VTB United League 2012/13

VTB United League season 2012/2013
sport	basketball
founding year	2008
Teams	20th
countries	Estonia Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Czech Republic Ukraine Belarus
master	CSKA Moscow
MVP (regular season)	EJ Rowland

The 2012/13 VTB United League season was the fourth season of the VTB basketball league. 20 teams from 9 countries took part in the 2012/13 VTB United League season. The season began in October 2012 and ended in May 2013. The winner was CSKA Moscow for the fourth time.

Tournament format

In the regular season, the 20 teams played two rounds each against each other in two groups. The six best in each group then took part in the play-offs. The first and second placed in the round of 16 had a bye.

In the last sixteen a team needed two wins to advance, from the quarterfinals three wins were necessary.

Compared to the previous year, two teams were eliminated. Asseco Prokom had to leave the league due to financial difficulties. BC Budiwelnik Kiev was excluded because of excessive financial demands.

The teams from Neptūnas Klaipėda from Lithuania, Triumph Ljuberzy from Russia and Turów Zgorzelec from Poland were newcomers .

BK Donetsk from Ukraine returned to the participants by wild card .

Group Stage - Regular Season

The regular season games took place from October 2, 2012 to March 25, 2013.

Color explanation

	Play-off participation from the quarter-finals
	Play-off participation from the round of 16
	Qualifiers for the next season

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-	Diff
1. BK Khimki	18th	14th	4th	1451	1305	+146
2. UNICS Kazan	18th	14th	4th	1328	1169	+159
3. Krasnye Krylya	18th	12	6th	1353	1304	+49
4. Spartak St. Petersburg	18th	12	6th	1292	1174	+118
5th BC Astana	18th	10	8th	1332	1416	−84
6. Donetsk District	18th	9	9	1364	1325	+39
7. Lietuvos rytas	18th	9	9	1402	1397	+5
8. Turów Zgorzelec	18th	4th	18th	1318	1403	−85
9. Azovmash Mariupol	18th	3	15th	1287	1447	−160
10. Kalev Tallinn	18th	3	15th	1202	1389	−187

team	UNICS	Khimki	Spartak	Lietuvos rytas	Azovmash	Krylja	Astana	Kalev	Turów	Donetsk
UNICS Kazan	*	76:70	51:52	74:68	89:67	74:66	70:54	86:72	80:48	66:48
BK Khimki	85:74	*	72:60	80:69	91:73	82:81	104: 75	77:67	91:72	72:58
Spartak	84:68	74:69	*	75:48	74:58	61:63	74:57	80:59	76:74	59:63
Lietuvos rytas	87:80	79:88	63:83	*	75:56	81:70	93:60	95:73	78:71	99:97
Azovmash	71:78	77:91	76:81	88:94	*	73:92	82:89	76:71	76:66	68:75
Krasnye Krylya	56:69	76:67	75:70	89:72	72:62	*	61:66	83:73	81:77	64:59
Astana	62:80	92:77	78:75	72:71	75:72	75:78	*	93:78	81:61	96:90
Kalev	52:70	57:65	53:71	60:73	73:77	73:83	81:85	*	72:68	61:60
Turów	64:69	79:86	59:63	86:78	78:69	74:76	93:66	80:81	*	83:81
BK Donetsk	63:74	66:84	88:80	95:79	83:66	96:87	76:56	67:46	99:85	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-	Diff
1. Žalgiris Kaunas	18th	16	2	1499	1269	+230
2. CSKA Moscow	18th	15th	3	1390	1160	+230
3. Locomotive Kuban	18th	12	6th	1423	1318	+105
4. VEF Riga	18th	11	7th	1523	1446	+74
5. BK Nizhny Novgorod	18th	10	8th	1320	1256	+66
6. Lyubertsy's triumph	18th	9	9	1413	1362	+51
7. Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	18th	6th	12	1268	1438	−170
8. ČEZ Nymburk	18th	5	13	1282	1448	−166
9. Zmoki Minsk	18th	3	15th	1246	1451	−205
10. Neptūnas Klaipėda	18th	3	15th	1381	1597	−216

team	CSKA	Žalgiris	Novgorod	Locomotive	VEF Riga	Nymburk	Yenisei	Minsk	Neptūnas	triumph
CSKA	*	68:74	83:60	83:56	83:75	84:75	77:52	68:57	79:57	80:71
Žalgiris	76:66	*	69:62	89:81	86:71	90:70	86:61	81:57	111: 87	80:76
Novgorod	70:68	58:76	*	54:61	82:86	82:66	84:44	55:54	84:63	76:80
Locomotive	61:72	70:78	75:74	*		75:54	93:64	89:74	84:48	74:65
VEF Riga	67:75	77:72	87:89	72:77	*	85:89	85:69	98:73	94:89	101: 78
Nymburk	63:76	84:90	73:81	81:74	81:83	*	69:61	65:56	84:78	68:96
Yenisei	64:73	67:99	62:67	87:94	96:94	81:59	*	77:74	63:77	74:78
Minsk	48:90	86:82	66:93	64:80	74:85	71:63	65:79	*	93:71	62:85
Neptūnas	72:83	62:90	72:90	83:95	60:86	96:86	88:89	110: 106	*	88:97
triumph	62:82	69:70	71:59	78:89	78:80	89:52	77:81	80:66	83:80	*

Play-offs

The play-off games began on May 1, 2013 and ended on June 7, 2013.

Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1A	BK Khimki
	(bye)								1A	BK Khimki	103	104	82
4B	VEF Riga	76	87	76					4B	VEF Riga	82	82	60
5A	BK Astana	89	54	67														1A	BK Khimki	83	72	47	77	64
2 B	CSKA																	2 B	CSKA	80	74	61	75	87
	(bye)								2 B	CSKA	77	87	49	69
3A	K. Krylja	76	77						3A	K. Krylja	46	78	50	56
6B	triumph	69	67																								2 B	CSKA	72	64	58	59
1B	Žalgiris																										3B	locomotive	65	54	69	54
	(bye)								1B	Žalgiris	75	66	59	66
4A	Spartak St.P	83	57	85					5B	Novgorod	63	62	60	59
5B	Novgorod	69	62	88														1B	Žalgiris	80	63	72	62
2A	UNICS																	3B	locomotive	53	85	82	84
	(bye)								2A	UNICS	72	65	68	64
3B	locomotive	86	88						3B	locomotive	80	77	65	68
6A	BK Donetsk	80	77

Awards

MVP

• MVP of the month October Kšyštof Lavrinovič (Žalgiris)
• MVP of the Month November EJ Rowland (VEF)
• MVP of the month December Miloš Teodosić (CSKA)
• MVP of the month January Zack Wright (Spartak)
• MVP of the month February Mantas Kalnietis (locomotive)
• MVP of the month March Darius Songaila (Donetsk)

• Regular Season MVP: EJ Rowland (VEF)

Top young player

Sergei Karassev (Triumph)

Best national player

The best player from each participating country was honored.

• Tanel Sokk (Kalev)
• Anton Ponomarjow (Astana)
• Kristaps Janičenoks (VEF)
• Mantas Kalnietis (locomotive)
• Aaron Cel (Turów Zgorzelec)
• Viktor Chrjapa (CSKA)
• Petr Benda (Nymburk)
• Oleksiy Pecherov (Azovmash)
• Vladimir Weremejenko (UNICS)