VTB United League 2015/16

VTB United League season 2015/2016
sport	basketball
founding year	2008
Teams	16
countries	Estonia Finland Georgia Kazakhstan Latvia Russia Czech Republic Belarus
master	PBK CSKA Moscow
MVP (regular season)	Nando de Colo from CSKA Moscow

The 2015/16 VTB United League season was the seventh season of the VTB basketball league. 16 teams from 8 countries took part in the 2015/16 VTB United League season. The season started on October 3, 2015 and ended on June 8, 2016.

Tournament format

As in the previous season, all teams played a double round each against each other. Then the first eight teams played the play-offs. It took the winner three wins to advance.

Compared to the previous year, the Krasnye Krylja Samara team was eliminated from the competition for financial reasons. The team from BK Vita Tiflis from Georgia was a new addition .

Regular season

The regular season games took place from October 3, 2015 to April 28, 2016.

table

Final result of the regular season 2016

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-	Diff
1. CSKA Moscow	30th	28	2	2856	2230	+626
2. UNICS Kazan	30th	25th	5	2666	2293	+353
3. Zenit St. Petersburg	30th	23	7th	2668	2374	+294
4. BK Khimki	30th	22nd	8th	2866	2443	+423
5. Locomotive Kuban	30th	22nd	8th	2480	2153	+327
6. Avtodor Saratov	30th	20th	10	2661	2409	+252
7. BK Nizhny Novgorod	30th	17th	13	2523	2516	+7
8. ČEZ Nymburk	30th	16	14th	2526	2415	+111
9. Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd	30th	12	18th	2567	2637	−70
10. BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	30th	11	19th	2509	2596	−87
11. VEF Riga	30th	11	19th	2473	2517	−44
12. Zmoki Minsk	30th	9	21st	2416	2605	−189
13. Bison Loimaa	30th	8th	22nd	2242	2704	−462
14. Kalev Tallinn	30th	8th	22nd	2311	2596	−284
15. BK Astana	30th	7th	23	2375	2799	−424
16. BK Vita Tbilisi	30th	1	29	1939	2791	−852

team	Astana	Avtodor	Bison	Khimki	Yenisei	Kalev	Locomotive	Minsk	NN	Nymb.	Oktyabr	Tbilisi	UNICS	VEF	Zenith	CSKA
Astana	*	93: 131	83:80	74: 108	73:80	97:91	89:91	92:93	101: 79	63:98	81:74	118: 61	90: 103	71:89	71:93	60:92
Avtodor	132: 72	*	85:75	87:84	90:84	68:60	70:79	93:85	94:86	92:84	102: 95	20: 0	70:97	86:74	90:88	72:91
Bison	81:75	86: 135	*	62:81	99: 110	98:86	70:68	76:73	73:79	60:96	72: 109	89:73	74:93	83:82	62:83	82:98
Khimki	128: 87	87:84	113: 83	*	108: 92	84:54	101: 88	100: 72	74:82	123: 71	97:86	117: 73	85:90	104: 93	90:84	85:96
Yenisei	96:70	88:92	88:64	85:95	*	97:90	73:82	93:94	103: 96	88:92	86:94	83:73	83:87	110: 65	94: 102	81:96
Kalev	80:86	75:86	83:78	72:90	80:70	*	71:89	81:73	77:91	70:99	89:81	85:75	84:89	78:86	84:92	78: 105
locomotive	99:66	91:77	95:55	94:81	77:51	71:67	*	80:50	92:69	75:58	81:63	121: 71	56:58	71:63	75:70	65:77
Minsk	87:83	83: 106	119: 83	88:94	89:91	100: 77	60:75	*	86:81	84:93	77:81	94:74	77: 102	74:75	71:79	81:83
Novgorod	84:80	75:70	71:69	93:92	93:75	80:66		100: 85	*	91:76	87:90	97:65	91:81	79: 107	84:88	86:82
Nymburgk	79:61	73:92	87:59	90:94	91:81	79:65	76:74	75:61	76:70	*	103: 76	101: 51	74:75	73:71	81: 102	66:86
Oktyabr	106: 85	85: 102	78:83	78:80	92:66	83:95	77:89	96:80	93:87	96:88	*	85:82	80: 114	88:94	67:74	74: 108
Tbilisi	53:62	59: 111	63:77	52: 108	72:85	77:78	63:76	81:80	78: 100	59: 119	67: 110	*	76: 104	69:99	84:90	60:93
UNICS	100: 73	66:64	110: 56	82:78	94:75	96:75	80:76	83:91	102: 68	94:87	97:76	81:57	*	82:72	101: 66	89: 100
VEF	94:93	103: 91	83:73	79:89	71:73	75:84	84:89	76:84	75:87	81:73	92:94	99:59	69:81	*	76:95	77:92
Zenith	115: 59	90:74	106: 73	72: 103	81:64	101: 69	79:73	105: 77	77:76	102: 90	94:93	101: 50	89:65	91:76	*	82:86
CSKA	102: 67	101: 90	99:67	100: 93	94:64	100: 67	88:94	92:48	98:65	119: 68	85:67	98:62	81:70	101: 93	113: 77	*

Play-offs

The play-off games started in May and ended in June 2016.

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	CSKA Moscow	95	79	102
	8th	ČEZ Nymburk	87	72	87
										1	CSKA Moscow	86	99	95
										4th	BK Khimki	83	87	92
	4th	BK Khimki	86	97	86
	5	Lok-Kuban	80	83	71
																			1	CSKA Moscow	84	90	74	81
																			2	UNICS Kazan	76	77	79	74
	2	UNICS Kazan	83	70	84
	7th	N. Novgorod	70	61	71
										2	UNICS Kazan	94	97	67	82	79
										3	Zenith	93	91	82	85	70
	3	Zenith	95	97	95
	6th	Avtodor Saratov	91	85	82

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Nando de Colo from CSKA Moscow

Play-Off MVP

Miloš Teodosić from CSKA Moscow

MVP of the Week

Game week	player	Club
1	/ Tyrese Rice	BK Khimki
2	Michael Dixon	ČEZ Nymburk
3	Ryan Toolson	Zenit St. Petersburg
4th	Keith Langford	UNICS Kazan
5	Anthony Hilliard	Zmoki Minsk
6th	Kaspars Bērziņš	BK Nizhny Novgorod
7th	Miloš Teodosić	PBK CSKA Moscow
8th	Anthony Hilliard	Zmoki Minsk
9	Keith Langford	UNICS Kazan
10	Nik Caner Medley	BK Astana
11	Alexei Swed	BK Khimki
12	Josh Boone	BC Kalev
13	Travis Peterson	Avtodor Saratov
14th	Malcolm Delaney	Kuban locomotive
15th	Rašid Mahalbašić	BK Nizhny Novgorod
16	Michael Dixon	ČEZ Basketball Nymburk
17th	Vitali Fridson	PBK CSKA Moscow
18th	Semyon Antonov	BK Nizhny Novgorod
19th	Joaquim Colom	UNICS Kazan
20th	Viktor Kryapa	PBK CSKA Moscow
21st	Yegor Wjalzew	BK Khimki
22nd	Dmitri Chvostov	BK Nizhny Novgorod
23	Anthony Randolph	Kuban locomotive
24	Victor Claver	Kuban locomotive
25th	Keith Langford	UNICS Kazan
26th	Victor Rudd	BK Nizhny Novgorod
27	Daniel Bejarano	BK Vita Tbilisi
28	David Kennedy	BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk
29	Josh Harrellson	BK VEF Rīga
30th	Roland's Freimanis	BC Kalev
Play-off quarter-finals	Jānis Timma	Zenit St. Petersburg
Play-off semi-finals	Joaquim Colom	UNICS Kazan

MVP of the month

month	player	Club
October 2015	Ryan Toolson	Zenit St. Petersburg
November 2015	Keith Langford	UNICS Kazan
December 2015	Alexei Swed	BK Khimki
January 2016	Malcolm Delaney	Kuban locomotive
February 2016	Anthony Randolph	Kuban locomotive
March 2016	Victor Rudd	BK Nizhny Novgorod
April 2016	Ryan Toolson	Zenit St. Petersburg

Individual awards

Award	player	Club
Sixth Man of the Year	Joaquim Colom	UNICS Kazan
Defensive Player of the Year	Kyle Hines	PBK CSKA Moscow
Coach of the Year	Vasily Karassev	Zenit St. Petersburg
Young Player of the Year	Artyom Klimenko	Avtodor Saratov

Best national player

The best player from each participating country will be honored.

country	player	Club
Estonia	Gregor Arbet	BC Kalev
Finland	Petteri Koponen	BK Khimki
Georgia	Irakly Chlaidze	BK Vita Tbilisi
Kazakhstan	Anton Ponomarev	BK Astana
Latvia	Jānis Timma	Zenit St. Petersburg
Russia	Alexei Swed	BK Khimki
Czech Republic	Vojtek Hruban	ČEZ Nymburk
Belarus	Arzjom Parachouski	UNICS Kazan