The

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, i ...

2012–13 was the fourth complete season of the

, 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 court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

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 ...

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, Aaron Jackson, Dmitry Sokolov, Nenad Krstić, Sonny Weems,

Aleksei Zozulin Alexey Sergeevich Zozulin (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Зозулин, born January 14, 1983) is a Russian professional basketball player who last played for Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League. He also represents the Russia n ...

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 posit ...

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 Russian national basketbal ...

, Andrey Vorontsevich, Sasha Kaun,

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, Theo Papaloukas (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:

, 15.0 EFF :*Top scorer: Sonny Weems, 11.0 PPG :*Top rebounder:

, 7.0 RPG :*Top assister:

, 4.3 APG Runner-up: Maxim Grigoryev, Derrick Brown,

Richard Hendrix Venard Richard Hendrix (Macedonian: Венард Ричард Хендрикс; born November 15, 1986) is an American-born naturalized Macedonian professional basketball player who last played for Niigata Albirex BB of the B.League. He has al ...

Alexey Savrasenko Alexey Dmitrievitch Savrasenko (alternate spelling: Alexei) (russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Саврасенко, born February 28, 1979) is a retired Russian-Greek professional basketball player. He played at the center position. B ...

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 ba ...

Sergey Bykov Sergey Vladimirovich Bykov (alternate spelling: Sergei Bykov) (russian: Сергей Владимирович Быков; born February 26, 1983) is a Russian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. Standing at , he played at ...

Valeriy Likhodey Valery Vitalevich Likhodey (alternative spelling: Valerii Likhodei) (russian: link=no, Валерий Витальевич Лиходей; born 23 October 1986) is a Russian professional basketball player for BC Astana of the Kazakhstan Basketba ...

, Simas Jasaitis, 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 Russ ...

, Aleks Marić,

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:

, 16.1 EFF :*Top scorer:

, 13.9 PPG :*Top rebounder: Aleks Marić, 6.6 RPG :*Top assister:

, 6.1 APG

Awards

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:

(

) *

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: Sergey Karasev (

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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