17.07.2013  03:19

On July 16, the basketball tournament came to the end at the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan.

The last second of the final match at the Universiade basketball tournament was the most memorable, said the team's forward Andrey Zubkov to journalists.

The team defender Victor Zaryazhko stated that basketball players of the Russian team could lose the Universiade gold in the final only by themselves.

Acting President of RBF and Deputy Director General of VTB United League Yulia Anikeeva stated that the victory at the Summer Universiade 2013 is a great success of Russian basketball as 28 years passed from the last triumph.

The players of Russia’s national basketball team won the Universiade final with Australia by a narrow margin, said the head coach of the team Vasily Karasev.

Sergey Karasev will join the major Russian national basketball team after signing a contract with the NBA club - the Cleveland Cavaliers, the player told about it reporters.

Sergey Karasev, the basketball team, forward stated that stands who supported their fantastically gave the second wind to Russia basketball national team in the Universiade final.

Russia’s basketball team played their best during the final at the Universiade and took the gold medal, said team captain Semen Antonov to R-Sport.

The Serbia men's basketball team wins bronze medals at the Summer Universaide in Kazan.

The Russian basketball team fought off Australian players in the final match of the Universiade tournament and took gold medals of the World University Games.