2012–13 VTB United League
VTB United League | ||||||||||
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Season | 2012–13 | |||||||||
Teams | 20 (from 10 countries) | |||||||||
Final positions | ||||||||||
Top seed | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||
Champions | CSKA Moscow 4th title | |||||||||
Runners-up | Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar | |||||||||
Awards | ||||||||||
MVP | E. J. Rowland | |||||||||
Playoffs MVP | Victor Khryapa | |||||||||
Young Player | Sergey Karasev | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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The VTB United League 2012–13 was the fourth complete season of the VTB United League, which is Northern and Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition. The tournament featured 20 teams, from 10 countries. CSKA Moscow won its 4th VTB title, by beating Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar, 3–1, in a best-of-five Finals series.
Participants[]
Country (League) | Teams |
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Belarus (BPL) | Tsmoki-Minsk |
Czech Republic (NBL) | ČEZ Basketball Nymburk |
Estonia (KML) | Kalev/Cramo |
Kazakhstan (Division 1) | Astana Tigers |
Latvia (LBL) | VEF Rīga |
Lithuania (LKL) | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius |
Neptūnas Klaipėda | |
Žalgiris Kaunas | |
Poland (PLK) | Turów Zgorzelec |
Russia (PBL) | CSKA Moscow |
Enisey Krasnoyarsk | |
Khimki Moscow Region | |
Krasnye Krylya Samara | |
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar | |
Nizhny Novgorod | |
Spartak Saint Petersburg | |
Triumph Lyubertsy | |
UNICS Kazan | |
Ukraine (SuperLeague) | Azovmash Mariupol |
Donetsk |
Regular season[]
Advances to Quarterfinals | |
Advances to Round of 16 |
Group A[]
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | |
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1. | Khimki | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1451 | 1305 |
2. | Unics Kazan | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1328 | 1169 |
3. | Krasnye Krylya Samara | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1353 | 1304 |
4. | Spartak Saint Petersburg | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1292 | 1174 |
5. | Astana Tigers | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1332 | 1416 |
6. | Donetsk | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1429 | 1325 |
7. | Lietuvos rytas | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1402 | 1397 |
8. | Turów Zgorzelec | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1318 | 1403 |
9. | Azovmash Mariupol | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1287 | 1447 |
10. | Kalev/Cramo | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1202 | 1389 |
AST | AZO | DON | KAL | KHI | KRA | LR | SPA | TUR | UNI | |
Astana Tigers | 75–72 | 96–90 | 93–78 | 92–77 | 75–78 | 72–71 | 78–75 | 81–61 | 62–80 | |
Azovmash Mariupol | 82–89 | 68–75 | 76–71 | 77–91 | 73–92 | 88–94 | 76–81 | 76–66 | 71–78 | |
Donetsk | 76–56 | 83–66 | 67–46 | 66–84 | 96–87 | 95–79 | 88–80 | 99–85 | 63–74 | |
Kalev/Cramo | 81–85 | 73–77 | 61–60 | 57–65 | 73–83 | 60–73 | 53–71 | 72–68 | 52–70 | |
Khimki | 104–75 | 91–73 | 72–58 | 77–67 | 82–81 | 80–69 | 72–60 | 91–72 | 85–74 | |
Krasnye Krylya Samara | 61–66 | 72–62 | 64–59 | 83–73 | 76–67 | 89–72 | 75–70 | 81–77 | 56–69 | |
Lietuvos rytas | 93–60 | 75–56 | 99–97 | 95–73 | 79–88 | 81–70 | 63–83 | 78–71 | 87–80 | |
Spartak Saint Petersburg | 74–57 | 74–58 | 59–63 | 80–59 | 74–69 | 61–63 | 75–48 | 76–74 | 84–68 | |
Turów Zgorzelec | 93–66 | 78–69 | 83–81 | 80–81 | 79–86 | 74–76 | 86–78 | 59–63 | 64–69 | |
Unics Kazan | 70–54 | 89–67 | 66–48 | 86–72 | 76–70 | 74–66 | 74–68 | 51–52 | 80–48 |
Group B[]
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | |
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1. | Žalgiris Kaunas | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1499 | 1269 |
2. | CSKA Moscow | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1390 | 1160 |
3. | Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1423 | 1318 |
4. | VEF Rīga | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1523 | 1446 |
5. | Nizhny Novgorod | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1320 | 1261 |
6. | Triumph Lyubertsy | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1413 | 1363 |
7. | Enisey Krasnoyarsk | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1337 | 1438 |
8. | ČEZ Basketball Nymburk | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1282 | 1448 |
9. | Tsmoki-Minsk | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1246 | 1451 |
10. | Neptūnas Klaipėda | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1381 | 1597 |
ČEZ | CSK | ENI | LOK | NEP | NN | TRI | TSM | VEF | ŽAL | |
ČEZ Basketball Nymburk | 63–76 | 69–61 | 81–74 | 84–78 | 73–81 | 68–96 | 65–56 | 81–83 | 84–90 | |
CSKA Moscow | 84–75 | 77–52 | 83–56 | 79–57 | 83–60 | 80–71 | 68–57 | 83–75 | 68–74 | |
Enisey Krasnoyarsk | 81–59 | 64–73 | 87–94 | 63–77 | 62–67 | 74–78 | 77–74 | 96–93 | 64–99 | |
Lokomotiv Kuban-Krasnodar | 75–54 | 61–72 | 93–64 | 84–48 | 75–74 | 74–65 | 89–74 | 95–98 | 70–78 | |
Neptūnas Klaipėda | 96–86 | 72–83 | 88–89 | 83–95 | 72–90 | 88–97 | 110–106 | 60–86 | 62–90 | |
Nizhny Novgorod | 82–66 | 70–68 | 84–44 | 54–61 | 84–63 | 76–80 | 55–54 | 82–86 | 58–76 | |
Triumph Lyubertsy | 89–52 | 62–82 | 77–81 | 78–89 | 83–80 | 71–59 | 80–66 | 78–80 | 69–70 | |
Tsmoki-Minsk | 71–63 | 48–90 | 65–79 | 64–80 | 93–71 | 66–93 | 62–85 | 74–85 | 86–82 | |
VEF Rīga | 85–89 | 67–75 | 85–69 | 72–77 | 94–89 | 87–89 | 101–78 | 98–73 | 77–72 | |
Žalgiris Kaunas | 90–70 | 76–66 | 86–61 | 89–81 | 111–87 | 69–62 | 80–76 | 81–57 | 86–71 |
Playoffs[]
Round of 16[]
The teams that finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Krasnye Krylya Samara | 2–0 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 76–69 | 77–67 | |
Lokomotiv-Kuban | 2–0 | Donetsk | 86–80 | 88–77 | |
Spartak Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | Nizhny Novgorod | 83–69 | 57–62 | 85–88 |
VEF Rīga | 2–1 | Astana Tigers | 76–89 | 87–54 | 76–67 |
Quarterfinals[]
The teams that finished first and two in the other group battled with 1/8 final winners in a Best-Of-5 series.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Khimki | 3–0 | VEF Rīga | 103–82 | 104–82 | 82–60 | ||
Žalgiris Kaunas | 3–1 | Nizhny Novgorod | 75–63 | 66–62 | 59–60 | 66–59 | |
Unics Kazan | 1–3 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 72–80 | 65–77 | 68–65 | 64–68 | |
CSKA Moscow | 3–1 | Krasnye Krylya Samara | 77–46 | 87–78 | 49–50 | 69–56 |
Semifinals[]
The teams that won in 1/4 final, battled with other 1/4 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Khimki | 2–3 | CSKA Moscow | 83–80 | 72–74 | 47–61 | 77–75 | 64–87 |
Žalgiris Kaunas | 1–3 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 80–53 | 63–85 | 72–82 | 62–84 |
Final[]
The teams that won in 1/2 final, battled with other 1/2 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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CSKA Moscow | 3–1 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 72–65 | 64–54 | 58–69 | 59–54 |
Rosters[]
Champion: Miloš Teodosić, Vladimir Micov, , Aaron Jackson, Dmitry Sokolov, Nenad Krstić, Sonny Weems, Aleksei Zozulin, Zoran Erceg, Evgeny Voronov, Andrey Vorontsevich, Sasha Kaun, Victor Khryapa, Anton Ponkrashov, Theo Papaloukas (Coach: Ettore Messina)
- Top efficiency: Victor Khryapa, 15.0 EFF
- Top scorer: Sonny Weems, 11.0 PPG
- Top rebounder: Victor Khryapa, 7.0 RPG
- Top assister: Victor Khryapa, 4.3 APG
Runner-up: , Derrick Brown, Richard Hendrix, Alexey Savrasenko, Mantas Kalnietis, Sergey Bykov, Valeriy Likhodey, Simas Jasaitis, James Baron, Andrey Zubkov, Aleks Marić, Nick Calathes, (Coach: Evgeniy Pashutin)
- Top efficiency: Nick Calathes, 16.1 EFF
- Top scorer: Nick Calathes, 13.9 PPG
- Top rebounder: Aleks Marić, 6.6 RPG
- Top assister: Nick Calathes, 6.1 APG
Awards[]
- Most Valuable Player: E. J. Rowland (VEF Riga)[1]
- Playoffs MVP: Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow)
- Young Player of the Year: Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy)
Nationality awards[]
For the first time, awards were handed out to the best player by nationality.
Nationality | Player | Team | Ref. |
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Czech | Petr Benda | CEZ Nymburk | [2] |
Estonian | Tanel Sokk | Kalev/Cramo | [3] |
Polish | Aaron Cel | Turów Zgorzelec | [4] |
Kazakh | Anton Ponomarev | Astana | [5] |
Belarusian | Vladimir Veremeenko | UNICS Kazan | [6] |
Latvian | Kristaps Janicenoks | VEF Rīga | [7] |
Ukrainian | Oleksiy Pecherov | Azovmash | [7] |
Lithuanian | Mantas Kalnietis | Lokomotiv-Kuban | [8] |
Russian | Victor Khryapa | CSKA Moscow | [9] |
Monthly MVP[]
Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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October | Ksistof Lavrinovic | Žalgiris Kaunas | [7] |
November | E.J. Rowland | VEF Rīga | [10] |
December | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow | [11] |
January | Zack Wright | Spartak St. Petersburg | [12] |
February | Mantas Kalnietis | Lokomotiv-Kuban | [13] |
March | Darius Songaila | Azovmash | [14] |
References[]
- ^ "History and Records". Vtb-league.com/en. Archived from the original on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ^ "Petr Benda – League's top Czech player | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Tanel Sokk – League's top Estonian player | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Aaron Cel – League's top Polish player | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Anton Ponomarev – League's top Kazakh player | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Vladimir Veremeenko – League's top Belarusian player | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ a b c "Awards | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Mantas Kalnietis – League's top Lithuanian player | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Victor Khryapa – League's top Russian player | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "November MVP – E.J. Rowland | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "December MVP – Milos Teodosic | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Zack Wright – January MVP | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Mantas Kalnietis – February MVP | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Darius Songaila - March MVP | VTB United League". Vtb-league.com. 1996-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
External links[]
- Official Website (in Russian)
- Official Website (in English)
- VTB United League seasons
- 2012–13 in European basketball leagues
- 2012–13 in Russian basketball
- 2012–13 in Lithuanian basketball
- 2012–13 in Ukrainian basketball
- 2012–13 in Latvian basketball
- 2012–13 in Estonian basketball
- 2012–13 in Polish basketball
- 2012–13 in Belarusian basketball
- 2012–13 in Kazakhstani basketball
- 2012–13 in Czech basketball