VTB United League and SGL e-sports holding hosted the first ever Cyberbasketball Cup dedicated to the All-Star Game, which will take place on February 16, 2020 at the VTB Arena.
The tournament was attended by over 200 people, and the final stage of the cup was watched by half a million spectators.
The first winner of the Cyberbasketball Cup was the representative of the Krasnoyarsk Enisey Mikhail Panchenko, the 2nd place went to the representative of Khimki Sergey Morozov, and the 3rd went to the representative of Tsmoki-Minsk Alexei Cherkavsky.
League’s CEO Ilona Korstin:
– The first eSports Cup confirmed our expectations, enlisting great interest among young people in different countries of the world – we received more than 200 applications for participation from players of different ages. The final stage, which gathered about half a million views, turned out to be interesting and unpredictable. The winner of the tournament was the participant who entered the playoffs from 8th place! We had excellent experience and in the future we want to continue to work in the direction of e-sports. We are confident that the realization of such tournaments will increase interest in basketball.
