The 2012–13 Russian Professional Basketball League (PBL) was the third and last season of the Russian Professional League, and the 22nd overall season of the Russian Professional Championship. The season started on 3 October 2012 and ended 12 May 2013.
Unification with VTB United League In May 2012, all the PBL clubs gathered to decide which format would be used for the next season, and some of the club's directors raised the possibility of uniting with the VTB United League, in order to produce greater competition between the Russian basketball clubs. They suggested that the new league would be named the Eastern European Professional Basketball League.20 clubs will play in VTB United League championship in seasone-2012/13 , vtb-league.com, May 20, 2012Triumph applied an application to participate in the new season of VTB United League , may 20, 2012, vtb-league.com
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. The first tier Russian clubs then replaced the PBL with the VTB United League as their new national domestic league championship, starting with the 2013–14 season.
Format There were no league playoffs during this season. The team that finished first in the regular season standings was declared the league's champions. All teams met each other at home and away venues. In the regular season, each team played 18 games.
Teams
Team Home City Arena Capacity Triumph Lyubertsy Lyubertsy Triumph Sports Palace 4,000 Spartak Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena 7,044 Spartak Primorye Vladivostok SK Olimpiets 1,500 Krasnye Krylia Samara MTL Arena 3,500 CSKA Moscow Moscow Universal Sports Hall CSKA 5,500 Enisey Krasnoyarsk Arena Sever 4,100 Khimki Khimki Basketball Center 6,196 Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar Basket-Hall 7,500 Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace 5,600 UNICS Kazan Basket Hall Arena 7,500
Regular season
See also 2012–13 VTB United League
References
External links Professional Basketball League