Basketball players of CSKA Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg for third place in the series, winning the bronze medals of the tournament.
In the fifth match played on 15 May, the army team defeated Zenit, who won the VTB United League last season, with a score of 82:79.
Thanks to this, the red-blues won the series 4-1.
In the semi-finals, CSKA lost to Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban and Zenit lost the chance to retain the league title, losing to UNICS Kazan.
For the first time in history an army club has failed to reach the final of the VTB United League. CSKA is the ten-time winner of the tournament.
Recall that on the evening after the defeat of the Moscow team in the semifinals of the competition in the center of the Russian capital, there was an attack on CSKA defender Alexei Shved.
The basketball player got into an argument with a group of men who claimed him after losing to CSKA on the way out of the restaurant. He was attacked by several people in the street.
As a result, the Swede was hospitalized. He suffered several serious head injuries. He was discharged from the hospital a few days later and continues to recover at home.
Previously, Moscow CSKA basketball player Alexei Shved was the manager of Obrad Fimich. said about his client’s condition after the beating.