VTB United League

VTB United League
Единая Лига ВТБ

Current season	VTB United League 2019/20
sport	basketball
League foundation	2008
Teams	13
Country countries	Estonia Kazakhstan Poland Russia Belarus
Title holder	CSKA Moscow
Record champions	CSKA Moscow (9)
Website	vtb-league.com

The VTB United League ( Russian Единая Лига ВТБ ) is a national basketball league founded in 2008 . The aim of the league is a competition for the leading basketball clubs in Eastern Europe . The main sponsor of the tournament is the Russian bank VTB .

history

As a first step on the way to the new competition, the VTB United League Promo Cup was held in Moscow in December 2008 as a forerunner . In the final of the Promo-Cup won CSKA Moscow December 22, 2008 against Khimki with 70-66.

The league started its first real season 2009/2010 with clubs from Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Russia and Ukraine . In the 2010/2011 season teams from Finland , Poland and Belarus joined them. In the 2011/2012 season, the number of participating teams increased to 18. The teams from the Czech Republic and Kazakhstan were added. For the 2012/2013 season, the number of participants rose to 20 teams.

With the departure of the Ukrainian and Lithuanian clubs in the 2014/15 season, the number of teams was reduced to 16. In the 2015/16 season, BK Vita Tbilisi was the first team from Georgia to join the league. After the withdrawal of the clubs from Georgia, Finland and the Czech Republic for the 2016/17 season, the league shrank to 13 teams. For the 2018/2019 season, the number of participants increased to 14 due to the newcomer Stelmet Zielona Góra from Poland, only to decrease to 13 teams in the following season due to the withdrawal of VEF Riga .

Attendees

The VTB United League is a so-called "closed" league. The board of directors and the sponsor decide whether to accept new or existing clubs to play. In the 2019/20 season the 13 starting places are distributed as follows:

• Russia : 9
• Belarus , Estonia , Kazakhstan and Poland : 1 each

Overview of all participants

Club	First season	Last season	Number of participations	Best placement
Kalev Tallinn	2009/10	active	11	Play-off quarter-finals
Bison loimaa	2014/15	2015/16	2	13th place
Honka Espoo	2010/11	2010/11	1	Group stage
Torpan Pojat	2011/12	2011/12	1	qualification
BK Vita Tbilisi	2015/16	2015/16	1	16th place
BK Astana	2011/12	active	9	Play-off quarter-finals
ASK Riga	2008	2008	Promo Cup	7th place
VEF Riga	2009/10	2018/19	10	Play-off quarter-finals
KK Šiauliai	2011/12	2011/12	1	qualification
Lietuvos rytas	2010/11	2013/14	4th	3rd place (2012)
Neptūnas Klaipėda	2012/13	2013/14	2	Group stage
Žalgiris Kaunas	2008	2012/13	4th	3rd place (2010)
Anwil Włocławek	2011/12	2011/12	1	qualification
Asseco Prokom	2010/2011	2011/12	2	Group stage
Turów Zgorzelec	2012/13	2013/14	2	Group stage
Zielona Góra	2018/19	active	2	12th place
Avtodor Saratov	2014/15	active	6th	Play-off quarter-finals
BK Khimki	2008	active	11	Winner (2011)
BK Parma	2016/17	active	4th	11th place
Dynamo Moscow	2008	2008	Promo Cup	4th Place
Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	2011/12	active	9	Play-off round of 16
Krasnye Krylya	2011/12	2014/15	4th	Play-off quarter-finals
Krasny Oktyabr	2013/14	2015/16	3	Play-off round of 16
Locomotive Kuban	2011/12	active	9	Final (2013)
Nizhny Novgorod	2011/12	active	9	Final (2014)
Spartak St. Petersburg	2011/12	2013/14	3	Play-off round of 16
Zenit St. Petersburg	2014/15	active	6th	Play-off semi-finals
Triumph Lyubertsy	2012/13	2013/14	2	Play-off quarter-finals
UNICS Kazan	2009/10	active	11	2nd place (2010, 2012, 2016,)
CSKA Moscow	2008	active	11	Winner (2010, 2012-2019)
ČEZ Basketball Nymburk	2011/12	2015/16	5	Play-off quarter-finals
Azovmash Mariupol	2008	2013/14	5	4th place (2011)
Budiwelnik Kiev	2011/12	2011/12	1	Group stage
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2010/11	2011/12	1	Group stage
BK Donetsk	2009/2010	2013/14	3	PO round of 16
BK Kiev	2008	2008	Promo Cup	3rd place
Zmoki Minsk	2010/2011	active	10	9th place

Game mode

In the 2018/19 season, the 14 teams will play two championship rounds each against each other. In the following playoff round, the tournament winner is determined in the best-of-five mode.

All finals

season	venue	date	winner	opponent	Result
2008 *	Moscow	12/22/2008	CSKA Moscow	BK Khimki	70 : 66
2009/10	Kaunas	01/22/2010	CSKA Moscow	UNICS Kazan	66 : 55
2010/11	Kazan	04/23/2011	BK Khimki	CSKA Moscow	66 : 64
2011/12	Vilnius	05/03/2012	CSKA Moscow	UNICS Kazan	74 : 62
2012/13 **	-	-	CSKA Moscow	Kuban locomotive	72 : 65, 64 : 54, 58: 69 , 59 : 54
2013/14 **	-	-	CSKA Moscow	BK Nizhny Novgorod	65 : 54, 86 : 59, 82 : 66
2014/15 **	-	-	CSKA Moscow	BK Khimki	89 : 62, 94 : 81, 99 : 69
2015/16 **	-	-	CSKA Moscow	UNICS Kazan	84 : 76, 90 : 77, 74: 79 , 81 : 74
2016/17 **	-	-	CSKA Moscow	BK Khimki	94 : 88, 99 : 79, 95 : 72
2017/18	Moscow	06/10/2018	CSKA Moscow	BK Khimki	95 : 84
2018/19 **	-	-	CSKA Moscow	BK Khimki	106 : 85, 103 : 92, 80 : 62

* Final VTB United League Promo-Cup
** Final was played in best-of-five mode

Web links

• Official website of the VTB United League

Individual evidence

1. ^ About League . vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 30, 2012. 
2. ↑ 20 clubs will play in the VTB United League championship in season-2012/13. (No longer available online.) VTB United League, archived from the original on June 9, 2012 ; accessed on June 12, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ List of teams for 2014-2015 season finalized. (No longer available online.) VTB United League, archived from the original on September 3, 2014 ; accessed on August 27, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.