USSR Basketball Cup  The USSR Basketball Cup, or Soviet Union Basketball Cup, was the national basketball cup competition of the former Soviet Union. The first USSR Cup was held in the year 1949, and the last one was held in the year 1987. The competition was not held every year, as it was only contested 11 times between the years 1949 and 1987. However, it was initially held every year between 1949 and 1953. The last team to win the cup was Spartak Leningrad, in 1987. For finals not played on a single match, * precedes the score of the team playing at home.