2016–17 VTB United League

VTB United League
Season2016–17
Duration2 October 2016 – 23 April 2017 (Regular season)
1 May – 13 June 2017 (Playoffs)
Teams13
Regular season
Season MVPRussia Alexey Shved
Finals
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (8th title)
  Runners-upRussia Khimki
Playoffs MVPFrance Nando de Colo
Statistical leaders
Points United States Nick Minnerath 23.3
Rebounds United States Virgin Islands Frank Elegar 9.0
Assists Spain Quino Colom 8.4
Index Rating United States Nick Minnerath 20.6
Records
Highest attendance7,316
Parma 55–116 CSKA Moscow
(13 April 2017)
Lowest attendance250
Astana 76–92 CSKA Moscow
(8 October 2016)

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]

Teams

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

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Locations of teams in the 2016–17 VTB United League
Team Home City Arena Capacity
Kazakhstan Astana Astana Saryarka Velodrome 10,000
Russia Avtodor Saratov Saratov Kristall Ice Sports Palace 6,100
Russia CSKA Moscow ● Moscow Universal Sports Hall CSKA 5,500
Russia Enisey Krasnoyarsk Arena Sever 4,100
Estonia Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Saku Suurhall Arena 7,000
Russia Khimki Khimki Basketball Center 4,000[3]
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar Basket-Hall 7,500
Russia Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace 5,600
Russia Parma ◆ Perm Universal Sports Palace Molot 7,000
Belarus Tsmoki Minsk Minsk Minsk Arena 15,000
Russia UNICS Kazan Basket Hall Arena 7,500
Latvia VEF Rīga Rīga Arēna Rīga 12,500
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Yubileyni Arena 7,044
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
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 24 22 2 2274 1782 +492 .917 Advance to Playoffs
2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 24 21 3 2187 1930 +257 .875
3 Russia Khimki 24 19 5 2108 1895 +213 .792
4 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 24 19 5 1959 1688 +271 .792
5 Russia UNICS 24 15 9 2136 2021 +115 .625
6 Russia Enisey 24 13 11 1974 2041 −67 .542
7 Latvia VEF Rīga 24 11 13 1857 1961 −104 .458
8 Kazakhstan Astana 24 9 15 1806 1930 −124 .375
9 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 24 8 16 2051 2173 −122 .333
10 Russia Avtodor Saratov 24 8 16 2073 2184 −111 .333
11 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 24 5 19 1876 2109 −233 .208
12 Belarus Tsmoki Minsk 24 5 19 1757 1987 −230 .208
13 Russia Parma 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
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
Source: VTB United League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2017 VTB United League Playoffs

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 Russia CSKA Moscow 3
8 Kazakhstan Astana 0
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 3
4 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 3
5 Russia UNICS 1
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 3
3 Russia Khimki 0
2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 3
7 Latvia VEF Rīga 0
2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2
3 Russia Khimki 3
3 Russia Khimki 3
6 Russia Enisey 0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
CSKA Moscow Russia 3–0 Kazakhstan Astana 77–54 94–74 91–73 0 0
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia 3–1 Russia UNICS 62–71 92–76 83–71 84–79 0
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 3–0 Latvia VEF Rīga 93–81 79–74 92–51 0 0
Khimki Russia 3–0 Russia Enisey 91–84 109–81 89–68 0 0

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
CSKA Moscow Russia 3–0 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 101–95 84–71 74–66 0 0
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2–3 Russia Khimki 99–95 92–89 73–97 71–73 84–90

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
CSKA Moscow Russia 3–0 Russia Khimki 94–88 99–79 95–72 0 0

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
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
Source: VTB United League
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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

Main article: 2017 VTB United League All-Star Game

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]

Awards

Season Awards

Scoring Champion[10]
Young Player of the Year[11]
Defensive Player of the Year[12]
Sixth Man of the Year[13]
Coach of the Year[14]
Regular Season MVP[15]
Playoffs MVP[16]

All-Tournament First Team

All-Tournament Second Team

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
2016
October
 United States Keith Langford Russia UNICS
[17]
November
 Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki
[18]
December
 Russia Andrey Zubkov Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
[19]
2017
January
 Russia Sergey Karasev Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
[20]
February
 Russia Alexey Shved (2) Russia Khimki
[21]
March
 Serbia Stefan Marković Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
[22]
April
 United States Kevin Jones Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
[23]

Statistics

Statistical leaders

Category Player Team Average
Efficiency United States Nick Minnerath Russia Avtodor Saratov
20.6
Points United States Nick Minnerath Russia Avtodor Saratov
23.3
Rebounds United States Virgin Islands Frank Elegar Russia Enisey
9.0
Assists Spain Quino Colom Russia UNICS
8.4
Steals United States Dijon Thompson Russia Nizhny Novgorod
2.8
Blocks United States Mickell Gladness Estonia Kalev/Cramo
1.5
Turnovers United States Demonte Harper Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
3.4
2P% Belarus Artsiom Parakhouski Russia UNICS
.732
3P% Russia Petr Gubanov Russia Nizhny Novgorod
.562
FT% Russia Sergey Karasev Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
.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.[24]

Category Player Team Statistic
Efficiency United States Keith Langford Russia UNICS
47
Points United States Keith Langford Russia UNICS
42
Rebounds United States Virgin Islands Frank Elegar Russia Enisey
19
Assists Serbia Stefan Marković Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
17
Steals United States DeAndre Kane Russia Nizhny Novgorod
8
Blocks Belarus Artsiom Parakhouski Russia UNICS
5
Three pointers Latvia Jānis Blūms Latvia VEF Rīga
8
Turnovers United States Demonte Harper Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
8

Source: VTB United League

Attendance data

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Russia Parma 61,390 7,316 3,920 5,116 n/a†
2 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 65,312 7,139 2,161 4,354 +31.2%†
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 61,105 5,690 1,700 3,594 +22.5%†
4 Russia Avtodor 31,800 4,000 1,800 2,650 −17.5%†
5 Russia Khimki 37,730 3,500 1,400 2,219 +10.6%†
6 Russia CSKA 39,337 4,500 700 2,185 −14.4%†
7 Russia Enisey 21,200 2,700 900 1,631 −8.3%†
8 Russia UNICS 20,282 3,200 950 1,449 −27.7%†
9 Estonia Kalev 13,585 3,700 500 1,132 +18.7%†
10 Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk 13,270 2,005 730 1,106 −17.7%†
11 Latvia VEF 10,500 2,000 400 808 +20.6%†
12 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 9,126 1,300 500 761 −33.7%†
13 Kazakhstan Astana 9,055 1,315 250 697 −36.0%†
League total 393,692 7,316 250 2,187 +31.0%†

Source: VTB League

References

  1. ^ a b "VTB League: format and clubs approved for 2016-17 season". Sportando.com. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "BC Krasny Oktyabr Will Not Compete In 2016-17 VTB United League Season". VTB United League. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-04. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ Home arena: Sportscomplex BCMO Capacity: 4000 spectators.
  4. ^ Playoff Schedule Released
  5. ^ "Schedule Released, Includes Inaugural All-Star Game | VTB United League". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  6. ^ Russia Stars 131 - 121 World Stars.
  7. ^ Russian Stars beat World Stars in VTB League All Star game.
  8. ^ Janis Timma is the VTB All-Star game slam dunk champion.
  9. ^ Sergey Karasev wins the VTB All-Star game three-point contest.
  10. ^ "Nick Minnerath Wins Scoring Title". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  11. ^ Ivan Ukhov Wins Young Player Of The Year
  12. ^ "Nikita Kurbanov Wins Defensive Player Of The Year". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Suleiman Braimoh Wins Sixth Man Of The Year". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Dimitris Itoudis Named Coach Of The Year". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Alexey Shved Wins Regular Season MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  16. ^ "CSKA Sweeps To Title!". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  17. ^ "Keith Langford named October MVP". VTB-League.com.
  18. ^ "Alexey Shved Wins November MVP". VTB-League.com.
  19. ^ "Andrei Zubkov Wins December MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  20. ^ "Sergey Karasev Wins January MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  21. ^ "Alexey Shved Wins February MVP". VTB-League.com.
  22. ^ "Stefan Markovic Wins March MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  23. ^ "Kevin Jones Wins April MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  24. ^ Keith Langford scores 42 points, sets new VTB League record in Unics Kazan win