Iffe Lundberg signed a new contract
Danish National Team leader had a great 2020-21 season. After three years in Spain, where Lundberg's best achievement was winning the FIBA Champions Cup with Tenerife, he moved to Zielona Gura from Poland. In the ranks of the Greens, he averaged 20.6 points and made 5.4 assists per VTB United League game, won the Polish Cup and became the MVP of the tournament, attracted the attention of the “big” clubs and at the end of February received an invitation to CSKA.
In the final part of the season, Iffe proved to be one of the important parts of the Army Team. In the Euroleague, the debutant of the top tournament played in 15 games, averaging 11.3 points (67.7% of two-pointers, 43.6% of three-pointers), 2.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.9 steals in 20.1 minutes, in VTB United League - in 13 games averaging 9.7 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.3 steals in 21.6 minutes. Together with the red-and-blues, Lundberg became the champion of the VTB League and Russia, a participant in the Euroleague Final Four, and a Newcomer of the Year in the VTB League.
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Iffe is a highly motivated player who established his status on the highest level of European basketball after receiving his chance at CSKA last season," Coach Dimitris Itoudis said, "At the same time, he has plenty of room for improvement. It will be a different situation for him this time as he will be able to start the year with us and go through the preseason. He will be able to improve his skills and help the team win.
Iffe Lundberg, CSKA guard:
I'm happy to come back and play for CSKA. I really like it and everyone there plus it's a great environment to be in. I’m excited for the upcoming season and of course, there’s some unfinished business that needs to be taken care of.
