2016–17 VTB United League

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
Competition details
Season 2016–17
Teams 13
Dates 2 October 2016 – 23 April 2017 (Regular season)
1 May – 13 June 2017 (Playoffs)
Final positions
Champions CSKA Moscow (8th title)
Runners-up Khimki
Awards
MVP Alexey Shved
Playoffs MVP Nando de Colo
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Nick Minnerath
20.6
Points Nick Minnerath
23.3
Rebounds Frank Elegar
9.0
Assists Quino Colom
8.4
Records
Highest attendance 7,316
Parma 55–116 CSKA Moscow
(13 April 2017)
Lowest attendance 250
Astana 76–92 CSKA Moscow
(8 October 2016)

Teams

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.

Venues and locations
Locations of teams in the 2016–17 VTB United League
Team Home City Arena Capacity
AstanaAstanaSaryarka Velodrome10,000
Avtodor SaratovSaratovKristall Ice Sports Palace6,100
CSKA Moscow ●MoscowUniversal Sports Hall CSKA5,500
EniseyKrasnoyarskArena Sever4,100
Kalev/CramoTallinnSaku Suurhall Arena7,000
KhimkiKhimkiBasketball Center4,000[3]
Lokomotiv KubanKrasnodarBasket-Hall7,500
Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodTrade Union Sport Palace5,600
Parma ◆PermUniversal Sports Palace Molot7,000
Tsmoki MinskMinskMinsk Arena15,000
UNICSKazanBasket Hall Arena7,500
VEF RīgaRīgaArēna Rīga12,500
Zenit Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgYubileyni Arena7,044
Notes
◆ Team makes its debut in the VTB United League.
● The defending champions, winners of the 2015–16 VTB United League.

Regular season

Standings
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
Source: VTB United League

Results
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
Source: VTB United League
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Main article: 2017 VTB United League Playoffs

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

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
CSKA Moscow 3–0 Astana 77–54 94–74 91–7300
Lokomotiv Kuban 3–1 UNICS 62–71 92–76 83–7184–790
Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–0 VEF Rīga 93–81 79–74 92–5100
Khimki 3–0 Enisey 91–84 109–81 89–6800

Semifinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
CSKA Moscow 3–0 Lokomotiv Kuban 101–95 84–71 74–6600
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–3 Khimki 99–95 92–89 73–9771–7384–90

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
CSKA Moscow 3–0 Khimki 94–88 99–79 95–7200

Final standings
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
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
Source: VTB United League
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. CSKA Moscow was already qualified for the 2018–19 EuroLeague, as the team holds a 10-year license contract with the league.

All-Star Game
Main article: 2017 VTB United League All-Star Game

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]

Awards

Season Awards
Scoring Champion[10]
Young Player of the Year[11]
Defensive Player of the Year[12]
Sixth Man of the Year[13]
Coach of the Year[14]
Regular Season MVP[15]
Playoffs MVP[16]

MVP of the Month
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]

Symbolic 5 of the season

Statistics

Statistical leaders
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

Source: VTB United League

Individual game highs

Keith Langford set a new all-time scoring record for the VTB United League by scoring 42 points on October 31.[24]

CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
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

Attendance data

Attendances include playoff games:

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%†

Source: VTB League

References
  1. "VTB League: format and clubs approved for 2016-17 season". Sportando.com. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. "BC Krasny Oktyabr Will Not Compete In 2016-17 VTB United League Season". VTB United League. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-04. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. Home arena: Sportscomplex BCMO Capacity: 4000 spectators.
  4. Playoff Schedule Released
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Russia Stars 131 - 121 World Stars.
  7. Russian Stars beat World Stars in VTB League All Star game.
  8. Janis Timma is the VTB All-Star game slam dunk champion.
  9. Sergey Karasev wins the VTB All-Star game three-point contest.
  10. "Nick Minnerath Wins Scoring Title". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  11. Ivan Ukhov Wins Young Player Of The Year
  12. "Nikita Kurbanov Wins Defensive Player Of The Year". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  13. "Suleiman Braimoh Wins Sixth Man Of The Year". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  14. "Dimitris Itoudis Named Coach Of The Year". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  15. "Alexey Shved Wins Regular Season MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  16. "CSKA Sweeps To Title!". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  17. "Keith Langford named October MVP". VTB-League.com.
  18. "Alexey Shved Wins November MVP". VTB-League.com.
  19. "Andrei Zubkov Wins December MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  20. "Sergey Karasev Wins January MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  21. "Alexey Shved Wins February MVP". VTB-League.com.
  22. "Stefan Markovic Wins March MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  23. "Kevin Jones Wins April MVP". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  24. Keith Langford scores 42 points, sets new VTB League record in Unics Kazan win
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