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Revision as of 05:57, 17 April 2016
Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 VTB United League | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 2008 (Promo-Cup) 2009 (VTB United League) |
| CEO | Andrey Shirokov |
| Motto | One league. One language. Language of basketball. |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country |  Russia (10 teams) Belarus (1 team) Czech Republic (1 team) Finland (1 team) Estonia (1 team) Latvia (1 team) Kazakhstan (1 team) |
| Most recent champion(s) | CSKA Moscow (6th title) |
| Most titles | CSKA Moscow (6 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 1st Tier on Russian Pyramid |
| Official website | vtb-league.com |
VTB United League (Template:Lang-ru) is an international professional basketball league that was founded in 2008. Starting with the 2013–14 season, it is the 1st tier of Russian professional club basketball, as well as the national domestic league of Russia, with the highest placed Russian team in the league also being the Russian champions. Its goal is to unite the leading basketball clubs of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe together into one league. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank.
League formats
In its inaugural 2009–10 season league format season, the VTB United League featured clubs from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine. For the 2010–11 season, teams from Finland, Poland and Belarus were added to the league. The 2011–12 season featured a total of 18 teams, with new teams being added from Czech Republic and Kazakhstan.[1] In the 2012–13 season, the number of teams increased to 20. The number of teams was decreased to 16 for the 2014–15 season, and the teams from Ukraine and Lithuania dropped out of the competition.
History
The first step in the creation of the league was a competition named the VTB United League Promo-Cup held in Moscow in December, 2008.[2] The final of the Promo-Cup was played on December 22, 2008, and was won by CSKA Moscow, who defeated Khimki 70–66. Kyiv ended third.[3]
Unification with the Russian PBL
In May 2012, all the PBL clubs gathered to decide which format would be used for the next season, and some club's directors raised the possibility of uniting with the VTB United League, to produce greater competition between the Russian basketball clubs. They suggested that the new league would be named the Eastern European Professional Basketball League.[4][5][6]
In July 2012, the Council of VTB United League gave a definitive decision. It was decided that the PBL league would continue for one more year, with some of the games of the VTB United League that took place between two Russian clubs being counted as PBL games.[7] The first tier Russian clubs then replaced the PBL with the VTB United League as their new national domestic league, starting with the 2013-14 season.
The VTB United League was officially recognized by FIBA Europe in September 2013.[8][9] The league was then officially recognized by FIBA World in October 2014. The league needed to be recognized by both bodies, because it contains clubs that come from countries that are part of both the European and Asian FIBA zones.
Arena rules
In order for clubs to play in the VTB United League, they must have a home arena that has a seating capacity of at least 3,000 seats.[10]
Current clubs
These are the clubs that are participating in 2014–15 season:
Team appearances
| Team | 2008 (8) |
09–10 (8) |
10–11 (12) |
11–12 (18) |
12–13 (20) |
13–14 (20) |
14–15 (16) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsmoki-Minsk |
GS | GS | GS | GS | 15th | ||
| Nymburk |
GS | GS | GS | 14th | |||
| Kalev/Cramo |
GS | bgcolor=gold | GS | GS | GS | 9th | |
| Bisons Loimaa |
13th | ||||||
| Espoon Honka |
GS | ||||||
| Torpan Pojat |
QR | ||||||
| Astana |
bgcolor=gold | 1/8 | 1/8 | 8th | |||
| ASK Rīga |
7th | ||||||
| VEF Rīga |
GS | GS | 1/4 | GS | 10th | ||
 Lietuvos rytas |
GS | 3rd | GS | 1/2 | |||
| Neptūnas |
GS | GS | |||||
| Šiauliai |
QR | ||||||
| Žalgiris |
5th | 3rd | 1/8 | 1/8 | 3rd | ||
 Anwil |
QR | ||||||
| Prokom |
8th | GS | GS | ||||
| Turów |
GS | GS | |||||
| Avtodor |
7th | ||||||
| CSKA |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Dynamo |
4th | ||||||
| Enisey |
GS | GS | 1/8 | 11th | |||
| Khimki |
2nd | 4th | 1st | 1/4 | 4th | 1/4 | 2nd |
| Krasny Oktyabr |
1/8 | 12th | |||||
| Krasnye Krylia |
GS | 1/4 | 1/4 | 16th | |||
| Lokomotiv Kuban |
4th | 2nd | 1/4 | 3rd | |||
| Nizhny Novgorod |
1/8 | 1/4 | 2nd | 4th | |||
| Spartak |
1/4 | 1/8 | 1/8 | ||||
| Triumph |
1/8 | 1/4 | |||||
| UNICS |
2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1/4 | 1/2 | 6th | |
| Zenit |
bgcolor=gold| | 5th | |||||
 Azovmash |
6th | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | |
| Budivelnik |
GS | ||||||
| Dnipro |
GS | QR | |||||
| Donetsk |
GS | 1/8 | GS | ||||
| Kyiv |
3rd |
Titles
| VTB United League Promo-Cup |
| Season | Finals & Final Four host | Finals | Third and fourth places | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | ||
| 2008 Details |
Russia (USK CSKA, Moscow) † |
 CSKA Moscow |
70–66 | Khimki |
 Kyiv |
86–73 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2009–10 Details |
Lithuania (Sports Hall, Kaunas) |
CSKA Moscow |
66–55 | UNICS |
 Žalgiris |
78–72 | Khimki |
| 2010–11 Details |
Russia (Basket Hall, Kazan) |
Khimki |
66–64 | CSKA Moscow |
UNICS |
95–75 | Azovmash |
| 2011–12 Details |
Lithuania (Siemens Arena, Vilnius) |
CSKA Moscow |
74–62 | UNICS |
Lietuvos rytas |
91–83 | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
| 2012–13 Details |
In home and away court | CSKA Moscow |
3–1 Series |
Lokomotiv-Kuban |
Žalgiris |
Did not play | Khimki |
| 2013–14 Details |
In home and away court | CSKA Moscow |
3–0 Series |
Nizhny Novgorod |
UNICS |
Did not play | Lietuvos rytas |
| 2014–15 Details |
In home and away court | CSKA Moscow |
3–0 Series |
Khimki |
Lokomotiv-Kuban |
Did not play | Nizhny Novgorod |
Awards
Major awards |
Awards by nationality |
Records
Sponsors
See also
- Russian Professional Championship
- Russian Professional League
- Russian Super League 1
- USSR Premier League
- Russian Cup
- USSR Cup
- Adriatic League
- Baltic League
References
- ^ "New clubs in the VTB United League". VTB United League. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "About League". vtb-league.com. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "PROMO-CUP: CSKA WIN". Sport Express. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ 20 clubs will play in VTB United League championship in seasone-2012/13, vtb-league.com, May 20, 2012
- ^ "PBL looks to a better future". ULEB. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Triumph applied an application to participate in the new season of VTB United League, may 20, 2012, vtb-league.com
- ^ BEKO PBL Press service. "BEKO PBL Board suggests scheme of 2012/2013 season". pbleague.ru. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ VTB League Officially Recognised.
- ^ FIBA Europe officially recognizes VTB United League.
- ^ Krasnye Krylia not to compete in VTB United League next season.
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