2020–21 VTB United League

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VTB United League
Season2020–21
Duration20 September 2020 – 11 June 2021
Number of teams13
Regular season
Season MVPLithuania Mantas Kalnietis
Finals
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (11th title)
  Runners-upRussia UNICS
SemifinalistsRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
Playoffs MVPItaly Daniel Hackett

The 2020–21 VTB United League was the 12th season of the VTB United League. It was the eight season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level.

Teams

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

Venues and locations

Zielona Góra
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Locations of teams in the 2019–20 VTB United League
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Kazakhstan Astana
Nur-Sultan
 Arena Velotrack 9,270[1]
Russia Avtodor Saratov DS Kristall 5,500[2]
Russia CSKA Moscow Moscow USC CSKA 5,000[3]
Russia Enisey Krasnoyarsk Arena.Sever 4,000[4]
Estonia Kalev/Cramo Tallinn
Saku Suurhall
 5,500[5]
Russia Khimki Khimki BCMO 4,000[6]
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar Basket-Hall 7,500[7]
Russia Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace 5,500[8]
Parma
 Perm UDS Molot 7,000
Tsmoki Minsk
 Minsk Minsk-Arena 15,000[9]
Russia UNICS Kazan Basket-Hall 7,000[10]
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Sibur Arena
 6,381[11]
Zielona Góra
 Zielona Góra CRS Hall Zielona Góra 6,080


Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a round-robin format.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 24 20 4 2010 1718 +292 .833 Advance to playoffs
2 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 24 18 6 2138 1943 +195 .750
3 Russia UNICS 24 18 6 1962 1794 +168 .750
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 24 17 7 2219 1861 +358 .708
5 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 24 14 10 1914 1921 −7 .583
6
Zielona Góra
 24 13 11 2094 2075 +19 .542
7 Russia Khimki 24 12 12 2028 1962 +66 .500
8
Parma
 24 10 14 1878 1925 −47 .417
9 Russia Avtodor 24 10 14 2019 2092 −73 .417
10 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 24 9 15 1821 1998 −177 .375
11 Russia Enisey 24 6 18 1866 2093 −227 .250
12 Kazakhstan Astana 24 6 18 1843 2101 −258 .250
13
Tsmoki Minsk
 24 3 21 1747 2056 −309 .125
Source: VTB League

Results

Home \ Away AST AVT CSK ENI KAL KHI LOK NIZ
PAR
TSM
 UNI ZEN
ZGA
Astana — 83–92 60–93 60–78 61–77 77–82 86–82 69–79 80–84 74–109 74–87 70–77 88–82
Avtodor 107–85 — 82–98 85–79 87–61 85–82 89–85 93–99 70–93 113–66 97–110 62–89 90–91
CSKA Moscow 100–77 100–66 — 109–60 102–107 92–73 94–80 85–84 95–97 101–67 102–86 71–74 105–73
Enisey 77–76 86–85 80–91 — 89–94 77–92 79–106 86–96 52–86 81–86 77–84 67–85 73–94
Kalev/Cramo 85–92 85–77 72–94 75–86 — 91–84 94–105 86–84 72–85 88–82 49–76 51–87 79–86
Khimki 88–89 80–84 86–78 89–83 92–74 — 90–92 64–69 103–83 89–65 87–93 67–79 94–99
Lokomotiv Kuban 90–84 104–89 103–94 100–98 20–0 91–102 — 73–64 85–68 77–76 93–81 96–81 83–76
Nizhny Novgorod 75–73 86–80 63–83 83–79 95–85 96–85 73–94 — 88–73 78–57 66–91 62–70 100–93
Parma
 83–84 93–100 61–95 67–84 80–72 69–72 84–81 67–72 — 74–65 69–76 78–76 79–85
Tsmoki Minsk
 78–80 69–86 60–87 74–81 72–80 65–81 75–101 77–76 65–78 — 66–76 73–99 75–80
UNICS 101–83 94–65 76–83 75–64 83–66 83–76 77–98 87–56 69–51 83–77 — 59–58 65–64
Zenit Saint Petersburg 85–52 97–71 81–77 84–71 91–83 78–81 90–85 78–73 89–84 104–73 81–64 — 83–74
Zielona Góra
 110–86 77–64 93–90 117–79 88–95 70–89 99–114 93–97 95–92 89–75 92–86 74–94 —
Source: VTB United League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three format (1-1-1). Semifinals and finals were played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1).

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2
8
Parma
0
1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 3
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 2
5 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 1
3 Russia UNICS 0
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 3
2 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 2
7 Russia Khimki 0
2 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 0
3 Russia UNICS 3
3 Russia UNICS 2
6
Zielona Góra
0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2–0
Parma
 86–66 98–62 –
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia 2–0 Russia Khimki 89–80 92–85 –
UNICS Russia 2–0
Zielona Góra
 87–60 90–79 –
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–1 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 84–59 72–76 79–75

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1–3 Russia CSKA Moscow 73–78 107–104 OT 82–96 71–85 –
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia 0–3 Russia UNICS 87–98 OT 69–79 70–74 – –

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
UNICS Russia 0–3 Russia CSKA Moscow 77–85 57–76 81–89 – –

VTB League teams in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
CSKA Moscow EuroLeague 4th place
Khimki Regular season
Zenit Saint Petersburg Quarterfinals
Lokomotiv Kuban EuroCup Quarterfinals
UNICS Runner-up
Nizhny Novgorod Champions League Quarterfinals
Tsmoki-Minsk
 Regular season
Parma
 FIBA Europe Cup 4th place

Awards

Season awards

Award Player Team Ref.
Regular Season MVP Lithuania Mantas Kalnietis
Lokomotiv Kuban
[12]
Playoffs MVP Italy Daniel Hackett Russia CSKA Moscow
[13]
Scoring Champion United States Marcus Keene Estonia Kalev/Cramo
[14]
Young Player of the Year
Nikita Mikhailovsky
Avtodor Saratov
[15]
Coach of the Year Spain Xavi Pascual Russia Zenit
[16]
Performance of the Season Russia Anton Astapkovich Russia Nizhny Novgorod
[17]
Sixth Man of the Year Latvia Rolands Freimanis
Zastal Zielona Góra
[18]
Defensive Player of the Year United States John Brown Russia UNICS
[19]
Newcomer of the Year Denmark Gabriel Lundberg Poland Zastal Zielona Góra
[20]
First Team Lithuania Mantas Kalnietis Russia Lokomotiv Kuban [21]
Denmark Gabriel Lundberg Poland Zastal Zielona Góra
United States Marcus Keene Estonia Kalev/Cramo
Latvia Rolands Freimanis Poland Zastal Zielona Góra
United States Jordan Mickey Russia Khimki
Second Team Russia Alexey Shved Russia CSKA Moscow [22]
Canada Kevin Pangos Russia Zenit
United States Will Clyburn Russia CSKA Moscow
Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
United States Geoffrey Groselle Poland Zastal Zielona Góra

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
2020
September/October United States Billy Baron Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg [23]
November United States Alan Williams Russia Lokomotiv Kuban [24]
December Denmark Gabriel Lundberg
Zielona Góra
 [25]
2021
January United States Jamar Smith Russia UNICS [26]
February United States Drew Gordon Russia Lokomotiv Kuban [27]
March Germany Johannes Voigtmann Russia CSKA Moscow [28]
April United States Marcus Keene Estonia Kalev/Cramo [29]

References

  1. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Arena Velotrack Capacity: 9270 spectators
  2. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. DS Kristall Capacity: 5500
  3. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. USC CSKA named after Alexander Gomelskiy Capacity: 5000 spectators
  4. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Arena.Sever Capacity: 4000 spectators
  5. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Saku Suurhall» Capacity: 5500 spectators
  6. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Sportscomplex «BCMO» Capacity: 4000 spectators
  7. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Basket-hall» Capacity: 7500 spectators
  8. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Nizhniy Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace» Capacity: 5500 spectators
  9. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Minsk-Arena» Capacity: 15,000 spectators
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  11. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. SK Yubileyniy Capacity: 6381 spectators
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  24. ^ "Alan Williams named November MVP". VTB United League. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  25. ^ "Iffe Lundberg named December MVP". VTB United League. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  26. ^ "Jamar Smith named January MVP". VTB United League. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  27. ^ "Drew Gordon named February MVP". VTB United League. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  28. ^ "Johannes Voigtmann named March MVP". VTB United League. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  29. ^ "Marcus Keene named April MVP". VTB United League. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

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