Zenit U21 is the champion of the 2025/26 VTB United Youth League

Zenit U21 defeated MBA-MAI-Junior in the final of the VTB United Youth League to become the winner of the 2025/26 season.

The match against the Moscow team was dominated by the Blue-White-Sky Blues from the very start and ended with a score of 80:71. The X-factor and main hero of the final was Egor Evstafiev — the Zenit U21 forward set a career-high, scoring 35 points, dishing out 5 assists, grabbing 2 rebounds, making 1 steal, and posting an efficiency rating of 37.

This marks the third championship title in the history of Zenit's youth team.

Following the tournament, Egor Evstafiev was named the Most Valuable Player of the Final Four, Roman Knyazev was named Best Coach, and Zenit's center Ilya Krivykh was selected to the All-Tournament Team.