VTB United League 2016/17

VTB United League season 2016/2017
sport	basketball
founding year	2008
Teams	13
countries	Estonia Kazakhstan Latvia Russia Belarus
master	CSKA Moscow
MVP (regular season)	Alexei Schwed BK Chimki

The VTB United League season 2016/17 was the seventh season of the basketball league VTB. 13 teams from 5 countries took part in the 2016/17 VTB United League season. The season started on October 2, 2016 and ended in June 2017.

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 teams of BK Vita Tiflis , ČEZ Nymburk , Krasny Oktjabr Volgograd and Bisons Loimaa had left the league. The team from BK Parma was a new addition .

Regular season

The regular season games took place from October 2, 2016 to April 23, 2017.

table

Regular season: final score

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-	Diff
1. CSKA Moscow	24	22nd	2	2274	1782	+492
2. Zenit St. Petersburg	24	21st	3	2187	1930	+257
3. BK Khimki	24	19th	5	2108	1895	+213
4. Locomotive Kuban	24	19th	5	1959	1688	+271
5. UNICS Kazan	24	15th	9	2136	2021	+115
6. BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	24	13	11	1974	2041	−67
7. VEF Riga	24	11	13	1857	1961	−104
8. BK Astana	24	9	15th	1806	1930	−124
9. BK Nizhny Novgorod	24	8th	16	2051	2173	−122
10. Avtodor Saratov	24	8th	16	2073	2184	−111
11. Kalev Tallinn	24	5	19th	1876	2109	−233
12. Zmoki Minsk	24	5	19th	1757	1987	−230
13. BK Parma	24	1	23	1840	2197	−357

team	Astana	Avtodor	Khimki	Yenisei	Kalev	Locomotive	Minsk	NN	Perm	UNICS	VEF	Zenith	CSKA
Astana	*	83:78	87:90	98:97	72:78	51:71	84:67	93:84	88:73	68:84	66:64	82: 105	76:92
Avtodor	78:79	*	109: 118	94:87	90:63	79:88	88:81	96:92	110: 99	77:84	96:84	90:96	103: 104
Khimki	83:66	102: 70	*	72:64	81:57	73:65	80:72	90:84	92:66	87:70	73:76	66:74	70:92
Yenisei	88:78	97:92	64: 104	*	99:90	85:86	88:70	99:93	87:82	75:66	88:71	75: 100	84:97
Kalev	84:67	86:94	77:84	82:91	*	64:95	79:70	87:91	85:79	86: 110	74:82	95:98	68:87
locomotive	67:59	79:61	84:89	66:68	86:75	*	81:72	88:75	86:61	75:64	107: 64	80:83	83:74
Minsk	70:80	83:89	73:77	78:86	88:81	63:87	*	77:52	62:71	87:85	69:72	58:71	63: 100
Novgorod	76:72	110: 68	90:99	80:93	102: 81	66:93	102: 95	*	115: 94	98: 112	74:81	93:97	65: 101
Perm	65:82	97: 101	83:87	79:81	72:86	71:84	61:67	75:84	*	98: 105	74:81	86: 119	55: 116
UNICS	83:78	95:83	73:98	100: 56	104: 91	77:83	98:71	104: 81	89:73	*	89:84	84: 109	91: 105
VEF	73:62	88:85	90: 104	84:81	78:66	69:80	88:85	73:78	91:80	82:86	*	73:82	83:99
Zenith	99:72	89:78	114: 110	94:78	89:73	62:68	84:56	101: 88	101: 72	84:95	90:76	*	90:77
CSKA	81:63	95:80	95:79	85:63	100: 68	83:77	109: 74	105: 78	98:74	92:88	82:51	105: 56	*

Play-offs

The play-off games began on May 1 and ended on June 13, 2017.

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	CSKA Moscow	77	94	91
	8th	BK Astana	54	74	73
										1	CSKA Moscow	101	84	74
										4th	Lok-Kuban	95	71	66
	4th	Lok-Kuban	62	92	83	84
	5	UNICS Kazan	71	76	71	79
																			1	CSKA Moscow	94	99	95
																			3	BK Khimki	88	79	72
	2	Zenith	93	79	92
	7th	VEF Riga	81	74	51
										2	Zenith	99	92	73	71	84
										3	BK Khimki	95	89	97	73	90
	3	BK Khimki	91	109	89
	6th	Yenisei	84	81	68

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Alexei Schwed BK Chimki

Play-Off MVP

Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow

MVP of the month

month	player	Club
October 2016	Keith Langford	UNICS Kazan
November 2016	Alexei Swed	BK Khimki
December 2016	Andrei Zubkow	Locomotive Kuban
January 2017	Sergei Karasev	Zenit St. Petersburg
February 2017	Alexei Swed	BK Khimki
March 2017	Stefan Marković	Zenit St. Petersburg
April 2017	Kevin Jones	Kuban locomotive