The 2016–17

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 ...

was the 8th complete season of the

. It is also the fourth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level.

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow () 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 the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...

was the defending champion and successfully defended its title. This season, 13 teams participated in the league after four sides from the previous year left.

Teams

VITA Tbilisi,

Bisons Loimaa LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa is a Finland, Finnish professional basketball club that is based in Loimaa. History The club was established in 1964 as Loimaan Korikonkarit. The team was renamed Bisons after it was promoted to the Korisliiga in 2011. The ...

ČEZ Nymburk Basketball Nymburk, also known as ERA Nymburk due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in the town of Nymburk. The club plays in the top-tier level professional Czech National League (NBL). Nymburk regularly pl ...

left the league, after participating in the 2015–16 season. Parma Perm from the

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joined the league. On August 30, 2016, the league announced that

BC Krasny Oktyabr BC Krasny Oktyabr was a Russian professional basketball club that is based in Volgograd. In English, the club's name translates to "'BC Red October'". The club played in the VTB United League until 2016, when the team was forced to leave the leagu ...

would not play in the league, because the host arena of the team was not approved to support events. Because of these changes, the number of teams was reduced to 13.

Venues and locations

:;Notes : Team makes its debut in the VTB United League. : The defending champions, winners of the

2015–16 VTB United League The 2015–16 VTB United League was the seventh complete season of the VTB United League. It was also the third season that the league functioned as the Russian domestic first tier level. CSKA Moscow was the defending champion, and the team succes ...

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

All series were played in a ''best-of-five'' play-off series, which were played in a 2-2-1 format. The Playoffs started on May 1 and ended on June 13.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Final standings

All-Star Game

The VTB League's inaugural

All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, bu ...

was held this season on February 11, 2017. The game was played at the

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. The game was played in a Russia Stars vs. the World Stars format. The Russian Stars won the game against the World Stars, by a score of 131:121. Andrey Vorontsevich was named the MVP of the game.

Jānis Timma Jānis Timma (2 July 1992 – 17 December 2024) was a Latvian professional basketball player. Standing at , he mainly played at the small forward position. He also represented the senior Latvia men's national basketball team, Latvia national team ...

won the All-Star Game's slam dunk contest, and

Sergey Karasev Sergey Vasiliyevich Karasev (, Karasyov; born October 26, 1993) is a Russian professional basketball player for Russian team Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He was drafted with the 19th pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Clevela ...

won the 3-Point Contest. *INJ Petr Gubanov, Ivan Strebkov and

Miloš Teodosić Miloš Teodosić ( sr-cyr, Милош Теодосић, born March 19, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the National Basketball Team ...

didn't play because of injury. *REP

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was named as Teodosić' replacement.

Awards

Season Awards

; Scoring Champion *

Nick Minnerath Nicolas Lake Scott Minnerath (born August 11, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Shabab Al Ahli of the UAE National Basketball League. He played college basketball for Jackson Community College and the Un ...

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Avtodor Saratov BC Avtodor (), commonly known as simply Avtodor and internationally as Avtodor Saratov, is a Russian professional basketball club based in Saratov. It plays in the VTB United League, the highest level of Russian basketball. In early 2022, after ...

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Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Athletics Indoor Championships, European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). He was ...

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Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

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Nikita Kurbanov Nikita Aleksandrovich Kurbanov (; born October 5, 1986) is a Russian professional basketball player and the team captain of CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at , Professional career Kurbanov made his professional debut with CSKA Mos ...

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Suleiman Braimoh Suleiman Okhaifoede Braimoh Jr. (born October 19, 1989) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Karşıyaka Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for Rice University before playing professionally in the ...

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Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...

Dimitrios Itoudis Dimitrios Itoudis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (, born September 8, 1970) is a Greek professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroCup. He formerly coached the Greec ...

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; Regular Season MVP *

Alexey Shved Alexey Viktorovich Shved ( Russian: Алексей Викторович Швед; born December 16, 1988) is a Russian professional basketball player who plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. Standing at , he plays at both ...

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; Playoffs MVP *

Nando de Colo Nando Bruno Alfred Andre de Colo (born 23 June 1987) is a French professional basketball player and the team captain for LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. Standing at a height of , he plays at the point guard and shooting gu ...

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All-Tournament First Team

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– Zenit *

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Avtodor BC Avtodor (), commonly known as simply Avtodor and internationally as Avtodor Saratov, is a Russian professional basketball club based in Saratov. It plays in the VTB United League, the highest level of Russian basketball. In early 2022, after ...

* Frank Elegar –

All-Tournament Second Team

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* Kevin Jones –

Lokomotiv Kuban PBC Lokomotiv Kuban () is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. It participates in the VTB United League. Their honour list includes a EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup championship in the 2012–13 season, and two Russian Basketb ...

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Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (, ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Pr ...

Mardy Collins Maurice Rodney "Mardy" Collins (born August 4, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. He completed his college basketball career at Temple University, and was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 29th pick of the first ro ...

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Artsiom Parakhouski Artsiom Parakhouski (born October 6, 1987) is a Belarusian professional basketball player for Śląsk Wrocław of the PLK. Standing at , he plays at the center position. He finished his American college career in 2010 with the Radford Universit ...

– UNICS

MVP of the Month

Statistics

Statistical leaders

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Individual game highs

Keith Langford Andre Keith Langford (born September 15, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at , he primarily played at the shooting guard position. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. Among the numerous accol ...

set a new all-time scoring record for the VTB United League by scoring 42 points on October 31.Keith Langford scores 42 points, sets new VTB League record in Unics Kazan win
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Attendance data

Attendances include playoff games:

References

External links

Official website
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