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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) | ||||||||||||
Number of 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 → |
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2274 | 1782 | +492 | .917 | Advance to Playoffs |
2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2187 | 1930 | +257 | .875 | |
3 | Khimki | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2108 | 1895 | +213 | .792 | |
4 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 24 | 19 | 5 | 1959 | 1688 | +271 | .792 | |
5 | UNICS | 24 | 15 | 9 | 2136 | 2021 | +115 | .625 | |
6 | Enisey | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1974 | 2041 | −67 | .542 | |
7 | VEF Rīga | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1857 | 1961 | −104 | .458 | |
8 | Astana | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1806 | 1930 | −124 | .375 | |
9 | Nizhny Novgorod | 24 | 8 | 16 | 2051 | 2173 | −122 | .333 | |
10 | Avtodor Saratov | 24 | 8 | 16 | 2073 | 2184 | −111 | .333 | |
11 | Kalev/Cramo | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1876 | 2109 | −233 | .208 | |
12 | Tsmoki Minsk | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1757 | 1987 | −230 | .208 | |
13 | Parma | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1840 | 2197 | −357 | .042 |
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 |
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 | CSKA Moscow | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Astana | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | CSKA Moscow | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | UNICS | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | CSKA Moscow | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Khimki | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | VEF Rīga | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Khimki | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Khimki | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | Enisey | 0 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 101–95 | 84–71 | 74–66 | ||
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–3 | Khimki | 99–95 | 92–89 | 73–97 | 71–73 | 84–90 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CSKA Moscow[lower-alpha 1] (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 |
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]
Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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2016 | |||
October | Keith Langford | UNICS | |
November | Alexey Shved | Khimki | |
December | Andrey Zubkov | Lokomotiv Kuban | |
2017 | |||
January | Sergey Karasev | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
February | Alexey Shved (2) | Khimki | |
March | Stefan Marković | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
April | Kevin Jones | Lokomotiv Kuban |
Category | Player | Team | Average |
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Efficiency | Nick Minnerath | Avtodor Saratov | 20.6 |
Points | Nick Minnerath | Avtodor Saratov | 23.3 |
Rebounds | Frank Elegar | Enisey | 9.0 |
Assists | Quino Colom | UNICS | 8.4 |
Steals | Dijon Thompson | Nizhny Novgorod | 2.8 |
Blocks | Mickell Gladness | Kalev/Cramo | 1.5 |
Turnovers | Demonte Harper | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3.4 |
2P% | Artsiom Parakhouski | UNICS | .732 |
3P% | Petr Gubanov | Nizhny Novgorod | .562 |
FT% | Sergey Karasev | Zenit Saint Petersburg | .923 |
Source: VTB United League
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 |
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Efficiency | Keith Langford | UNICS | 47 |
Points | Keith Langford | UNICS | 42 |
Rebounds | Frank Elegar | Enisey | 19 |
Assists | Stefan Marković | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 17 |
Steals | DeAndre Kane | Nizhny Novgorod | 8 |
Blocks | Artsiom Parakhouski | UNICS | 5 |
Three pointers | Jānis Blūms | VEF Rīga | 8 |
Turnovers | Demonte Harper | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 8 |
Source: VTB United League
Attendances include playoff games:
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Parma | 61,390 | 7,316 | 3,920 | 5,116 | n/a |
2 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 65,312 | 7,139 | 2,161 | 4,354 | +31.2% |
3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 61,105 | 5,690 | 1,700 | 3,594 | +22.5% |
4 | Avtodor | 31,800 | 4,000 | 1,800 | 2,650 | −17.5% |
5 | Khimki | 37,730 | 3,500 | 1,400 | 2,219 | +10.6% |
6 | CSKA | 39,337 | 4,500 | 700 | 2,185 | −14.4% |
7 | Enisey | 21,200 | 2,700 | 900 | 1,631 | −8.3% |
8 | UNICS | 20,282 | 3,200 | 950 | 1,449 | −27.7% |
9 | Kalev | 13,585 | 3,700 | 500 | 1,132 | +18.7% |
10 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 13,270 | 2,005 | 730 | 1,106 | −17.7% |
11 | VEF | 10,500 | 2,000 | 400 | 808 | +20.6% |
12 | Nizhny Novgorod | 9,126 | 1,300 | 500 | 761 | −33.7% |
13 | Astana | 9,055 | 1,315 | 250 | 697 | −36.0% |
League total | 393,692 | 7,316 | 250 | 2,187 | +31.0% |
Source: VTB League
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