2012–13 VTB United League

The 2012–13 VTB United League was the fourth complete season of the VTB United League, which is Northern and Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition. The tournament featured 20 teams, from 10 countries. CSKA Moscow won its 4th VTB title, by beating Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar, 3–1, in a best-of-five Finals series.

Participants Country (League)Teams Belarus (BPL)Tsmoki-Minsk Czech Republic (NBL)ČEZ Basketball Nymburk Estonia (KML)Kalev/Cramo Kazakhstan (Division 1)Astana Tigers Latvia (LBL)VEF Rīga Lithuania (LKL)Lietuvos Rytas VilniusNeptūnas KlaipėdaŽalgiris Kaunas Poland (PLK)Turów Zgorzelec Russia (PBL)CSKA MoscowEnisey KrasnoyarskKhimki Moscow RegionKrasnye Krylya SamaraLokomotiv Kuban KrasnodarNizhny NovgorodSpartak Saint PetersburgTriumph LyubertsyUNICS Kazan Ukraine (SuperLeague)Azovmash MariupolDonetsk

Regular season + Key to colors     Advances to Quarterfinals     Advances to Round of 16

Group A TeamPldWLPFPA 1. Khimki 18 14 4 1451 1305 2. Unics Kazan 18 14 4 1328 1169 3. Krasnye Krylya Samara 18 12 6 1353 1304 4. Spartak Saint Petersburg 18 12 6 1292 1174 5. Astana Tigers 18 10 8 1332 1416 6. Donetsk 18 9 9 1429 1325 7. Lietuvos rytas 18 9 9 1402 1397 8. Turów Zgorzelec 18 4 14 1318 1403 9. Azovmash Mariupol 18 3 15 1287 1447 10. Kalev/Cramo 18 3 15 1202 1389

ASTAZODONKALKHIKRALRSPATURUNI Astana Tigers75–7296–9093–7892–77 75–7872–7178–7581–6162–80 Azovmash Mariupol82–8968–7576–7177–9173–9288–9476–8176–6671–78 Donetsk76–5683–66 67–4666–8496–8795–7988–8099–8563–74 Kalev/Cramo81–8573–7761–6057–6573–8360–7353–7172–6852–70 Khimki104–7591–7372–5877–6782–8180–6972–6091–7285–74 Krasnye Krylya Samara61–6672–6264–5983–7376–6789–7275–7081–7756–69 Lietuvos rytas93–6075–5699–9795–7379–8881–7063–8378–7187–80 Spartak Saint Petersburg74–5774–5859–6380–5974–6961–6375–4876–7484–68 Turów Zgorzelec93–6678–6983–8180–8179–8674–7686–7859–6364–69 Unics Kazan70–5489–6766–4886–7276–7074–6674–6851–5280–48

Group B TeamPldWLPFPA 1. Žalgiris Kaunas 18 16 2 1499 1269 2. CSKA Moscow 18 15 3 1390 1160 3. Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar 18 12 6 1423 1318 4. VEF Rīga 18 11 7 1523 1446 5. Nizhny Novgorod 18 10 8 1320 1261 6. Triumph Lyubertsy 18 9 9 1413 1363 7. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 18 6 12 1337 1438 8. ČEZ Basketball Nymburk 18 5 13 1282 1448 9. Tsmoki-Minsk 18 3 15 1246 1451 10. Neptūnas Klaipėda 18 3 15 1381 1597

ČEZCSKENILOKNEPNNTRITSMVEFŽAL ČEZ Basketball Nymburk63–7669–6181–7484–7873–8168–9665–5681–8384–90 CSKA Moscow84–75 77–5283–5679–5783–6080–7168–5783–75 68–74 Enisey Krasnoyarsk81–5964–7387–9463–7762–6774–7877–7496–9364–99 Lokomotiv Kuban-Krasnodar75–5461–7293–64 84–48 75–7474–6589–7495–9870–78 Neptūnas Klaipėda96–8672–8388–8983–9572–9088–97110–10660–8662–90 Nizhny Novgorod82–6670–6884–4454–6184–6376–8055–5482–8658–76 Triumph Lyubertsy89–5262–8277–8178–8983–8071–5980–6678–8069–70 Tsmoki-Minsk71–6348–9065–7964–8093–7166–9362–8574–8586–82 VEF Rīga85–8967–7585–6972–7794–8987–89101–7898–7377–72 Žalgiris Kaunas90–7076–6686–6189–81111–8769–6280–7681–5786–71

Playoffs Round of 16 The teams that finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series.

Quarterfinals The teams that finished first and two in the other group battled with 1/8 final winners in a Best-Of-5 series.

Semifinals The teams that won in 1/4 final, battled with other 1/4 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.

Final The teams that won in 1/2 final, battled with other 1/2 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.

Rosters Champion: Miloš Teodosić, Vladimir Micov, Aleksandr Gudumak, Aaron Jackson, Dmitry Sokolov, Nenad Krstić, Sonny Weems, Aleksei Zozulin, Zoran Erceg, Evgeny Voronov, Andrey Vorontsevich, Sasha Kaun, Victor Khryapa, Anton Ponkrashov, Theo Papaloukas (Coach: Ettore Messina) Top efficiency: Victor Khryapa, 15.0 EFF Top scorer: Sonny Weems, 11.0 PPG Top rebounder: Victor Khryapa, 7.0 RPG Top assister: Victor Khryapa, 4.3 APG

Runner-up: Maxim Grigoryev, Derrick Brown, Richard Hendrix, Alexey Savrasenko, Mantas Kalnietis, Sergey Bykov, Valeriy Likhodey, Simas Jasaitis, James Baron, Andrey Zubkov, Aleks Marić, Nick Calathes, Maksym Sheleketo (Coach: Evgeniy Pashutin) Top efficiency: Nick Calathes, 16.1 EFF Top scorer: Nick Calathes, 13.9 PPG Top rebounder: Aleks Marić, 6.6 RPG Top assister: Nick Calathes, 6.1 APG

Awards Most Valuable Player: E. J. Rowland (VEF Riga) Playoffs MVP: Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow) Young Player of the Year: Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy) All-Tournament First Team Nick Calathes (Lokomotiv-Kuban) Vitaly Fridzon (Khimky) Sonny Weems (CSKA Moscow) Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow) Paul Davis (Khimky) All-Tournament Second Team Miloš Teodosić (CSKA Moscow) E. J. Rowland (VEF Rīga) Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Žalgiris) Aleks Marić (Lokomotiv-Kuban) Nenad Krstić (CSKA Moscow)

Nationality awards For the first time, awards were handed out to the best player by nationality. Nationality Player Team Ref. Czech Petr Benda CEZ Nymburk Estonian Tanel Sokk Kalev/Cramo Polish Aaron Cel Turów Zgorzelec Kazakh Anton Ponomarev Astana Belarusian Vladimir Veremeenko UNICS Kazan Latvian Kristaps Janicenoks VEF Rīga Ukrainian Oleksiy Pecherov Azovmash Lithuanian Mantas Kalnietis Lokomotiv-Kuban Russian Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow

Monthly MVP Month Player TeamRef. October Ksistof Lavrinovic Žalgiris Kaunas November E.J. Rowland VEF Rīga December Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow January Zack Wright Spartak St. Petersburg February Mantas Kalnietis Lokomotiv-Kuban March Darius Songaila Azovmash

References

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