Results of Zenit children's youth teams in the third Semifinal stage of CYBL Championship

March 19, 2025

The third round of the Semifinal stage of the Russian U19 Championship has concluded. Based on the results of this stage, the teams advancing to the Final Eight of the Children's Youth Basketball League will be assigned to groups for the final phase of the tournament.

Matches of group "P3-1", which consisted of six finalists, took place from March 14 to 19 at the Kupchinsky Olimp sports school in St. Petersburg. Zenit U19 started the round with a loss to Moscow's CSKA-CYBL but then secured four consecutive victories under the leadership of Dmitry Nikolaev, finishing in first place. Zenit 2008, coached by Petar Marinkovic, won only one match against Samara-CYBL and ended the semifinal round in fifth place. Up next for the St. Petersburg teams is the Final Eight of the CYBL Championship and the most crucial games of the season.

The third team representing blue-whites, Zenit-2009, competed in group "P3-5", with matches held from March 13 to 18 at the Vasilyevsky District Sports School. Under the guidance of Vladislav Shumkov, the team won 3 out of 5 games and finished in third place. Moving forward, the 2009-born squad will compete in the lower bracket of the tournament standings.

Final Standings

Group "P3-1"

1. Zenit U19 (Saint Petersburg)

2. MBA-CYBL (Moscow)

3. CSKA-CYBL (Moscow)

4. Rusichi-CYBL (Kursk)

5. Zenit 2008 (Saint Petersburg)

6. Samara-CYBL (Samara region)

Group "P3-5"

1. Basketball school Enisey (Krasnoyarsk region)

2. Moscow Vityazi (Moscow)

3. Zenit 2009 (Saint Petersburg)