The 2017–18

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was the 9th complete season of the

. It is also the fifth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. It started on 5 October 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 10 June 2018 with the championship game of the Final Four.

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were the defending champions. CSKA Moscow successfully defended its title as it won the final over

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Format changes

From this season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. These are played in a best-of-five format with a 1–2–2 structure. The four teams that win their playoff series qualify for the

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tournament, which decides the new champion.

Teams

A total of 13 teams from five countries contest the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan and one from Latvia.

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a double

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. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 5 October 2017.

Standings

Results

Playoffs

In the

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, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first game will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the second and third game will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fourth and fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams. The playoffs started on 23 May 2018.

Final Four

The four winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the inaugural Final Four. The Final Four will be held from 8 until 10 June. In April 2018, it was announced that the

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, Russia will host the tournament. The four winners of the play-offs during the 2017–18 season qualified for the Final Four. The tournament will be hosted between 8 June and 10 June 2018. The last final four was held in 2012, as the league was decided through playoff series in the previous years.

, the runners-up of the Final Four, qualified for the

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(as

was already qualified).

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Attendance

Attendance include playoff games:

Awards

Season Awards

; Scoring Champion *

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;Top Performance of the Year *

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;

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* Dmitry Kulagin –

;

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* Jamar Smith – UNICS ;

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; Regular Season MVP *

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; Final Four MVP *

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All-Tournament First Team

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– Zenit *

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All-Tournament Second Team

* Justin Robinson –

* Jamar Smith – UNICS *

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MVP of the Month

VTB United League clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official website
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