2012–13 VTB United League

2011–12 2013–14 2012–13 VTB United League #07418B white RUS CSKA Moscow4th title RUS Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar 20 (from 10 countries) Žalgiris Kaunas BUL 20px E. J. Rowland VTB United League MVP RUS 20px Victor Khryapa VTB United League Playoffs MVP Coach of the Year Young Player RUS 20px Sergey Karasev BUL 20px E. J. Rowland 17.1 AUS 20px Aleks Marić 8.5 USA 20px Aaron Miles 7.3 The 2012–13 VTB United League was the fourth complete season of the VTB United League, which is Northern and Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition. The tournament featured 20 teams, from 10 countries. CSKA Moscow won its 4th VTB title, by beating Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar, 3–1, in a best-of-five Finals series. Participants Country (League)TeamsBLR Belarus (BPL)Tsmoki-MinskCZE Czech Republic (NBL)ČEZ Basketball NymburkEST Estonia (KML)Kalev/CramoKAZ Kazakhstan (Division 1)Astana TigersLVA Latvia (LBL)VEF RīgaLTU Lithuania (LKL)Lietuvos Rytas VilniusNeptūnas KlaipėdaŽalgiris KaunasPOL Poland (PLK)Turów ZgorzelecRUS Russia (PBL)CSKA MoscowEnisey KrasnoyarskKhimki Moscow RegionKrasnye Krylya SamaraLokomotiv Kuban KrasnodarNizhny NovgorodSpartak Saint PetersburgTriumph LyubertsyUNICS KazanUKR Ukraine (SuperLeague)Azovmash MariupolDonetsk Regular season + Key to colors     Advances to Quarterfinals     Advances to Round of 16 Group A TeamPldWLPFPA 1. RUS Khimki 18 14 4 1451 1305 2. RUS Unics Kazan 18 14 4 1328 1169 3. RUS Krasnye Krylya Samara 18 12 6 1353 1304 4. RUS Spartak Saint Petersburg 18 12 6 1292 1174 5. KAZ Astana Tigers 18 10 8 1332 1416 6. UKR Donetsk 18 9 9 1429 1325 7. LTU Lietuvos rytas 18 9 9 1402 1397 8. POL Turów Zgorzelec 18 4 14 1318 1403 9. UKR Azovmash Mariupol 18 3 15 1287 1447 10. EST Kalev/Cramo 18 3 15 1202 1389 ASTAZODONKALKHIKRALRSPATURUNIKAZ Astana Tigers75–7296–9093–7892–77 75–7872–7178–7581–6162–80UKR Azovmash Mariupol82–8968–7576–7177–9173–9288–9476–8176–6671–78UKR Donetsk76–5683–66 67–4666–8496–8795–7988–8099–8563–74EST Kalev/Cramo81–8573–7761–6057–6573–8360–7353–7172–6852–70RUS Khimki104–7591–7372–5877–6782–8180–6972–6091–7285–74RUS Krasnye Krylya Samara61–6672–6264–5983–7376–6789–7275–7081–7756–69LTU Lietuvos rytas93–6075–5699–9795–7379–8881–7063–8378–7187–80RUS Spartak Saint Petersburg74–5774–5859–6380–5974–6961–6375–4876–7484–68POL Turów Zgorzelec93–6678–6983–8180–8179–8674–7686–7859–6364–69RUS Unics Kazan70–5489–6766–4886–7276–7074–6674–6851–5280–48 Group B TeamPldWLPFPA 1. LTU Žalgiris Kaunas 18 16 2 1499 1269 2. RUS CSKA Moscow 18 15 3 1390 1160 3. RUS Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar 18 12 6 1423 1318 4. LAT VEF Rīga 18 11 7 1523 1446 5. RUS Nizhny Novgorod 18 10 8 1320 1261 6. RUS Triumph Lyubertsy 18 9 9 1413 1363 7. RUS Enisey Krasnoyarsk 18 6 12 1337 1438 8. CZE ČEZ Basketball Nymburk 18 5 13 1282 1448 9. BLR Tsmoki-Minsk 18 3 15 1246 1451 10. LTU Neptūnas Klaipėda 18 3 15 1381 1597 ČEZCSKENILOKNEPNNTRITSMVEFŽALCZE ČEZ Basketball Nymburk63–7669–6181–7484–7873–8168–9665–5681–8384–90RUS CSKA Moscow84–75 77–5283–5679–5783–6080–7168–5783–75 68–74 RUS Enisey Krasnoyarsk81–5964–7387–9463–7762–6774–7877–7496–9364–99RUS Lokomotiv Kuban-Krasnodar75–5461–7293–64 84–48 75–7474–6589–7495–9870–78LTU Neptūnas Klaipėda96–8672–8388–8983–9572–9088–97110–10660–8662–90RUS Nizhny Novgorod82–6670–6884–4454–6184–6376–8055–5482–8658–76RUS Triumph Lyubertsy89–5262–8277–8178–8983–8071–5980–6678–8069–70BLR Tsmoki-Minsk71–6348–9065–7964–8093–7166–9362–8574–8586–82LAT VEF Rīga85–8967–7585–6972–7794–8987–89101–7898–7377–72LTU Žalgiris Kaunas90–7076–6686–6189–81111–8769–6280–7681–5786–71 Playoffs Round of 16 The teams that finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series. 3 Krasnye Krylya Samara RUS 2–0 Triumph Lyubertsy RUS 76–69 77–67 Lokomotiv-Kuban RUS 2–0 Donetsk UKR 86–80 88–77 Spartak Saint Petersburg RUS 1–2 Nizhny Novgorod RUS 83–69 57–62 85–88 VEF Rīga LAT 2–1 Astana Tigers KAZ 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. 5 Khimki RUS 3–0 VEF Rīga LAT 103–82 104–82 82–60 Žalgiris Kaunas LTU 3–1 Nizhny Novgorod RUS 75–63 66–62 59–60 66–59 Unics Kazan RUS 1–3 Lokomotiv-Kuban RUS 72–80 65–77 68–65 64–68 CSKA Moscow RUS 3–1 Krasnye Krylya Samara RUS 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. 5 Khimki RUS 2–3 CSKA Moscow RUS 83–80 72–74 47–61 77–75 64–87 Žalgiris Kaunas LTU 1–3 Lokomotiv-Kuban RUS 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. 5 CSKA Moscow RUS 3–1 Lokomotiv-Kuban RUS 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, Sasha Kaun, Victor Khryapa, Anton Ponkrashov, Theo Papaloukas (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, Aleks Marić, Nick Calathes, Maksym Sheleketo (Coach: Evgeniy Pashutin) Top efficiency: Nick Calathes, 16.1 EFF Top scorer: Nick Calathes, 13.9 PPG Top rebounder: Aleks Marić, 6.6 RPG Top assister: Nick Calathes, 6.1 APG Awards Most Valuable Player: BUL E. J. Rowland (VEF Riga) http://www.vtb-league.com/en/widget/history.htm#mbt:15-550$t&0=3&4=2&5=2 History and Records Vtb-league.com/en 2014-04-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140417083235/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/widget/history.htm#mbt:15-550$t&0=3&4=2&5=2 2014-04-17 dead Playoffs MVP: RUS Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow) Young Player of the Year: RUS Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy) All-Tournament First Team GRE Nick Calathes (Lokomotiv-Kuban) RUS Vitaly Fridzon (Khimky) USA Sonny Weems (CSKA Moscow) RUS Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow) USA Paul Davis (Khimky) All-Tournament Second Team SRB Miloš Teodosić (CSKA Moscow) BUL E. J. Rowland (VEF Rīga) LIT Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Žalgiris) Australia Aleks Marić (Lokomotiv-Kuban) SRB Nenad Krstić (CSKA Moscow) Nationality awards For the first time, awards were handed out to the best player by nationality. Nationality Player Team Ref. CZE Czech Petr Benda CZE CEZ Nymburk http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/petr-benda--leagues-top-czech-player.htm Petr Benda – League’s top Czech player | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424163041/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/petr-benda--leagues-top-czech-player.htm 2014-04-24 dead EST Estonian Tanel Sokk EST Kalev/Cramo http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/tanel-sokk--leagues-top-estonian-player.htm Tanel Sokk – League’s top Estonian player | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424110935/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/tanel-sokk--leagues-top-estonian-player.htm 2014-04-24 dead POL Polish Aaron Cel POL Turów Zgorzelec http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/aaron-cel--leagues-top-polish-player.htm Aaron Cel – League’s top Polish player | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424163850/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/aaron-cel--leagues-top-polish-player.htm 2014-04-24 dead KAZ Kazakh Anton Ponomarev KAZ Astana http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/anton-ponomarev--leagues-top-kazakh-player.htm Anton Ponomarev – League’s top Kazakh player | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626103327/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/anton-ponomarev--leagues-top-kazakh-player.htm 2015-06-26 dead Belarus Belarusian Vladimir Veremeenko RUS UNICS Kazan http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/vladimir-veremeenko--leagues-top-belarusian-player.htm Vladimir Veremeenko – League’s top Belarusian player | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424162111/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/vladimir-veremeenko--leagues-top-belarusian-player.htm 2014-04-24 dead LAT Latvian Kristaps Janicenoks LAT VEF Rīga http://www.vtb-league.com/en/mvp/sezon-2012-13.htm Awards | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20131017001852/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/mvp/sezon-2012-13.htm 2013-10-17 dead UKR Ukrainian Oleksiy Pecherov UKR Azovmash LIT Lithuanian Mantas Kalnietis RUS Lokomotiv-Kuban http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/mantas-kalnietis--leagues-top-lithuanian-player.htm Mantas Kalnietis – League’s top Lithuanian player | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20131019125921/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/mantas-kalnietis--leagues-top-lithuanian-player.htm 2013-10-19 dead RUS Russian Victor Khryapa RUS CSKA Moscow http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/victor-khryapa--leagues-top-russian-player.htm Victor Khryapa – League’s top Russian player | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424163445/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/victor-khryapa--leagues-top-russian-player.htm 2014-04-24 dead Monthly MVP Month Player TeamRef. October LIT Ksistof Lavrinovic LIT Žalgiris Kaunas November BUL E.J. Rowland Latvia VEF Rīga http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/november-mvp--ej-rowland.htm November MVP – E.J. Rowland | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424161116/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/november-mvp--ej-rowland.htm 2014-04-24 dead December SRB Miloš Teodosić RUS CSKA Moscow http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/december-mvp--milos-teodosic.htm December MVP – Milos Teodosic | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424165032/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/december-mvp--milos-teodosic.htm 2014-04-24 dead January Bosnia Zack Wright RUS Spartak St. Petersburg http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/zack-wright--january-mvp.htm Zack Wright – January MVP | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424165028/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/zack-wright--january-mvp.htm 2014-04-24 dead February LIT Mantas Kalnietis RUS Lokomotiv-Kuban http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/mantas-kalnietis--february-mvp.htm Mantas Kalnietis – February MVP | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424161839/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/mantas-kalnietis--february-mvp.htm 2014-04-24 dead March LIT Darius Songaila UKR Azovmash http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/darius-songaila---march-mvp.htm Darius Songaila - March MVP | VTB United League Vtb-league.com 1996-08-20 2014-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424162930/http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/darius-songaila---march-mvp.htm 2014-04-24 dead References 30em External links Official Website ru Official Website en 2012-13 Category:2012–13 in European basketball leagues Category:2012–13 in Russian basketball Category:2012–13 in Lithuanian basketball Category:2012–13 in Ukrainian basketball Category:2012–13 in Latvian basketball Category:2012–13 in Estonian basketball Category:2012–13 in Polish basketball Category:2012–13 in Belarusian basketball Category:2012–13 in Kazakhstani basketball Category:2012–13 in Czech basketball