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VTB United League | |
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Season | 2022–23 |
Duration | 2 October 2022 – 20 January 2023 (First stage) 28 January – 26 March 2023 (Second stage) 31 March – 16 May 2023 (Playoffs) |
Teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Nikola Milutinov |
Finals | |
Champions | UNICS |
Runners-up | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
Third place | CSKA Moscow |
Fourth place | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
Playoffs MVP | Nenad Dimitrijević |
Records | |
Biggest home win | UNICS 109–54 Astana (16 October 2022) |
Biggest away win | Astana 51–99 Samara (4 January 2023) |
Highest scoring | UNICS 112–104 (OT) CSKA Moscow (15 February 2023) |
Highest attendance | 9,727 MINSK 70–92 Lokomotiv-Kuban (20 November 2022) |
Lowest attendance | 334 Astana 84–72 PARMA-PARI (13 October 2022) |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → Sponsored league name, referring to VTB Bank. |
The 2022–23 VTB United League was the 14th season of the VTB United League. It was the 10th season that the league functions as the Russian domestic top tier level. It started on 2 October 2022 with the regular season and ended on 16 May 2023 with the finals.
Zenit Saint Petersburg was the defending champion.
Format changes
For this season, the regular season will be divided into two phases since none team will participate in European competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the first phase, 12 teams will play two rounds, after which the teams will be divided into two groups: Group A with top six teams from first phase and Group B with last six teams from first phase. At the second phase, the teams will play among themselves in their groups for two more rounds. For the playoffs, all series will be played in best-of-seven playoffs, except for the quarterfinals that will be played in best-of-five playoffs.
Teams
A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2021–22 season (eight Russian teams, one Belarusian team and one Kazakhstani team) and two newly-joined Russian sides (Samara and MBA Moscow). Other two Russian sides (Uralmash Ekaterinburg and Runa Moscow) also applied to participate, but they did not fulfill the requirements to join the league.
Venues and locations
AstanaAvtodorCSKAYeniseyLokomotivMBANizhny NovgorodParmaSamaraMINSKUNICSZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in the 2022–23 VTB United LeagueTeam | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Astana | Astana | Arena Velotrack | 9,270 |
Avtodor | Saratov | DS Kristall | 5,500 |
CSKA Moscow | Moscow | Megasport Arena | 13,344 |
Yenisey | Krasnoyarsk | Arena.Sever | 4,000 |
Lokomotiv-Kuban | Krasnodar | Basket-Hall | 7,500 |
MBA Moscow | Moscow | Basket Hall Moscow | 5,000 |
BC Minsk | Minsk | Falcon Club Arena | |
Minsk-Arena | 15,000 | ||
Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Trade Union Sport Palace | 5,500 |
PARMA-PARI | Perm | UDS Molot | 7,000 |
Samara | Samara | Ice Sports Palace | 5,000 |
UNICS | Kazan | Basket-Hall | 7,000 |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | Sibur Arena | 6,381 |
First stage
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2165 | 1633 | +532 | 44 | Qualification to Group A |
2 | UNICS | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1927 | 1583 | +344 | 42 | |
3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1816 | 1563 | +253 | 38 | |
4 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1659 | 1647 | +12 | 35 | |
5 | MBA Moscow | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1743 | 1705 | +38 | 35 | |
6 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1724 | 1689 | +35 | 34 | |
7 | Samara | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1706 | 1688 | +18 | 31 | Qualification to Group B |
8 | PARMA-PARI | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1735 | 1800 | −65 | 31 | |
9 | Avtodor | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1751 | 1841 | −90 | 29 | |
10 | Yenisey | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1623 | 1772 | −149 | 28 | |
11 | Astana | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1434 | 1902 | −468 | 26 | |
12 | MINSK | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1338 | 1798 | −460 | 23 |
Results
Home \ Away | AST | AVT | CSK | ENI | LOK | MBA | MIN | NIZ | PAR | SAM | UNI | ZEN |
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Astana | — | 70–69 | 64–101 | 57–88 | 67–98 | 69–103 | 77–48 | 60–80 | 84–72 | 51–99 | 41–79 | 75–93 |
Avtodor | 94–72 | — | 75–102 | 86–81 | 84–100 | 72–68 | 88–77 | 69–71 | 94–95 | 74–69 | 71–83 | 91–79 |
CSKA Moscow | 100–72 | 103–76 | — | 102–66 | 94–80 | 110–78 | 107–63 | 107–63 | 109–71 | 95–82 | 92–79 | 100–80 |
Yenisey | 89–76 | 88–84 | 81–109 | — | 69–71 | 85–80 | 61–63 | 82–90 | 74–76 | 72–65 | 79–89 | 61–89 |
Lokomotiv-Kuban | 73–53 | 89–76 | 64–84 | 75–71 | — | 73–86 | 74–56 | 63–73 | 88–86 | 79–70 | 70–82 | 62–68 |
MBA Moscow | 81–59 | 85–70 | 75–92 | 89–76 | 89–76 | — | 81–62 | 55–88 | 102–87 | 71–60 | 81–97 | 76–75 |
MINSK | 65–76 | 72–97 | 66–101 | 36–54 | 70–92 | 61–76 | — | 57–68 | 48–77 | 68–80 | 54–58 | 66–91 |
Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 86–59 | 74–69 | 79–109 | 73–67 | 93–79 | 80–87 | 84–67 | — | 78–73 | 52–90 | 57–75 | 67–72 |
PARMA-PARI | 94–74 | 89–83 | 74–83 | 88–75 | 85–92 | 78–70 | 85–62 | 85–83 | — | 81–83 | 82–89 | 60–65 |
Samara | 93–58 | 87–82 | 72–85 | 92–86 | 77–80 | 74–82 | 78–71 | 60–83 | 80–63 | — | 74–86 | 70–82 |
UNICS | 109–54 | 95–76 | 93–95 | 104–59 | 83–75 | 74–66 | 102–53 | 86–71 | 93–74 | 94–86 | — | 95–94 |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 88–66 | 92–71 | 80–85 | 78–59 | 73–71 | 87–62 | 91–53 | 76–66 | 91–60 | 93–65 | 79–82 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Second stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CSK | UNI | ZEN | NIZ | LOK | MBA | |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 32 | 30 | 2 | 3060 | 2417 | +643 | 62 | Qualification to playoffs | — | 91–77 | 86–90 | 76–75 | 94–74 | 94–70 | |
2 | UNICS | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2724 | 2406 | +318 | 56 | 112–104 | — | 69–80 | 86–85 | 70–103 | 73–58 | ||
3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2621 | 2313 | +308 | 55 | 69–72 | 83–78 | — | 83–67 | 90–92 | 73–71 | ||
4 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 32 | 17 | 15 | 2392 | 2409 | −17 | 49 | 70–89 | 78–68 | 79–70 | — | 75–70 | 55–69 | ||
5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 32 | 17 | 15 | 2523 | 2470 | +53 | 49 | 66–98 | 78–70 | 74–77 | 80–82 | — | 73–65 | ||
6 | MBA Moscow | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2413 | 2504 | −91 | 47 | 81–91 | 63–94 | 62–90 | 71–67 | 60–89 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | AVT | ENI | SAM | AST | MIN | |
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1 | PARMA-PARI | 32 | 16 | 16 | 2498 | 2530 | −32 | 48 | Qualification to playoffs | — | 83–91 | 79–78 | 72–67 | 94–59 | 82–67 | |
2 | Avtodor | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2553 | 2598 | −45 | 47 | 85–59 | — | 58–73 | 93–83 | 79–70 | 78–70 | ||
3 | Yenisey | 32 | 14 | 18 | 2394 | 2445 | −51 | 46 | 81–76 | 82–86 | — | 79–74 | 77–67 | 75–55 | ||
4 | Samara | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2514 | 2452 | +62 | 45 | 74–77 | 83–87 | 69–74 | — | 89–75 | 90–56 | ||
5 | Astana | 32 | 5 | 27 | 2146 | 2736 | −590 | 37 | 73–74 | 73–80 | 67–83 | 73–92 | — | 86–82 | ||
6 | MINSK | 32 | 3 | 29 | 2008 | 2566 | −558 | 35 | 55–67 | 81–65 | 42–69 | 78–87 | 84–69 | — |
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | UNICS | 101 | 94 | 73 | — | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | PARMA-PARI | 76 | 59 | 52 | — | — | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | UNICS | 94 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 67 | 59 | 83 | 104 | 63 | 82 | 79 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 61 | 87 | 86 | 99 | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | MBA Moscow | 65 | 60 | 61 | 80 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | UNICS | 76 | 79 | 82 | 90 | 98 | — | — | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 88 | 76 | 81 | 88 | 89 | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | CSKA Moscow | 103 | 111 | 76 | — | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Avtodor | 68 | 85 | 67 | — | — | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | CSKA Moscow | 87 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 68 | 98 | 100 | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 84 | 84 | 84 | 73 | 85 | 75 | 103 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 81 | 72 | 81 | — | — | 0 | 1 | CSKA Moscow | 66 | 85 | 71 | 77 | 82 | — | — | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 93 | 77 | 92 | — | — | 3 | 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 86 | 61 | 60 | 72 | 79 | — | — | 1 |
Source: VTB United League
VTB League teams in continental competitions
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Astana | West Asia Super League | 3rd place |
Awards
MVP of the Month
Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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2022 | |||
October | Nikola Milutinov | CSKA Moscow | |
November | Thomas Heurtel | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
December | Jalen Reynolds | UNICS | |
2023 | |||
January | Alexey Shved | CSKA Moscow | |
February | Malik Newman | Avtodor | |
March | Isaiah Reese | PARMA-PARI |
References
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Arena Velotrack Capacity: 9270 spectators
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DS Kristall Capacity: 5500
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Arena.Sever Capacity: 4000 spectators
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«Basket-hall» Capacity: 7500 spectators
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«Minsk-Arena» Capacity: 15,000 spectators
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«Nizhniy Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace» Capacity: 5500 spectators
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Basket-Hall Capacity: 7000 spectators
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SK Yubileyniy Capacity: 6381 spectators
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- "Nenad Dimitrijevic is the Playoffs MVP". VTB United League. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- "Malik Newman wins the Top Scorer of the Year award". VTB United League. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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- "Jalen Reynolds is the Sixth Man of the Year". VTB United League. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- "Evgenii Baburin is the Defensive Player of the Year!". VTB United League. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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- "Jalen Reynolds is the MVP of December". VTB United League. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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- "Malik Newman is the MVP of February". VTB United League. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- "Isaiah Reese is the MVP of March". VTB United League. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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