MAI, Spartak Moscow and Moscow Basketball Association signed cooperation agreement

On April 11, as part of the regular VTB United Basketball League championship, a trilateral agreement on cooperation in the science, education and sports was signed by Moscow Aviation Institute, Spartak Moscow Football club and the Moscow Basketball Association professional basketball club (PBK IBA).

The signing ceremony was attended by Sergey Kulikov, Vice-Rector for MAI Youth Policy, Artem Rebrov, Technical coordinator of FC Spartak Moscow, and Igor Kocharyan, General Director of PBK IBA.

– Collaboration with professional sports organizations provides MAI students with new opportunities to increase their achievements in sports. Basketball and football are among the most popular sports at the university. The conclusion of cooperation agreements with flagship clubs in these areas will make a great contribution to the development of MAI sports life and, I am sure, will result in bright events and new successes for our teams, – commented Sergey Kulikov.

MAI was cooperating with IBA PBK since 2022. As part of the agreement signed with the club, joint teams were created, professional athletes enrolled to the first year of MAI, as well as those students, who seek to develop their skills in basketball. MAI team has already won several major victories, including gold medals at the 3×3 basketball championship of the Central Federal District.