Two Zenit children's youth teams advance to the Final Eight of the Russian U19 Championship
The second round of the Semifinal stage of the Russian U19 Championship has concluded. Based on the results of the past games, two teams from the Zenit Basketball Academy have qualified for the final stage of the Children's Youth Basketball League.
From January 26 to 31, games in group "P2-2" took place on the court of the "Zvezdny" sports complex in Saratov. Zenit U19 won all five matches, securing first place and an early qualification for the Final Eight of the Children's Youth Basketball League after their fourth victory. The second team, Zenit 2008, defeated the local Avtodor Basketball School, Metallurg from Magnitogorsk, and Samara’s Samara’s SSOR №13 CYBL. Despite a loss to Samara-CYBL, they also secured a spot in the finals after four matches. On January 31, in the final game of the Saratov stage, the teams coached by Dmitry Nikolaev and Petar Marinkovic faced each other, with Zenit U19 emerging victorious with a score of 92:65.
Meanwhile, Zenit 2009 competed in group "P2-6" with games held at the "Stary Sobol" sports school in Nizhny Tagil from January 27 to 31. The blue-whites won two out of four matches, finishing second in their group. Vladislav Shumkov's squad will now proceed to the third round of the Semifinal stage of the Russian U19 Championship.
Results of all games involving Zenit system teams (including stats of the most productive players for each match):
January 26
SSOR №13 CYBL vs. Zenit U19 — 62:69
Top Performers: Anton Suikonen (14 points + 4 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 block), Alexander Zamanskiy (12 points + 5 steals + 3 rebounds + 3 assists)
Avtodor Basketball School vs. Zenit 2008 — 76:79
Top Performers: Leonid Firsov (15 points + 3 rebounds + 3 assists + 1 steal), Yuri Koshechka (15 points + 4 rebounds + 2 assists + 1 steal)
January 27
Olimpiets vs. Zenit 2009 — 67:62
Top Performers: Kirill Razumniy (15 points + 5 steals + 1 rebound + 1 assist), Danil Zaozerov (14 points + 8 rebounds + 4 steals + 2 blocks)
Zenit 2008 vs. Samara-CYBL — 69:72
Top Performers: Yuri Koshechka (18 points + 2 rebounds + 2 steals + 1 assist + 1 block), Vladislav Pelenitsyn (12 points + 3 rebounds + 2 assists + 2 steals)
Zenit U19 vs. Avtodor Basketball School — 97:57
Top Performers: Dmitry Chikishev (15 points + 7 assists + 5 rebounds + 2 steals), Alexander Zamanskiy (13 points + 2 assists + 1 rebound + 1 steal + 1 block), Mikhail Presnyakov (13 points + 9 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 block)
January 28
Zenit 2009 vs. SSOR №2 Juventa — 64:59
Top Performers: Danil Zaozerov (21 points + 7 rebounds + 3 steals), Kirill Razumniy (19 points + 8 rebounds + 3 assists + 3 steals + 1 block)
SSOR №13 CYBL vs. Zenit 2008 — 59:64
Top Performers: Maksim Ankudinov (13 points + 4 rebounds + 3 assists + 2 steals), Ivan Dmitriev (13 points + 3 rebounds + 2 steals + 1 assist)
Metallurg vs. Zenit U19 — 64:105
Top Performers: Danil Razumniy (15 points + 4 rebounds + 2 assists + 2 steals + 1 block), Denis Silaev (14 points + 6 rebounds + 2 steals)
January 29
Dynamo vs. Zenit 2009 — 63:65
Top Performers: Danil Zaozerov (24 points + 12 rebounds + 4 steals + 2 assists + 1 block)
January 30
Zenit U19 vs. Samara-CYBL — 83:70
Top Performers: Danil Razumniy (21 points + 2 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 steal + 1 block), Matvey Kozhaev (18 points + 14 rebounds + 3 steals + 1 block)
Zenit 2008 vs. Metallurg — 87:73
Top Performers: Yuri Koshechka (17 points + 8 rebounds + 4 assists + 1 steal + 1 block), Bogdan Rak (15 points + 4 rebounds + 3 assists)
January 31
Zenit 2008 vs. Zenit U19 — 65:92
Top Performers: Ivan Dmitriev (17 points + 2 steals + 1 block), Vladislav Pelenitsyn (10 points + 1 rebound) vs. Matvey Kozhaev (20 points + 7 rebounds + 3 assists + 1 block), Denis Silaev (16 points + 10 rebounds + 3 steals)
Zenit 2009 vs. MBA-Academy — 55:80
Top Performers: Daniil Vorobyov (12 points + 4 rebounds + 1 steal), Alexander Alekseev (11 points + 4 rebounds + 1 assist)
Final Standings
Group "P2-2"
1.Zenit U21 (Saint Petersburg)
2. Samara-CYBL (Samara Region)
3. Zenit 2008 (Saint Petersburg)
4. Metallurg (Magnitogorsk)
5. Avtodor Basketball School (Saratov)
6. SSOR №13 CYBL (Samara)
Group "P2-6"
1. Olimpiets (Perm)
2. Zenit 2009 (Saint Petersburg)
3. SSOR №2 Juventa (Tolyatti)
4. Dynamo (Primorsky Region)
5. MBA-Academy (Moscow)
