The 2022–23 VTB United League was the 14th season of the VTB United League. It was the 10th season that the league functions as the Russian domestic top tier level. It started on 2 October 2022 with the regular season and ended on 16 May 2023 with the finals.
Zenit Saint Petersburg was the defending champion.
Format changes For this season, the regular season will be divided into two phases since none team will participate in European competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the first phase, 12 teams will play two rounds, after which the teams will be divided into two groups: Group A with top six teams from first phase and Group B with last six teams from first phase. At the second phase, the teams will play among themselves in their groups for two more rounds. For the playoffs, all series will be played in best-of-seven playoffs, except for the quarterfinals that will be played in best-of-five playoffs.
Teams A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2021–22 season (eight Russian teams, one Belarusian team and one Kazakhstani team) and two newly-joined Russian sides (Samara and MBA Moscow). Other two Russian sides (Uralmash Ekaterinburg and Runa Moscow) also applied to participate, but they did not fulfill the requirements to join the league.
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Astana Astana Arena Velotrack Avtodor Saratov DS Kristall CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena Enisey Krasnoyarsk Arena.Sever Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar Basket-Hall MBA Moscow Moscow Basket Hall Moscow BC MinskMinsk Falcon Club Arena Minsk-Arena Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace PARMA-PARI Perm UDS Molot Samara Samara Ice Sports Palace UNICS Kazan Basket-Hall Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena
First stage Standings
Results
Second stage Group A
Group B
Playoffs
Source: VTB United League
VTB League teams in continental competitions Team Competition Progress Astana West Asia Super League 3rd place
Awards AwardPlayerTeam Regular Season MVP Nikola Milutinov CSKA Moscow Playoffs MVP Nenad Dimitrijević UNICS Scoring Champion Malik Newman Avtodor Young Player of the Year Andrey Martiuk Lokomotiv-Kuban Coach of the Year Emil Rajković CSKA Moscow Performance of the Season Justin Roberson PARMA-PARI Sixth Man of the Year Jalen Reynolds UNICS Defensive Player of the Year Evgeny Baburin Pari Nizhny Novgorod Newcomer of the Year Thomas Heurtel Zenit Saint Petersburg First Team Thomas Heurtel Zenit Saint Petersburg Daryl Macon UNICS Jaylen Barford Lokomotiv Kuban Louis Labeyrie UNICS Nikola Milutinov CSKA MoscowSecond Team Jermaine Love Nizhny Novgorod Alexey Shved CSKA Moscow Justin Robinson Parma Livio Jean-Charles CSKA Moscow James Thompson Enisey
MVP of the Month MonthPlayerTeam 2022 October Nikola Milutinov CSKA Moscow November Thomas Heurtel Zenit Saint Petersburg December Jalen Reynolds UNICS 2023 January Alexey Shved CSKA Moscow February Malik Newman Avtodor March Isaiah Reese PARMA-PARI
References
External links Official website