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During the Soviet era, basketball became an important part of the country's sporting culture. The Soviet Union's national basketball team was one of the strongest in the world, and it won several Olympic medals, including gold in 1972, 1988, as well as three FIBA Basketball World Cup in 1967, 1974 and 1982.
The Russia men's national basketball team (Russian: национа́льная сбо́рная Росси́и по баскетболу, romanized: natsionalnaya sbornaya rossii po basketbolu) represents Russia in international basketball competition. They are organized and run by the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF).
Russian Basketball Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация Баскетбола, romanized: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya Basketbola), also known as RBF, is a national governing body of basketball in Russia. It was founded in 1991, and is the successor to the Soviet Basketball Federation.
It was decided that the PBL league would continue for one more year, with some of the games of the VTB United League that took place between two Russian clubs being counted as PBL games. [4] The first tier Russian clubs then replaced the PBL with the VTB United League as their new national domestic league, starting with the 2013–14 season .
Russian basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions is the performance record of men's professional basketball clubs from Russia's various top-tier level leagues over the years, Super Liga A (1991–92 to 2009–10), Professional Basketball League (PBL) (2010–11 to 2012–13), and the VTB United League (2013–14 to present).
Russia men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team; Russia men's national under-19 basketball team; Russia men's national under-20 basketball team; Russia women's national under-20 basketball team; Russian basketball clubs in international competitions; Russian Basketball Federation; Russian Gold Basket Awards
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From the 1991–92 to 2009–10 seasons, the winner of the Super League 1 was awarded the top-level Russian national championship. For three seasons, the PBL was Russia's highest tier, and in the 2013–14 season, the VTB United League, a regional league for Eastern Europe, was named the new top-level national domestic competition for Russian clubs.