2012–13 VTB United League

VTB United League
Champions	CSKA Moscow 4th title
Runners-up	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar
Teams	20 (from 10 countries)
Top seed	Žalgiris Kaunas
Awards
MVP	E. J. Rowland
Playoffs MVP	Victor Khryapa
Coach of the Year	Rimas Kurtinaitis
Young Player	Sergey Karasev
Statistical leaders
Points	E. J. Rowland 17.1
Rebounds	Aleks Marić 8.5
Assists	Aaron Miles 7.3

The VTB United League 2012–13 was the fourth complete season of Northern and Eastern Europe's most competitive basketball clubs. The tournament featured 20 teams from 10 countries. CSKA Moscow won its 4th VTB title, by beating Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar 3–1 in the Best-of-five Finals series.

Participants

Country (League)	Teams
Belarus (BPL)	Tsmoki-Minsk
Czech Republic (NBL)	ČEZ Basketball Nymburk
Estonia (KML)	Kalev/Cramo
Kazakhstan (Division 1)	Astana Tigers
Latvia (LBL)	VEF Rīga
Lithuania (LKL)	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
	Neptūnas Klaipėda
	Žalgiris Kaunas
Poland (PLK)	Turów Zgorzelec
Russia (PBL)	CSKA Moscow
	Enisey Krasnoyarsk
	Khimki Moscow Region
	Krasnye Krylya Samara
	Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
	Nizhny Novgorod
	Spartak Saint Petersburg
	Triumph Lyubertsy
	UNICS Kazan
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	Azovmash Mariupol
	Donetsk

Regular Season

Key to colors

	Advances to Quarterfinals
	Advances to Round of 16

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Khimki	18	14	4	1451	1305
2.	Unics Kazan	18	14	4	1328	1169
3.	Krasnye Krylya Samara	18	12	6	1353	1304
4.	Spartak Saint Petersburg	18	12	6	1292	1174
5.	Astana Tigers	18	10	8	1332	1416
6.	Donetsk	18	9	9	1429	1325
7.	Lietuvos rytas	18	9	9	1402	1397
8.	Turów Zgorzelec	18	4	14	1318	1403
9.	Azovmash Mariupol	18	3	15	1287	1447
10.	Kalev/Cramo	18	3	15	1202	1389

	AST	AZO	DON	KAL	KHI	KRA	LR	SPA	TUR	UNI
Astana Tigers		75–72	96–90	93–78	92–77	75–78	72–71	78–75	81–61	62–80
Azovmash Mariupol	82–89		68–75	76–71	77–91	73–92	88–94	76–81	76–66	71–78
Donetsk	76–56	83–66		67–46	66–84	96–87	95–79	88–80	99–85	63–74
Kalev/Cramo	81–85	73–77	61–60		57–65	73–83	60–73	53–71	72–68	52–70
Khimki	104–75	91–73	72–58	77–67		82–81	80–69	72–60	91–72	85–74
Krasnye Krylya Samara	61–66	72–62	64–59	83–73	76–67		89–72	75–70	81–77	56–69
Lietuvos rytas	93–60	75–56	99–97	95–73	79–88	81–70		63–83	78–71	87–80
Spartak Saint Petersburg	74–57	74–58	59–63	80–59	74–69	61–63	75–48		76–74	84–68
Turów Zgorzelec	93–66	78–69	83–81	80–81	79–86	74–76	86–78	59–63		64–69
Unics Kazan	70–54	89–67	66–48	86–72	76–70	74–66	74–68	51–52	80–48

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Žalgiris Kaunas	18	16	2	1499	1269
2.	CSKA Moscow	18	15	3	1390	1160
3.	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	18	12	6	1423	1318
4.	VEF Rīga	18	11	7	1523	1446
5.	Nizhny Novgorod	18	10	8	1320	1261
6.	Triumph Lyubertsy	18	9	9	1413	1363
7.	Enisey Krasnoyarsk	18	6	12	1337	1438
8.	ČEZ Basketball Nymburk	18	5	13	1282	1448
9.	Tsmoki-Minsk	18	3	15	1246	1451
10.	Neptūnas Klaipėda	18	3	15	1381	1597

	ČEZ	CSK	ENI	LOK	NEP	NN	TRI	TSM	VEF	ŽAL
ČEZ Basketball Nymburk		63–76	69–61	81–74	84–78	73–81	68–96	65–56	81–83	84–90
CSKA Moscow	84–75		77–52	83–56	79–57	83–60	80–71	68–57	83–75	68–74
Enisey Krasnoyarsk	81–59	64–73		87–94	63–77	62–67	74–78	77–74	96–93	64–99
Lokomotiv Kuban-Krasnodar	75–54	61–72	93–64		84–48	75–74	74–65	89–74	95–98	70–78
Neptūnas Klaipėda	96–86	72–83	88–89	83–95		72–90	88–97	110–106	60–86	62–90
Nizhny Novgorod	82–66	70–68	84–44	54–61	84–63		76–80	55–54	82–86	58–76
Triumph Lyubertsy	89–52	62–82	77–81	78–89	83–80	71–59		80–66	78–80	69–70
Tsmoki-Minsk	71–63	48–90	65–79	64–80	93–71	66–93	62–85		74–85	86–82
VEF Rīga	85–89	67–75	85–69	72–77	94–89	87–89	101–78	98–73		77–72
Žalgiris Kaunas	90–70	76–66	86–61	89–81	111–87	69–62	80–76	81–57	86–71

Playoffs

Round of 16

The teams that finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series.

			Series	1	2	3
Krasnye Krylya Samara	−	Triumph Lyubertsy	2–0	76–69	77–67	–
Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	−	Donetsk	2–0	86–80	88–77	–
Spartak Saint Petersburg	−	Nizhny Novgorod	1–2	83–69	57–62	85–88
VEF Rīga	−	Astana Tigers	2–1	76–89	87–54	76–67

Quarterfinals

The teams that finished first and two in the other group battled with 1/8 final winners in a Best-Of-5 series.

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
Khimki	−	VEF Rīga	3–0	103–82	104–82	82–60	–	–
Žalgiris Kaunas	–	Nizhny Novgorod	3–1	75–63	66–62	59–60	66–59	–
Unics Kazan	–	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	1–3	72–80	65–77	68–65	64–68	–
CSKA Moscow	−	Krasnye Krylya Samara	3–1	77–46	87–78	49–50	69–56	–

Semifinals

The teams that won in 1/4 final, battled with other 1/4 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
Khimki	−	CSKA Moscow	2–3	83–80	72–74	47–61	77–75	64–87
Žalgiris Kaunas	–	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	1–3	80–53	63–85	72–82	62–84	–

Final

The teams that won in 1/2 final, battled with other 1/2 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
CSKA Moscow	–	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	3–1	72–65	64–54	58–69	59–54	–

Rosters

Champion: Miloš Teodosić, Vladimir Micov, Aleksandr Gudumak, Aaron Jackson, Dmitry Sokolov, Nenad Krstić, Sonny Weems, Aleksei Zozulin, Zoran Erceg, Evgeny Voronov, Andrey Vorontsevich, Alexander Kaun, Victor Khryapa, Anton Ponkrashov, Theódoros Papaloukás (Coach: Ettore Messina)

• Top efficiency: Victor Khryapa, 15.0 EFF
• Top scorer: Sonny Weems, 11.0 PPG
• Top rebounder: Victor Khryapa, 7.0 RPG
• Top assister: Victor Khryapa, 4.3 APG

Runner-up: Maxim Grigoryev, Derrick Brown, Richard Hendrix, Alexey Savrasenko, Mantas Kalnietis, Sergey Bykov, Valeriy Likhodey, Simas Jasaitis, James Baron, Andrey Zubkov, Aleksandar Marić, Nicholas Calathes, Maksym Sheleketo (Coach: Evgeniy Pashutin)

• Top efficiency: Nicholas Calathes, 16.1 EFF
• Top scorer: Nicholas Calathes, 13.9 PPG
• Top rebounder: Aleksandar Marić, 6.6 RPG
• Top assister: Nicholas Calathes, 6.1 APG

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: E. J. Rowland (VEF Riga)
• Playoffs MVP: Victor Khryapa (PBC CSKA Moscow)
• Young Player of the Year: Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy)

Nationality awards

For the first time, awards were handed out to the best player by nationality.

Nationality	Player	Team	Ref.
Czech	Petr Benda	CEZ Nymburk
Estonian	Tanel Sokk	Kalev/Cramo
Polish	Aaron Cel	Turów Zgorzelec
Kazakh	Anton Ponomarev	Astana
Belarusian	Vladimir Veremeenko	UNICS Kazan
Latvian	Kristaps Janicenoks	VEF Rīga
Ukrainian	Oleksiy Pecherov	Azovmash
Lithuanian	Mantas Kalnietis	Lokomotiv-Kuban
Russian	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow

Monthly MVP

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
October	Ksistof Lavrinovic	Žalgiris Kaunas
November	E.J. Rowland	VEF Rīga
December	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow
January	Zackary Wright	Spartak St. Petersburg
February	Mantas Kalnietis	Lokomotiv-Kuban
March	Darius Songaila	Azovmash

External links

• Official Website (Russian)
• Official Website (English)