2016–17_VTB_United_League

VTB United League
VTB United League
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
Points
Points	Nick Minnerath
Rebounds	Frank Elegar
Assists	Quino Colom
Index Rating	Nick Minnerath
Records
Highest attendance	7,316; Parma 55–116 CSKA Moscow; (13 April 2017)
Lowest attendance	250 ; Astana 76–92 CSKA Moscow; (8 October 2016)
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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]

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[table_note_CSK0.12202106561606-5] CSKA Moscow was already qualified for the 2018–19 EuroLeague, as the team holds a 10-year license contract with the league.

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Home arena: Sportscomplex BCMO Capacity: 4000 spectators.

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Playoff Schedule Released

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Russia Stars 131 - 121 World Stars.

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Russian Stars beat World Stars in VTB League All Star game.

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Janis Timma is the VTB All-Star game slam dunk champion.

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Sergey Karasev wins the VTB All-Star game three-point contest.

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Ivan Ukhov Wins Young Player Of The Year

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"Andrei Zubkov Wins December MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 2017-04-01.

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Keith Langford scores 42 points, sets new VTB League record in Unics Kazan win

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Team	Home City	Arena	Capacity
Astana	Astana	Saryarka Velodrome	10,000
Avtodor Saratov	Saratov	Kristall Ice Sports Palace	6,100
CSKA Moscow ●	Moscow	Universal Sports Hall CSKA	5,500
Enisey	Krasnoyarsk	Arena Sever	4,100
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall Arena	7,000
Khimki	Khimki	Basketball Center	4,000^[3]
Lokomotiv Kuban	Krasnodar	Basket-Hall	7,500
Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Trade Union Sport Palace	5,600
Parma ◆	Perm	Universal Sports Palace Molot	7,000
Tsmoki Minsk	Minsk	Minsk Arena	15,000
UNICS	Kazan	Basket Hall Arena	7,500
VEF Rīga	Rīga	Arēna Rīga	12,500
Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Yubileyni Arena	7,044

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
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
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

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

2016–17_VTB_United_League

2016–17 VTB United League

Teams

Venues and locations

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Final standings

All-Star Game

Awards

Season Awards

All-Tournament First Team

All-Tournament Second Team

MVP of the Month

Statistics

Statistical leaders

Individual game highs

Attendance data

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow^{[lower-alpha 1]} (C)	33	31	2	3083	2454	+629	Qualification to EuroLeague
2	Khimki	35	25	10	3080	2835	+245	Qualification to EuroLeague
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	Qualification to Champions League
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

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

Category	Player	Team	Average
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

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
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%^†