VTB United League 2017/18
| VTB United League season 2017/2018 |
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| sport | basketball |
| founding year | 2008 |
| Teams | 13 |
| countries |
 Estonia Kazakhstan Latvia Russia Belarus   
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| master |
CSKA Moscow
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| MVP (regular season) |
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The 2017/18 VTB United League season was the ninth season of the VTB basketball league. 13 teams from 5 countries took part in the 2017/18 VTB United League season. The season started on October 2, 2017 and ended on June 10, 2018.
Tournament format
As in the previous season, all teams played a double round each against each other. Then the first eight teams played off the participants of the Final Four in play-offs. It took the winner three wins to advance. The tournament winner was determined in a final four.
Regular season
The regular season games took place from October 5, 2017 to May 12, 2018.
table
Regular season: final score
| team | Sp | S. | N | P + | P- | Diff |
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| 1. PBK CSKA Moscow
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24 | 22nd | 2 | 2268 | 1894 | +374 |
| 2. UNICS Kazan
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24 | 22nd | 2 | 2074 | 1829 | +245 |
| 3. Locomotive Kuban
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24 | 17th | 7th | 2036 | 1755 | +281 |
| 4. BK Zenit Saint Petersburg
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24 | 16 | 8th | 2053 | 2052 | +1 |
| 5. Avtodor Saratov
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24 | 14th | 10 | 2107 | 2104 | +3 |
| 6. BK Khimki
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24 | 13 | 11 | 2038 | 1942 | +96 |
| 7. BK Nizhny Novgorod
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24 | 10 | 14th | 2046 | 2094 | −48 |
| 8. BK VEF Rīga
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24 | 8th | 16 | 1864 | 1980 | −116 |
| 9. Zmoki Minsk
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24 | 8th | 16 | 1792 | 1982 | −190 |
| 10. BK Astana
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24 | 7th | 17th | 1836 | 1932 | −96 |
| 11. BK Parma
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24 | 7th | 17th | 1951 | 2086 | −135 |
| 12th BC Kalev Tallinn
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24 | 6th | 18th | 2030 | 2196 | −166 |
| 13. BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk
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24 | 6th | 18th | 1892 | 2141 | −249 |
Play-offs
The play-off games took place from May 23 to 31, 2018.
In the play-offs, the 8th best placed players in the regular season play a round best of five. The winners reach the final four.
| winner | opponent | Results | |
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BK Khimki
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Kuban locomotive
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79 : 66, 77 : 72, 86 : 73 | |
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UNICS Kazan
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BK Nizhny Novgorod
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84 : 66, 74: 77 , 95 : 94, 101 : 86 | |
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Zenit St. Petersburg
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Avtodor Saratov
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91 : 80, 79 : 73, 90 : 78 | |
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CSKA Moscow
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VEF Riga
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112 : 83, 100 : 80, 99 : 73 |
Final Four
The season winner was determined in a final four on June 8 and 10, 2018 in Moscow in the VTB Ice Palace .
| game | date | Time | home | guest | Result |
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| Semifinals | June 8, 2018 | 18:00 |
CSKA Moscow
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Zenit St. Petersburg
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84 : 67 |
| Semifinals | June 8, 2018 | 21:00 |
UNICS Kazan
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BK Khimki
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71: 76 |
| 3rd place match | June 10, 2018 | 16:00 |
UNICS Kazan
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Zenit St. Petersburg
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79: 93 |
| final | June 10, 2018 | 16:00 |
CSKA Moscow
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BK Khimki
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95 : 84 |
Awards
Regular Season MVP
Play-off MVP
MVP of the month
| month | player | Club |
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| October 2017 |
 Joaquín Colom
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UNICS Kazan
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| November 2017 |
 Nando de Colo
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CSKA Moscow
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| December 2017 |
 Mardy Collins
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Kuban locomotive
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| January 2018 |
Sergei Karasev
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Zenit St. Petersburg
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| February 2018 |
Justin Robinson
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Avtodor Saratov
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| March 2018 |
Jamar Smith
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UNICS Kazan
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| April 2018 |
Coty Clarke
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Avtodor Saratov
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| May 2018 |
 Stevan Jelovac
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BK Nizhny Novgorod
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Individual awards
| Award | player | Club |
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| Scoring Champion |
Alexey Swed
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BK Khimki
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| Sixth Man of the Year |
Jamar Smith
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UNICS Kazan
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| Defensive Player of the Year |
Dmitri Kulagin
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Kuban locomotive
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| Coach of the Year |
 Dimitrios Itoudis
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CSKA Moscow
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| Young Player of the Year |
Isaiah Briscoe
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BC Kalev
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| Top performance of the year |
Stevan Jelovac
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BK Nizhny Novgorod
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