2011–12 VTB United League

VTB United League
Season	2011–12
Duration	27 September 2011 – 3 May 2012
Teams	22 (with qualifying rounds) 18 (regular season)
Regular season
Season MVP	Andrei Kirilenko
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow (3rd title)
Runners-up	UNICS Kazan
Final Four MVP	Andrei Kirilenko
Statistical leaders
Points Rawle Marshall 16.8
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The VTB United League 2011–12 was the third complete season of the VTB United League, which is Northern Europe and Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition. The tournament featured 18 teams, from 10 countries.

Participants

Country (League)	Teams
Belarus (BPL)	Minsk-2006 Minsk
Czech Republic (NBL)	ČEZ Basketball Nymburk
Estonia (KML)	Kalev Tallinn
Finland (Korisliiga)	Torpan Pojat
Kazakhstan (KBL)	BC Astana
Latvia (LBL)	VEF Rīga
Lithuania (LKL)	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
	BC Šiauliai
	Žalgiris Kaunas
Poland (PLK)	Asseco Prokom Gdynia
	BC Anwil
Russia (PBL)	CSKA Moscow
	Khimki Moscow Region
	UNICS Kazan
	Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar
	Spartak Saint Petersburg
	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk
	Krasnye Krylya Samara
	BC Nizhny Novgorod
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	Azovmash Mariupol
	BC Budivelnyk
	BC Dnipro

Qualifying round

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	2	2	0	168	122	+46
2.	BC Anwil	2	1	1	160	155	+5
3.	Torpan Pojat	2	0	2	128	179	-51

Team #1	Score	Team #2
BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	83 – 66	BC Anwil
BC Anwil	94 – 72	Torpan Pojat
Torpan Pojat	56 – 85	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Krasnye Krylya Samara	2	2	0	196	161	+35
2.	BC Dnipro	2	1	1	171	182	-9
3.	BC Šiauliai	2	0	2	162	186	-24

Team #1	Score	Team #2
Krasnye Krylya Samara	98 – 78	BC Šiauliai
BC Šiauliai	84 – 88	BC Dnipro
BC Dnipro	83 – 98	Krasnye Krylya Samara

Final round

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Krasnye Krylya Samara	2	2	0	283	245	+38
2.	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	2	1	1	249	227	+22
3.	BC Dnipro	2	1	1	237	250	-13
4.	BC Anwil	2	0	2	214	261	-47

Team #1	Score	Team #2
BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	83 – 75	BC Dnipro
BC Anwil	79 – 99	Krasnye Krylya Samara
BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	83 – 86	Krasnye Krylya Samara
BC Anwil	69 – 79	BC Dnipro

Regular season

Key to colors

	First places in each group advances to Final Four
	Teams ranked 2nd in each group advance to 1/4 final
	Teams ranked 3rd and 4th in each group advance to 1/8 final

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	UNICS Kazan	16	14	2	1229	1025	+204
2.	Khimki Moscow Region	16	12	4	1299	1169	+130
3.	Žalgiris Kaunas	16	9	7	1297	1219	+78
4.	BC Nizhny Novgorod	16	8	8	1272	1256	+16
5.	VEF Rīga	16	8	8	1240	1284	−44
6.	Krasnye Krylya Samara	16	7	9	1172	1194	−22
7.	BC Astana	16	7	9	1199	1274	−75
8.	BC Budivelnyk	16	5	11	1201	1271	−70
9.	Kalev Tallinn	16	2	14	1118	1335	−217

	UNICS Kazan	Žalgiris Kaunas	Kalev Tallinn	Astana Tigers	VEF Rīga	Khimki	Krasnye Krylya	BC Budivelnyk	Nizhny Novgorod
UNICS Kazan	–	79–52	100–55	77–63	67–50	65–69	76–65	61–58	83–57
Žalgiris Kaunas	73–77	–	97–65	82–66	93–56	95–94	84–82	74–58	86–92
Kalev Tallinn	64–73	70–84	–	73–75	71–78	68–100	63–77	81–73	62–92
Astana Tigers	68–87	86–78	92–72	–	73–83	84–73	76–81	91–85	63–75
VEF Rīga	85–99	88–79	103–89	84–62	–	75–85	67–59	68–60	92–97
Khimki	76–74	83–72	76–65	85–66	77–54	–	67–68	90–94	84–73
Krasnye Krylya	55–66	59–79	81–76	99–72	72–80	64–68	–	90–89	75–70
BC Budivelnyk	70–72	79–90	51–65	71–82	99–89	75–92	80–72	–	80–76
Nizhny Novgorod	65–73	85–79	83–72	69–80	102–88	77–79	81–73	78–79	–

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	CSKA Moscow	16	14	2	1299	1023	+276
2.	Spartak Saint Petersburg	16	11	5	1159	1075	+84
3.	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	16	10	6	1251	1154	+97
4.	Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar	16	9	7	1212	1197	+15
5.	ČEZ Basketball Nymburk	16	8	8	1219	1200	+19
6.	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	16	8	8	1165	1148	+17
7.	Azovmash Mariupol	16	8	8	1155	1170	−15
8.	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	16	3	13	1170	1324	−154
9.	Minsk-2006 Minsk	16	1	15	1166	1505	−339

	CSKA Moscow	Lokomotiv–Kuban	Enisey	Spartak St Pet.	Prokom Gdynia	Lietuvos Rytas	Azovmash	ČEZ Nymburk	Minsk-2006
CSKA Moscow	–	88–73	92–60	74–53	86–81	89–75	72–45	80–69	110–60
Lokomotiv–Kuban	64–77	–	74–56	85–77	79–66	71–78	84–76	72–63	87–64
Enisey	60–74	83–67	–	70–91	102–79	75–82	70–84	66–69	99–89
Spartak St Pet.	83–81	86–74	61–59	–	45–50	72–65	57–48	79–62	90–64
Prokom Gdynia	65–74	72–81	89–73	67–77	–	74–73	68–53	77–66	89–79
Lietuvos Rytas	67–84	84–63	101–62	72–61	59–54	–	72–61	78–72	112–86
Azovmash	37–62	79–78	95–74	64–66	66–74	83–73	–	85–76	95–77
ČEZ Nymburk	79–60	65–71	86–77	74–73	75–68	80–73	86–94	–	105–63
Minsk-2006	52–96	83–89	91–84	66–88	60–92	67–87	81–90	84–92	–

Playoff round

1/8 Final

The teams that finished third in their group play against the fourth placed teams in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series with home advantage.

			Series	1	2	3
Zalgiris Kaunas	−	Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar	0−2	44–72	71–80	(canceled)
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	−	BC Nizhny Novgorod	2−0	64–60	82–61	(canceled)

1/4 Final

The teams that finished second in their group play against the winners of the 1/8 final in a Best-Of-3 series with home advantage.

			Series	1	2	3
Khimki Moscow Region	−	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	1−2	71−82	80−62	78−103
Spartak Saint Petersburg	−	Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar	0−2	57−71	60−69	(canceled)

Final four

	Semifinals 2 May				Final 3 May
	UNICS Kazan	87
	Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar	86
					UNICS Kazan	62
					CSKA Moscow	74
	CSKA Moscow	79
	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	72
					Third place
					Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar	83
					Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	91

Semifinals

2 May 2012

UNICS Kazan

87–86

Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar

2 May 2012

CSKA Moscow

79–72

Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius

Third-place game

3 May 2012

Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar

83–91

Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius

Final

3 May 2012

CSKA Moscow

74–62

UNICS Kazan

Awards

MVP of the Month

• October 2011: Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg)
• November 2011: Rawle Marshall (Astana)
• December 2011: Tre Simmons (CEZ Nymburk)
• January 2012: Michał Ignerski (Nizhny Novgorod)
• February 2012: Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)
• March 2012: Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS Kazan)
• April 2012: Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv Kuban)

All-Tournament First Team

• Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg)
• Henry Domercant (UNICS Kazan)
• Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow)
• Krešimir Lončar (Khimki Moscow Region)
• Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)

All-Tournament Second Team

• Tyrese Rice (Lietuvos Rytas)
• Tre Simmons (CEZ Nymburk)
• Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv Kuban)
• Paulius Jankūnas (Zalgiris)
• Donatas Motiejūnas (Asseco Prokom)

All-Final Four Team

• Henry Domercant (UNICS Kazan)
• K.C. Rivers (Lokomotiv Kuban)
• Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow)
• Darjuš Lavrinovič (CSKA Moscow)
• Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)

MVPs

Regular Season MVP		Final Four MVP
MVP	Team	MVP	Team
Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow

External links

• Official Website (in Russian)
• Official Website (in English)