VTB United League 2018/19
| VTB United League season 2018/2019 |
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| sport | basketball |
| founding year | 2008 |
| Teams | 14th |
| countries |
 Estonia Kazakhstan Latvia Poland Russia Belarus    
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| master | CSKA Moscow |
| MVP (regular season) |
Alexei Schwed BK Chimki
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The 2018/19 VTB United League season was the tenth season of the VTB basketball league. 14 teams from 6 countries took part in the 2018/19 VTB United League season. The season started on October 5, 2018 and ended on June 10, 2019.
Tournament format
As in the previous season, all teams played a double round each against each other. The first eight teams then played the play-off round in the best of five mode.
Regular season
The regular season games took place from October 5, 2018 to April 28, 2019.
table
Regular season: final score
| team | Sp | S. | N | P + | P- | Diff |
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| 1. PBK CSKA Moscow
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26th | 22nd | 4th | 2404 | 1969 | +435 |
| 2. UNICS Kazan
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26th | 21st | 5 | 2190 | 1945 | +245 |
| 3. BK Khimki
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26th | 20th | 6th | 2230 | 1973 | +257 |
| 4. Locomotive Kuban
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26th | 17th | 9 | 2171 | 2004 | +167 |
| 5. BK Zenit Saint Petersburg
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26th | 15th | 11 | 2300 | 2180 | +120 |
| 6. BK Astana
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26th | 15th | 11 | 2239 | 2169 | +70 |
| 7th BC Kalev Tallinn
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26th | 14th | 12 | 2342 | 2275 | −67 |
| 8. BK Nizhny Novgorod
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26th | 14th | 12 | 2158 | 2173 | −15 |
| 9. BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk
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26th | 11 | 15th | 2154 | 2276 | −122 |
| 10. BK VEF Rīga
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26th | 10 | 16 | 1962 | 2134 | −172 |
| 11. Avtodor Saratov
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26th | 9 | 17th | 2379 | 2478 | −99 |
| 12. Zielona Góra
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26th | 5 | 21st | 2020 | 2330 | −310 |
| 13. BK Parma
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26th | 5 | 21st | 2025 | 2298 | −273 |
| 14. Zmoki Minsk
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26th | 4th | 22nd | 1959 | 2329 | −370 |
Play-offs
The play-off games took place from May 5, 2019 to June 10, 2019. In the play-offs, the eight best placed players in the regular season play an elimination round in the best of five round mode.
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA Moscow
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87 | 88 | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | N. Novgorod
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50 | 66 | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA Moscow
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98 | 83 | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Zenith
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82 | 81 | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Lok-Kuban
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62 | 70 | 78 | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Zenith
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78 | 69 | 94 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA Moscow
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106 | 103 | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BK Khimki
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85 | 92 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UNICS Kazan
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92 | 108 | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | BC Kalev
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82 | 84 | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UNICS Kazan
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96 | 98 | 64 | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BK Khimki
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91 | 103 | 91 | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BK Khimki
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82 | 94 | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | BK Astana
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59 | 64 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Awards
Regular Season MVP
Play Off MVP
MVP of the month
| month | player | Club |
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| October 2018 |
Alexey Swed
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BK Khimki
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| November 2018 |
 Nando de Colo
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CSKA Moscow
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| December 2018 |
 Anthony Clemmons
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BK Astana
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| January 2019 |
Jalen Reynolds
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BK Zenit Saint Petersburg
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| February 2019 |
Pierriá Henry
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CSKA Moscow
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| March 2019 |
Alexey Swed
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BK Khimki
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| April 2019 |
Arnett Moultrie
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BC Kalev
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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 |
Dorell Wright
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Kuban locomotive
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| Defensive Player of the Year |
 Maurice Ndour
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UNICS Kazan
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| Coach of the Year |
 Emil Rajković
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BK Astana
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| Young Player of the Year |
Nikita Mikhailovsky
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Avtodor Saratov
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| Top performance of the year |
Nando de Colo
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CSKA Moscow
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