2016–17 VTB United League
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The 2016–17 VTB United League was the 8th complete season of the VTB United League. It is also the fourth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. CSKA Moscow was the defending champion and successfully defended its title. This season, 13 teams participated in the league after four sides from the previous year left.[1]
VTB United League | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2016–17 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 2 October 2016 – 23 April 2017 (Regular season) 1 May – 13 June 2017 (Playoffs) | ||||||||||||
Teams | 13 | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Season MVP | Alexey Shved | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | CSKA Moscow (8th title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Khimki | ||||||||||||
Playoffs MVP | Nando de Colo | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Highest attendance | 7,316 Parma 55–116 CSKA Moscow (13 April 2017) | ||||||||||||
Lowest attendance | 250 Astana 76–92 CSKA Moscow (8 October 2016) | ||||||||||||
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
Teams
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Perspective
VITA Tbilisi, Bisons Loimaa, ČEZ Nymburk left the league, after participating in the 2015–16 season. Parma Perm from the Russian Basketball Super League joined the league.[1]
On August 30, 2016, the league announced that BC Krasny Oktyabr would not play in the league, because the host arena of the team was not approved to support events.[2]
Because of these changes, the number of teams was reduced to 13.
Venues and locations
Locations of teams in the 2016–17 VTB United League
- Notes
- ◆ Team makes its debut in the VTB United League.
- ● The defending champions, winners of the 2015–16 VTB United League.
Regular season
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
24 | 22 | 2 | 2274 | 1782 | +492 | .917 | Advance to Playoffs |
2 | ![]() |
24 | 21 | 3 | 2187 | 1930 | +257 | .875 | |
3 | ![]() |
24 | 19 | 5 | 2108 | 1895 | +213 | .792 | |
4 | ![]() |
24 | 19 | 5 | 1959 | 1688 | +271 | .792 | |
5 | ![]() |
24 | 15 | 9 | 2136 | 2021 | +115 | .625 | |
6 | ![]() |
24 | 13 | 11 | 1974 | 2041 | −67 | .542 | |
7 | ![]() |
24 | 11 | 13 | 1857 | 1961 | −104 | .458 | |
8 | ![]() |
24 | 9 | 15 | 1806 | 1930 | −124 | .375 | |
9 | ![]() |
24 | 8 | 16 | 2051 | 2173 | −122 | .333 | |
10 | ![]() |
24 | 8 | 16 | 2073 | 2184 | −111 | .333 | |
11 | ![]() |
24 | 5 | 19 | 1876 | 2109 | −233 | .208 | |
12 | ![]() |
24 | 5 | 19 | 1757 | 1987 | −230 | .208 | |
13 | ![]() |
24 | 1 | 23 | 1840 | 2197 | −357 | .042 |
Source: VTB United League
Results
Home \ Away | AST | AVT | CSK | ENI | KAL | KHI | LOK | NIZ | PAR | TSM | UNI | VEF | ZEN |
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Astana | 83–78 | 76–92 | 98–97 | 72–78 | 87–90 | 51–71 | 93–84 | 88–73 | 84–67 | 68–84 | 66–64 | 82–105 | |
Avtodor Saratov | 78–79 | 103–104 | 94–87 | 90–63 | 109–118 | 79–88 | 95–92 | 110–99 | 88–81 | 77–84 | 96–84 | 90–96 | |
CSKA Moscow | 81–63 | 95–80 | 85–63 | 100–68 | 95–79 | 83–77 | 105–78 | 98–74 | 109–74 | 92–88 | 82–51 | 105–56 | |
Enisey | 88–78 | 97–92 | 84–97 | 99–90 | 64–104 | 85–86 | 99–93 | 87–82 | 88–70 | 75–66 | 88–71 | 75–100 | |
Kalev/Cramo | 84–67 | 86–94 | 68–87 | 82–91 | 77–84 | 64–95 | 87–91 | 85–79 | 79–70 | 86–110 | 74–82 | 95–98 | |
Khimki | 83–66 | 102–70 | 70–92 | 72–64 | 81–57 | 73–65 | 90–84 | 92–66 | 80–72 | 87–70 | 73–76 | 66–74 | |
Lokomotiv Kuban | 67–59 | 79–61 | 83–74 | 66–68 | 86–75 | 84–89 | 88–75 | 86–61 | 81–72 | 75–64 | 107–64 | 80–83 | |
Nizhny Novgorod | 76–72 | 110–68 | 65–101 | 80–93 | 102–81 | 90–99 | 66–93 | 115–94 | 102–95 | 98–112 | 74–81 | 93–97 | |
Parma | 65–82 | 97–101 | 55–116 | 79–81 | 72–86 | 83–87 | 71–84 | 75–84 | 61–67 | 98–105 | 74–81 | 86–119 | |
Tsmoki-Minsk | 70–80 | 89–83 | 63–100 | 78–86 | 88–81 | 73–77 | 63–87 | 77–52 | 62–71 | 87–85 | 69–72 | 58–71 | |
UNICS | 83–78 | 95–83 | 91–105 | 100–56 | 104–91 | 73–98 | 77–83 | 104–81 | 89–73 | 98–71 | 89–84 | 84–109 | |
VEF Rīga | 73–62 | 87–76 | 83–99 | 84–81 | 78–66 | 90–104 | 69–80 | 73–78 | 91–80 | 88–85 | 82–86 | 73–82 | |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 99–72 | 89–78 | 90–77 | 94–78 | 89–73 | 114–110 | 62–68 | 101–88 | 101–72 | 84–56 | 84–95 | 90–76 |
Playoffs
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All series were played in a best-of-five play-off series, which were played in a 2-2-1 format. The Playoffs started on May 1 and ended on June 13.[4]
Quarterfinals 1–12 May | Semifinals 25 May–4 June | Finals 8–13 June | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 0 |
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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CSKA Moscow ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
101–95 | 84–71 | 74–66 | ||
Zenit Saint Petersburg ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
99–95 | 92–89 | 73–97 | 71–73 | 84–90 |
Finals
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CSKA Moscow[a] (C) | 33 | 31 | 2 | 3083 | 2454 | +629 | Qualification to EuroLeague |
2 | Khimki | 35 | 25 | 10 | 3080 | 2835 | +245 | |
3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 31 | 26 | 5 | 2870 | 2580 | +290 | Qualification to EuroCup |
4 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 31 | 22 | 9 | 2512 | 2244 | +268 | |
5 | UNICS | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2433 | 2342 | +91 | |
6 | Enisey | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2207 | 2330 | −123 | Qualification to Champions League |
7 | VEF Rīga | 27 | 11 | 16 | 2063 | 2225 | −162 | |
8 | Astana | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2007 | 2192 | −185 | |
9 | Nizhny Novgorod | 24 | 8 | 16 | 2051 | 2173 | −122 | Qualification to Champions League |
10 | Avtodor Saratov | 24 | 8 | 16 | 2073 | 2184 | −111 | |
11 | Kalev/Cramo | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1876 | 2109 | −233 | |
12 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1757 | 1987 | −230 | |
13 | Parma | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1840 | 2197 | −357 | Qualification to Europe Cup qualifying rounds |
- CSKA Moscow was already qualified for the 2018–19 EuroLeague, as the team holds a 10-year license contract with the league.
All-Star Game
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The VTB League's inaugural All-Star Game was held this season on February 11, 2017.[5] The game was played at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia. The game was played in a Russia Stars vs. the World Stars format. The Russian Stars won the game against the World Stars, by a score of 131:121.[6] Andrey Vorontsevich was named the MVP of the game.[7] Jānis Timma won the All-Star Game's slam dunk contest,[8] and Sergey Karasev won the 3-Point Contest.[9]
- INJ^ Petr Gubanov, Ivan Strebkov and Miloš Teodosić didn't play because of injury.
- REP^ Danilo Andjušić was named as Teodosić' replacement.
February 11, 2017 | Russian Stars | 131–121 | World Stars | Sochi |
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19:20 (MSK) | Scoring by quarter: 45–40, 22–30, 36–28, 28–23 | |||
Pts: Vorontsevich 28 Rebs: Khryapa 10 Asts: three players 7 Eff: Vorontsevich 36 |
Boxscore | Pts: Blūms, De Colo 18 Rebs: De Colo, Langford 5 Asts: Rochestie 9 Eff: De Colo 24 |
Arena: Bolshoy Ice Dome Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Jakub Zamojski (POL), Alexey Davydov (RUS), Semen Ovinov (RUS) |
Awards
Season Awards
All-Tournament First Team
All-Tournament Second Team
MVP of the Month
Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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2016 | |||
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November | ![]() | ![]() | |
December | ![]() | ![]() | |
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January | ![]() | ![]() | |
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April | ![]() | ![]() |
Statistics
Statistical leaders
Category | Player | Team | Average |
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Efficiency | ![]() | ![]() | 20.6 |
Points | ![]() | ![]() | 23.3 |
Rebounds | ![]() | ![]() | 9.0 |
Assists | ![]() | ![]() | 8.4 |
Steals | ![]() | ![]() | 2.8 |
Blocks | ![]() | ![]() | 1.5 |
Turnovers | ![]() | ![]() | 3.4 |
2P% | ![]() | ![]() | .732 |
3P% | ![]() | ![]() | .562 |
FT% | ![]() | ![]() | .923 |
Source: VTB United League
Individual game highs
Keith Langford set a new all-time scoring record for the VTB United League by scoring 42 points on October 31.[26]
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Efficiency | ![]() | ![]() | 47 |
Points | ![]() | ![]() | 42 |
Rebounds | ![]() | ![]() | 19 |
Assists | ![]() | ![]() | 17 |
Steals | ![]() | ![]() | 8 |
Blocks | ![]() | ![]() | 5 |
Three pointers | ![]() | ![]() | 8 |
Turnovers | ![]() | ![]() | 8 |
Source: VTB United League
Attendance data
Attendances include playoff games:
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | ![]() |
61,390 | 7,316 | 3,920 | 5,116 | n/a |
2 | ![]() |
65,312 | 7,139 | 2,161 | 4,354 | +31.2% |
3 | ![]() |
61,105 | 5,690 | 1,700 | 3,594 | +22.5% |
4 | ![]() |
31,800 | 4,000 | 1,800 | 2,650 | −17.5% |
5 | ![]() |
37,730 | 3,500 | 1,400 | 2,219 | +10.6% |
6 | ![]() |
39,337 | 4,500 | 700 | 2,185 | −14.4% |
7 | ![]() |
21,200 | 2,700 | 900 | 1,631 | −8.3% |
8 | ![]() |
20,282 | 3,200 | 950 | 1,449 | −27.7% |
9 | ![]() |
13,585 | 3,700 | 500 | 1,132 | +18.7% |
10 | ![]() |
13,270 | 2,005 | 730 | 1,106 | −17.7% |
11 | ![]() |
10,500 | 2,000 | 400 | 808 | +20.6% |
12 | ![]() |
9,126 | 1,300 | 500 | 761 | −33.7% |
13 | ![]() |
9,055 | 1,315 | 250 | 697 | −36.0% |
League total | 393,692 | 7,316 | 250 | 2,187 | +31.0% |
Source: VTB League
References
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