Daria Kudelina
