The
VTB United League
VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus an ...
2012–13 was the fourth complete season of the
VTB United League
VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus an ...
, which is
Northern and Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
competition. The tournament featured 20 teams, from 10 countries.
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...
won its 4th VTB title, by beating
Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar, 3–1, in a best-of-five Finals series.
Participants
Regular season
Group A
Group B
Playoffs
Round of 16
The teams that finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the other group in a
Best-Of-3 series.
Quarterfinals
The teams that finished first and two in the other group battled with 1/8 final winners in a
Best-Of-5 series.
Semifinals
The teams that won in 1/4 final, battled with other 1/4 final winner in a
Best-Of-5 series.
Final
The teams that won in 1/2 final, battled with other 1/2 final winner in a
Best-Of-5 series.
Rosters
Champion:
Miloš Teodosić
Miloš Teodosić ( sr-cyr, Милош Теодосић, born March 19, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the National Basketball ...
,
Vladimir Micov
Vladimir Micov ( sr-cyr, Владимир Мицов, born April 16, 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at a height of , he mainly played as a small forward.
Professional career
2001–2009
Micov played for Beop ...
,
Aleksandr Gudumak,
Aaron Jackson,
Dmitry Sokolov,
Nenad Krstić
Nenad Krstić ( sr-cyr, Ненад Крстић, born July 25, 1983) is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player. He currently serves as the vice president of the Basketball Federation of Serbia, in charge of the men's basket ...
,
Sonny Weems,
Aleksei Zozulin,
Zoran Erceg
Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played the power forward positio ...
,
Evgeny Voronov
Evgeny Sergeyevich Voronov (russian: Евгений Сергеевич Воронов, born May 7, 1986) is a Russian professional basketball player for Parma Basket of the VTB United League. He is also a member of the Russia national basketball t ...
,
Andrey Vorontsevich
Andrey Konstantinovich Vorontsevich (russian: Андрей Константинович Воронцевич, born July 17, 1987) is a Russian professional basketball player for the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. He plays at th ...
,
Sasha Kaun
Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or ''variant'' may refer to:
People
* Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha
Musicians
* Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe
* Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sas ...
,
Victor Khryapa
Victor Vladimirovich Khryapa (also trans. Viktor; russian: Виктор Владимирович Хряпа; born August 3, 1982) is a Russian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing for CSKA Moscow of t ...
,
Anton Ponkrashov
Anton Aleksandrovich Ponkrashov (russian: Антон Александрович Понкрашов, born April 23, 1986) is a Russian professional basketball player for Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League. Standing at , he can play as a swing ...
,
Theo Papaloukas
Theodoros Papaloukas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Παπαλουκάς; born May 8, 1977), commonly known as Theo Papaloukas or Thodoris Papaloukas, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was a four - time All-EuroLeague selection, a me ...
(Coach:
Ettore Messina
Ettore Messina (born 30 September 1959) is an Italian professional basketball coach who is the head coach of Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He has won four EuroLeague championships as a head coach. Messina is regarded a ...
)
:*Top efficiency:
Victor Khryapa
Victor Vladimirovich Khryapa (also trans. Viktor; russian: Виктор Владимирович Хряпа; born August 3, 1982) is a Russian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing for CSKA Moscow of t ...
, 15.0 EFF
:*Top scorer:
Sonny Weems, 11.0 PPG
:*Top rebounder:
Victor Khryapa
Victor Vladimirovich Khryapa (also trans. Viktor; russian: Виктор Владимирович Хряпа; born August 3, 1982) is a Russian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing for CSKA Moscow of t ...
, 7.0 RPG
:*Top assister:
Victor Khryapa
Victor Vladimirovich Khryapa (also trans. Viktor; russian: Виктор Владимирович Хряпа; born August 3, 1982) is a Russian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing for CSKA Moscow of t ...
, 4.3 APG
Runner-up:
Maxim Grigoryev,
Derrick Brown,
Richard Hendrix,
Alexey Savrasenko,
Mantas Kalnietis
Mantas Kalnietis (born 6 September 1986) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player who last played for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national b ...
,
Sergey Bykov,
Valeriy Likhodey,
Simas Jasaitis
Simas Jasaitis (born 26 March 1982) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for BC Dzūkija of the Lithuania Basketball League (LKL). He also represented the Lithuanian national basketball team.
Professional career
Jasaitis' first team ...
,
James Baron,
Andrey Zubkov
Andrey Yuryevich Zubkov (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Зубков; born June 29, 1991) is a Russian professional basketball player for the Russian team Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He also represents the senior Russia ...
,
Aleks Marić
Aleksandar "Aleks" Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар "Алекс“ Марић, born 22 October 1984) is an Australian-Serbian former professional basketball player. Marić gained a reputation as a winner over the course of his succ ...
,
Nick Calathes
Nicholas William Calathes (Greek: Νικόλαος Γουίλιαμ "Νικ" Καλάθης, born February 7, 1989) is a Greek-American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the Eu ...
,
Maksym Sheleketo (Coach:
Evgeniy Pashutin)
:*Top efficiency:
Nick Calathes
Nicholas William Calathes (Greek: Νικόλαος Γουίλιαμ "Νικ" Καλάθης, born February 7, 1989) is a Greek-American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the Eu ...
, 16.1 EFF
:*Top scorer:
Nick Calathes
Nicholas William Calathes (Greek: Νικόλαος Γουίλιαμ "Νικ" Καλάθης, born February 7, 1989) is a Greek-American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the Eu ...
, 13.9 PPG
:*Top rebounder:
Aleks Marić
Aleksandar "Aleks" Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар "Алекс“ Марић, born 22 October 1984) is an Australian-Serbian former professional basketball player. Marić gained a reputation as a winner over the course of his succ ...
, 6.6 RPG
:*Top assister:
Nick Calathes
Nicholas William Calathes (Greek: Νικόλαος Γουίλιαμ "Νικ" Καλάθης, born February 7, 1989) is a Greek-American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the Eu ...
, 6.1 APG
Awards
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Most Valuable Player
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
:
E. J. Rowland (
VEF Riga)
*
Playoffs MVP:
Victor Khryapa
Victor Vladimirovich Khryapa (also trans. Viktor; russian: Виктор Владимирович Хряпа; born August 3, 1982) is a Russian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing for CSKA Moscow of t ...
(
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...
)
*
Young Player of the Year:
Sergey Karasev
Sergey Vasiliyevich Karasev (russian: Серге́й Васильевич Карасёв, Karasyov; born October 26, 1993) is a Russian professional basketball player for Russian team Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He was drafte ...
(
Triumph Lyubertsy
BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (russian: БК Зенит Санкт Петербург), formerly known as BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) and BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014), is a Russian professional basketball team that is located in Sain ...
)
Nationality awards
For the first time, awards were handed out to the best player by nationality.
Monthly MVP
References
External links
Official Website
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2012-13
2012–13 in European basketball leagues
2012–13 in Russian basketball
2012–13 in Lithuanian basketball
2012–13 in Ukrainian basketball
2012–13 in Latvian basketball
2012–13 in Estonian basketball
2012–13 in Polish basketball
2012–13 in Belarusian basketball
2012–13 in Kazakhstani basketball
2012–13 in Czech basketball