The VTB United League 2011–12 was the third complete season of the
VTB United League
The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...
, which is
Northern Europe
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and Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club
basketball
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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
home advantage
In team sports, the term home advantage – also called home ground, home field, home-field advantage, home court, home-court advantage, defender's advantage or home-ice advantage – describes the benefit that the home (sports), home team ...
.
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
home advantage
In team sports, the term home advantage – also called home ground, home field, home-field advantage, home court, home-court advantage, defender's advantage or home-ice advantage – describes the benefit that the home (sports), home team ...
.
Final four
Semifinals
Third-place game
Final
Awards
MVP of the Month
*October 2011:
Patrick Beverley
Patrick Beverley (born July 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Ligat HaAl and the EuroCup. Originally from Chicago's West Side, Beverley played college basketball for the Arkansa ...
(Spartak St. Petersburg)
*November 2011:
Rawle Marshall (Astana)
*December 2011:
Tre Simmons
Chester Simmons III (born July 24, 1982), better known as Tre Simmons, is an American former professional basketball player and current coach. He played college basketball for Odessa, Green River CC and Washington before playing professionally i ...
(CEZ Nymburk)
*January 2012:
Michał Ignerski
Michał Jakub Ignerski (born August 13, 1980) is a Polish former professional basketball player.
Professional career
Ignerski was the Polish Basketball Cup, Polish Cup MVP in 2005. He finished his pro career with Pallacanestro Cantù, in Italy.
...
(Nizhny Novgorod)
*February 2012:
Jonas Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas ( ; ; born 6 May 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 NBA ...
(Lietuvos Rytas)
*March 2012:
Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS Kazan)
*April 2012:
Jeremiah Massey
Jeremiah Massey (; born July 22, 1982) is an American-born naturalized Macedonian former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.02 m), he played at the power forward and center positions during his professional club care ...
(Lokomotiv Kuban)
All-Tournament First Team
*
Patrick Beverley
Patrick Beverley (born July 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Ligat HaAl and the EuroCup. Originally from Chicago's West Side, Beverley played college basketball for the Arkansa ...
(Spartak St. Petersburg)
*
Henry Domercant
Henry Domercant (born December 30, 1980) is an American and Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played ...
(UNICS Kazan)
*
Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (; born February 18, 1981), nicknamed AK-47, is a Russian basketball executive and former professional basketball player.
At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball ...
(CSKA Moscow)
*
Krešimir Lončar
Krešimir Lončar (born February 12, 1983) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, currently working as manager of sport & scouting for s.Oliver Würzburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at , he played both the power forward a ...
(Khimki Moscow Region)
*
Jonas Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas ( ; ; born 6 May 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 NBA ...
(Lietuvos Rytas)
All-Tournament Second Team
*
Tyrese Rice (Lietuvos Rytas)
*
Tre Simmons
Chester Simmons III (born July 24, 1982), better known as Tre Simmons, is an American former professional basketball player and current coach. He played college basketball for Odessa, Green River CC and Washington before playing professionally i ...
(CEZ Nymburk)
*
Jeremiah Massey
Jeremiah Massey (; born July 22, 1982) is an American-born naturalized Macedonian former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.02 m), he played at the power forward and center positions during his professional club care ...
(Lokomotiv Kuban)
*
Paulius Jankūnas (Zalgiris)
*
Donatas Motiejūnas
Donatas Motiejūnas (; born September 20, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for AS Monaco Basket of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. He was drafted 20th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves be ...
(Asseco Prokom)
All-Final Four Team
*
Henry Domercant
Henry Domercant (born December 30, 1980) is an American and Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played ...
(UNICS Kazan)
*
K.C. Rivers (Lokomotiv Kuban)
*
Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (; born February 18, 1981), nicknamed AK-47, is a Russian basketball executive and former professional basketball player.
At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball ...
(CSKA Moscow)
*
Darjuš Lavrinovič
Darjuš Lavrinovič (, born 1 November 1979) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. At in height, he played primarily at the center position. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. Lavrinovič was an ...
(CSKA Moscow)
*
Jonas Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas ( ; ; born 6 May 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 NBA ...
(Lietuvos Rytas)
MVPs
External links
Official Website
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2011-12
2011–12 in European basketball leagues
2011–12 in Russian basketball
2011–12 in Lithuanian basketball
2011–12 in Ukrainian basketball
2011–12 in Latvian basketball
2011–12 in Estonian basketball
2011–12 in Polish basketball
2011–12 in Belarusian basketball
2011–12 in Finnish basketball
2011–12 in Kazakhstani basketball
2011–12 in Czech basketball