Habit to meet in finals
07.06.2017
Our team to host Khimki in USH CSKA where the VTB United League final series start…
Our team to host Khimki in USH CSKA where the VTB United League final series start.
It is Khimki, who is the most frequent opponent for CSKA in the history of our team’s domination in Russian basketball (23 national titles + 6 VTB League titles). Red-blues met yellow-blues 8 times, the opponents also clashed twice in the earliest formats of VTB competition when the teams fought for the title in Fnal Fours and Final Eight. Avtodor Saratov was a runner-up to the Army Men 4 times, UNICS Kazan went all the way to finals 3 times (plus 3 Final Fours), Dynamo Moscow opposed CSKA also 3 times.
“Finals are finals, this is the culmination of the season, and we were working all year to have the home court advantage,” Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach said. “We have very good opponent in front of us, Khimki proved it by coming from 0-2 behind to win the series against Zenit in semis. We are going to play focused and approach series game by game. We are calling all our fans to come and support us.”
All available players excluding Pavel Korobkov (knee) are getting ready for the games.
Wins-losses: 75-17
CSKA biggest win: 104-64 (+40) (2002-03 Superleague Regular Season)
CSKA biggest loss: 85-67 (-18) (2007-08 Russian Cup Final)
Games of 2016-17 season:
18-Dec-2016. CSKA – Khimki: 95-79 (+16)
27-Mar-2017. Khimki – CSKA: 70-92 (+22)
Khimki Moscow Region
Founded: 1997
Colors: blue, yellow
Home court: Moscow Region Basketball Center (3,500), Krylatskoye Sports Palace (5,000)
President: Dmitry Golubkov
CEO: Pavel Astakhov
Head coach: Dusko Ivanovic
Website: www.bckhimki.ru
Trophy Case: 2-time Eurocup winners (2012, 15), Russian Cup winner (2008), VTB United League champion (2011), 7-time Russian League runner-up (2006, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13), Russian League bronze winner (2007), Russian Cup finalist (2006), FIBA-Europe Cup finalist (2006), Eurocup finalist (2009)
It is Khimki, who is the most frequent opponent for CSKA in the history of our team’s domination in Russian basketball (23 national titles + 6 VTB League titles). Red-blues met yellow-blues 8 times, the opponents also clashed twice in the earliest formats of VTB competition when the teams fought for the title in Fnal Fours and Final Eight. Avtodor Saratov was a runner-up to the Army Men 4 times, UNICS Kazan went all the way to finals 3 times (plus 3 Final Fours), Dynamo Moscow opposed CSKA also 3 times.
“Finals are finals, this is the culmination of the season, and we were working all year to have the home court advantage,” Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach said. “We have very good opponent in front of us, Khimki proved it by coming from 0-2 behind to win the series against Zenit in semis. We are going to play focused and approach series game by game. We are calling all our fans to come and support us.”
All available players excluding Pavel Korobkov (knee) are getting ready for the games.
Past matchups
Wins-losses: 75-17
CSKA biggest win: 104-64 (+40) (2002-03 Superleague Regular Season)
CSKA biggest loss: 85-67 (-18) (2007-08 Russian Cup Final)
Games of 2016-17 season:
18-Dec-2016. CSKA – Khimki: 95-79 (+16)
27-Mar-2017. Khimki – CSKA: 70-92 (+22)
Short dossier
Khimki Moscow Region
Founded: 1997
Colors: blue, yellow
Home court: Moscow Region Basketball Center (3,500), Krylatskoye Sports Palace (5,000)
President: Dmitry Golubkov
CEO: Pavel Astakhov
Head coach: Dusko Ivanovic
Website: www.bckhimki.ru
Trophy Case: 2-time Eurocup winners (2012, 15), Russian Cup winner (2008), VTB United League champion (2011), 7-time Russian League runner-up (2006, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13), Russian League bronze winner (2007), Russian Cup finalist (2006), FIBA-Europe Cup finalist (2006), Eurocup finalist (2009)
