United Tournament

United Tournament
Founded2013
RegionRussia and Ukraine (UEFA)
Number of teams4
Current championsUkraine Shakhtar Donetsk

The United Tournament or United Supercup was an exhibition football club tournament between two best clubs from Ukraine and two from Russia.[1][2] The context of the tournament were the talks which are held regarding creating the United CIS championship, or joint RussiaUkraine league.[citation needed] The organisers of the tournament were the same people in charge of drafting a proposal for the united league.[3] (two-legged ties for all pairs of clubs from different countries,),[4][5] but at the second edition it was changed to a round-robin.[6]

In 2014, the War in Donbass and conflict between Russia and Ukraine put the idea to create a united tournament between the nations on halt.[7]

  1. ^ Calendar of the 2014 United Tournament
  2. ^ Terrikon: 2014 United Tournament
  3. ^ "Объединенный турнир: ясно при полном тумане". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  4. ^ Сергей Палкин: На разрыв с УЕФА никто в Украине не пойдет – это нонсенс
  5. ^ "Объединенный турнир: ясно при полном тумане. Спорт-Экспресс". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  6. ^ "Объединенный Суперкубок. Все, что нужно знать о турнире". 30 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Объединенный чемпионат России и Украины не состоится".