The preseason preparation schedule of Zenit

Zenit BC main team has officially came out of vacation and held the first practice session. We are telling about out team's pre-season schedule.

The blue-whites will practice at the Zenit Basketball Academy till August 26 and will complete this stage of preparation with a friendly meeting against the Russian Superleague member Kupol Rodniki Izhevsk. On August 28, Zenit will travel to Antalya, where they will have time to train until September 9, play friendly game vs. Manisa and participate in the traditional pre-season Gloria Cup tournament, in which our team has already took part last year. This time, the opponents will be the Turkish Besiktas and Anadolu Efes, as well as the Russian Enisey Krasnoyarsk.

After Antalya, Zenit will travel to Istanbul, where they will play a friendly match-up against Fenerbahce on September 11. That evening Zenit will return to St. Petersburg and continue preparing for the season with training sessions at the Academy and pre-season cups:

September 15-16 — Kondrashin and Belov Cup

September 22-24 — VTB United League Super Cup

Xavi Pascual's team will have its season opening game at home on October 2 against VTB United League newcomer Uralmash Ekaterinburg.