VTB United League
Season2022–23
Duration2 October 2022 – 20 January 2023
(First stage)
28 January – 26 March 2023
(Second stage)
31 March – 16 May 2023
(Playoffs)
Number of teams12
Finals
ChampionsRussia UNICS
  Runners-upRussia Lokomotiv-Kuban
Third placeRussia CSKA Moscow
Fourth placeRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Playoffs MVPNorth Macedonia Nenad Dimitrijević
Records
Biggest home winUNICS 109–54 Astana
(16 October 2022)
Biggest away winAstana 51–99 Samara
(4 January 2023)
Highest scoringUNICS 112–104 (OT) CSKA Moscow
(15 February 2023)
Highest attendance9,727
MINSK 70–92 Lokomotiv-Kuban
(20 November 2022)
Lowest attendance334
Astana 84–72 PARMA-PARI
(13 October 2022)
2023–24 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to VTB Bank.

The 2022–23 VTB United League was the 14th season of the VTB United League. It was the 10th season that the league functions as the Russian domestic top tier level. It started on 2 October 2022 with the regular season and ended on 16 May 2023 with the finals.

Zenit Saint Petersburg was the defending champion.

Format changes

For this season, the regular season will be divided into two phases since none team will participate in European competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][2] At the first phase, 12 teams will play two rounds, after which the teams will be divided into two groups: Group A with top six teams from first phase and Group B with last six teams from first phase. At the second phase, the teams will play among themselves in their groups for two more rounds. For the playoffs, all series will be played in best-of-seven playoffs, except for the quarterfinals that will be played in best-of-five playoffs.[3]

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2021–22 season (eight Russian teams, one Belarusian team and one Kazakhstani team) and two newly-joined Russian sides (Samara and MBA Moscow).[3][4] Other two Russian sides (Uralmash Ekaterinburg and Runa Moscow) also applied to participate, but they did not fulfill the requirements to join the league.[1]

Venues and locations

Locations of teams in the 2022–23 VTB United League
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Kazakhstan Astana Astana Arena Velotrack 9,270[5]
Russia Avtodor Saratov DS Kristall 5,500[6]
Russia CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,344[7]
Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Arena.Sever 4,000[8]
Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar Basket-Hall 7,500[9]
Russia MBA Moscow Moscow Basket Hall Moscow 5,000
Belarus MINSK Minsk Falcon Club Arena
Minsk-Arena 15,000[10]
Russia Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace 5,500[11]
Russia PARMA-PARI Perm UDS Molot 7,000
Russia Samara Samara Ice Sports Palace 5,000
Russia UNICS Kazan Basket-Hall 7,000[12]
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena 6,381[13]

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 22 22 0 2165 1633 +532 44 Qualification to Group A
2 Russia UNICS 22 20 2 1927 1583 +344 42
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 22 16 6 1816 1563 +253 38
4 Russia Pari Nizhny Novgorod 22 13 9 1659 1647 +12 35
5 Russia MBA Moscow 22 13 9 1743 1705 +38 35
6 Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban 22 12 10 1724 1689 +35 34
7 Russia Samara 22 9 13 1706 1688 +18 31 Qualification to Group B
8 Russia PARMA-PARI 22 9 13 1735 1800 −65 31
9 Russia Avtodor 22 7 15 1751 1841 −90 29
10 Russia Yenisey 22 6 16 1623 1772 −149 28
11 Kazakhstan Astana 22 4 18 1434 1902 −468 26
12 Belarus MINSK 22 1 21 1338 1798 −460 23

Results

Home \ Away AST AVT CSK ENI LOK MBA MIN NIZ PAR SAM UNI ZEN
Astana — 70–69 64–101 57–88 67–98 69–103 77–48 60–80 84–72 51–99 41–79 75–93
Avtodor 94–72 — 75–102 86–81 84–100 72–68 88–77 69–71 94–95 74–69 71–83 91–79
CSKA Moscow 100–72 103–76 — 102–66 94–80 110–78 107–63 107–63 109–71 95–82 92–79 100–80
Yenisey 89–76 88–84 81–109 — 69–71 85–80 61–63 82–90 74–76 72–65 79–89 61–89
Lokomotiv-Kuban 73–53 89–76 64–84 75–71 — 73–86 74–56 63–73 88–86 79–70 70–82 62–68
MBA Moscow 81–59 85–70 75–92 89–76 89–76 — 81–62 55–88 102–87 71–60 81–97 76–75
MINSK 65–76 72–97 66–101 36–54 70–92 61–76 — 57–68 48–77 68–80 54–58 66–91
Pari Nizhny Novgorod 86–59 74–69 79–109 73–67 93–79 80–87 84–67 — 78–73 52–90 57–75 67–72
PARMA-PARI 94–74 89–83 74–83 88–75 85–92 78–70 85–62 85–83 — 81–83 82–89 60–65
Samara 93–58 87–82 72–85 92–86 77–80 74–82 78–71 60–83 80–63 — 74–86 70–82
UNICS 109–54 95–76 93–95 104–59 83–75 74–66 102–53 86–71 93–74 94–86 — 95–94
Zenit Saint Petersburg 88–66 92–71 80–85 78–59 73–71 87–62 91–53 76–66 91–60 93–65 79–82 —
Source: VTB United League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Russia CSK Russia UNI Russia ZEN Russia NIZ Russia LOK Russia MBA
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 32 30 2 3060 2417 +643 62 Qualification to playoffs — 91–77 86–90 76–75 94–74 94–70
2 Russia UNICS 32 24 8 2724 2406 +318 56 112–104 — 69–80 86–85 70–103 73–58
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 32 23 9 2621 2313 +308 55 69–72 83–78 — 83–67 90–92 73–71
4 Russia Pari Nizhny Novgorod 32 17 15 2392 2409 −17 49 70–89 78–68 79–70 — 75–70 55–69
5 Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban 32 17 15 2523 2470 +53 49 66–98 78–70 74–77 80–82 — 73–65
6 Russia MBA Moscow 32 15 17 2413 2504 −91 47 81–91 63–94 62–90 71–67 60–89 —

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Russia PAR Russia AVT Russia ENI Russia SAM Kazakhstan AST Belarus MIN
1 Russia PARMA-PARI 32 16 16 2498 2530 −32 48 Qualification to playoffs — 83–91 79–78 72–67 94–59 82–67
2 Russia Avtodor 32 15 17 2553 2598 −45 47 85–59 — 58–73 93–83 79–70 78–70
3 Russia Yenisey 32 14 18 2394 2445 −51 46 81–76 82–86 — 79–74 77–67 75–55
4 Russia Samara 32 13 19 2514 2452 +62 45 74–77 83–87 69–74 — 89–75 90–56
5 Kazakhstan Astana 32 5 27 2146 2736 −590 37 73–74 73–80 67–83 73–92 — 86–82
6 Belarus MINSK 32 3 29 2008 2566 −558 35 55–67 81–65 42–69 78–87 84–69 —

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                            
2 Russia UNICS 101 94 73 — — 3
7 Russia PARMA-PARI 76 59 52 — — 0
2 Russia UNICS 94 68 71 77 78 80 80 4
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 67 59 83 104 63 82 79 3
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 61 87 86 99 — 3
6 Russia MBA Moscow 65 60 61 80 — 1
2 Russia UNICS 76 79 82 90 98 — — 4
5 Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban 88 76 81 88 89 — — 1
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 103 111 76 — — 3
8 Russia Avtodor 68 85 67 — — 0
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 87 83 81 79 68 98 100 3 Third place
5 Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban 84 84 84 73 85 75 103 4
4 Russia Pari Nizhny Novgorod 81 72 81 — — 0 1 Russia CSKA Moscow 66 85 71 77 82 — — 4
5 Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban 93 77 92 — — 3 3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 86 61 60 72 79 — — 1

Source: VTB United League

VTB League teams in continental competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
AstanaWest Asia Super League 3rd place

Awards

Award Player Team Ref.
Regular Season MVPSerbia Nikola MilutinovRussia CSKA Moscow
Playoffs MVPNorth Macedonia Nenad DimitrijevićRussia UNICS
Scoring ChampionUnited States Malik NewmanRussia Avtodor
Young Player of the YearRussia Andrey MartiukRussia Lokomotiv-Kuban
Coach of the YearNorth Macedonia Emil RajkovićRussia CSKA Moscow
Performance of the SeasonUnited States Justin RobersonRussia PARMA-PARI
Sixth Man of the YearUnited States Jalen ReynoldsRussia UNICS
Defensive Player of the YearRussia Evgeny BaburinRussia Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Newcomer of the YearFrance Thomas HeurtelRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg
First Team France Thomas Heurtel Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg [23]
United States Daryl Macon Russia UNICS
United States Jaylen Barford Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
France Louis Labeyrie Russia UNICS
Serbia Nikola Milutinov Russia CSKA Moscow
Second Team United States Jermaine Love Russia Nizhny Novgorod [24]
Russia Alexey Shved Russia CSKA Moscow
United States Justin Robinson Russia Parma
United States Livio Jean-Charles Russia CSKA Moscow
United States James Thompson Russia Enisey

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
2022
OctoberSerbia Nikola MilutinovRussia CSKA Moscow[25]
NovemberFrance Thomas HeurtelRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg[26]
DecemberUnited States Jalen ReynoldsRussia UNICS[27]
2023
JanuaryRussia Alexey ShvedRussia CSKA Moscow[28]
FebruaryUnited States Malik NewmanRussia Avtodor[29]
MarchUnited States Isaiah ReeseRussia PARMA-PARI[30]

References

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  5. ↑ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Arena Velotrack Capacity: 9270 spectators
  6. ↑ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017. DS Kristall Capacity: 5500
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  8. ↑ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Arena.Sever Capacity: 4000 spectators
  9. ↑ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Basket-hall» Capacity: 7500 spectators
  10. ↑ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Minsk-Arena» Capacity: 15,000 spectators
  11. ↑ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Nizhniy Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace» Capacity: 5500 spectators
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  27. ↑ "Jalen Reynolds is the MVP of December". VTB United League. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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  30. ↑ "Isaiah Reese is the MVP of March". VTB United League. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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