A traditional gala match was held in St. Petersburg as part of the SPIEF 2024
For the third year in a row, the Roscongress Cup was held at Zenit's home ground, CSC Arena, in the format of the traditional confrontation between St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Politicians, businessmen, athletes, artists, and public figures took part in the match.
For the first time, famous Zenit fans and friends — biathlete Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht and soloist of the Mariinsky Theater Daria Ionova — played basketball at the SPIEF.
From Zenit, Alexander Medvedev, Pavel Oderov, Alexander Tserkovny, Manos Papadopoulos, Sergey Karasev, Juvan Morgan, Anton Yudin, Roman Knyazev, Jure Drakslar, Sergey Grishaev and Maxim Uchaykin participated in the gala match.
Among the honored guests were also the President of the VTB United League Sergey Kushchenko, the executive director of the Russian Basketball Federation Vladimir Dyachok and ex-Zenit forward Sergey Monia.
The fight ended again with a minimal difference. The victory, as well as both times before, was won by the hosts — 74:73.
