The VTB United League 2011–12 was the third complete season of the VTB United League, which is

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and Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition. The tournament featured 18 teams, from 10 countries.

Participants

Qualifying round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

1/8 Final

The teams that finished third in their group play against the fourth placed teams in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series with

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1/4 Final

The teams that finished second in their group play against the winners of the 1/8 final in a Best-Of-3 series with

Final four

Semifinals

Third-place game

Final

Awards

MVP of the Month

*October 2011: Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg) *November 2011:

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(Astana) *December 2011: Tre Simmons (CEZ Nymburk) *January 2012: Michał Ignerski (Nizhny Novgorod) *February 2012: Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas) *March 2012: Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS Kazan) *April 2012:

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(Lokomotiv Kuban)

All-Tournament team

* Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg) *

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(UNICS Kazan) * Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow) * Krešimir Lončar (Khimki Moscow Region) * Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)

All-Final Four Team

(UNICS Kazan) *

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(Lokomotiv Kuban) * Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow) *

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(CSKA Moscow) * Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)

MVPs

External links

Official Website

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