Uralmash and Runa joined the VTB United League

Uralmash and Runa joined the VTB United League

The VTB United League Board approved the list of the 2023/24 season teams.

In the coming season, 14 teams will participate in the VTB United League 23/24 season: Avtodor (Russia), Astana (Kazakhstan), CSKA (Russia), Enisey (Russia), Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia), MBA (Russia), MINSK (Belarus), Pari Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), PARMA-PARI (Russia), Runa (Russia), Samara (Russia), UNICS (Russia), Uralmash (Russia) and Zenit (Russia).

Uralmash and Runa will participate in the VTB League for the first time.

Uralmash, Russia

City: Ekaterinburg, Russia
Founded: 1960
Team colors: orange, black, green
Home ARENA: DIVS (capacity — 5000). 
Head Coach: Milos Pavicevic
President: Viktor Ganienko
Achievements:
SuperLeague-1 Champion (2022, 2023)
SuperLeague silver medalist (2021)

Website: http://bcuralmash.ru/
Famous Players: 20th century – Sergey Belov, Stanislav Eremin, Anatoly Myshkin, Aleksandr Kandel; 21st century –  Maksim Grigoryev, Aleksandr Scherbenev, Nikita Balashov, Alan Makiev

Runa, Russia

City: Moscow, Russia
Founded: 2016
Team colors: green, white
Home Arena: SP Dinamo (capacity — 5000). 
Head Coach: Oleg Bartunov
General Manager: Sergey Yukhnevich
Achevements:
SuperLeague silver medalist (2022, 2023)
Russian Cup bronze medalist (2022)

Website: https://www.pbcruna.ru/
Famous Players: Timofey Mozgov, Ivan Lazarev, Andrey Sopin, Kirill Popov