2012–13 VTB United League

The VTB United League 2012–13 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.

VTB United League
Season2012–13
Teams20 (from 10 countries)
Final positions
Top seedŽalgiris Kaunas
Champions CSKA Moscow
4th title
Runners-up Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar
Awards
MVP E. J. Rowland
Playoffs MVP Victor Khryapa
Young Player Sergey Karasev
Statistical leaders
Points E. J. Rowland 17.1
Rebounds Aleks Marić 8.5
Assists Aaron Miles 7.3

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 1814414511305
2. Unics Kazan 1814413281169
3. Krasnye Krylya Samara 1812613531304
4. Spartak Saint Petersburg 1812612921174
5. Astana Tigers 1810813321416
6. Donetsk 189914291325
7. Lietuvos rytas 189914021397
8. Turów Zgorzelec 1841413181403
9. Azovmash Mariupol 1831512871447
10. Kalev/Cramo 1831512021389
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 1816214991269
2. CSKA Moscow 1815313901160
3. Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar 1812614231318
4. VEF Rīga 1811715231446
5. Nizhny Novgorod 1810813201261
6. Triumph Lyubertsy 189914131363
7. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 1861213371438
8. ČEZ Basketball Nymburk 1851312821448
9. Tsmoki-Minsk 1831512461451
10. Neptūnas Klaipėda 1831513811597
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.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Krasnye Krylya Samara 2–0 Triumph Lyubertsy 76–69 77–67 0
Lokomotiv-Kuban 2–0 Donetsk 86–80 88–77 0
Spartak Saint Petersburg 1–2 Nizhny Novgorod 83–69 57–62 85–88
VEF Rīga 2–1 Astana Tigers 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.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Khimki 3–0 VEF Rīga 103–82 104–82 82–6000
Žalgiris Kaunas 3–1 Nizhny Novgorod 75–63 66–62 59–6066–590
Unics Kazan 1–3 Lokomotiv-Kuban 72–80 65–77 68–6564–680
CSKA Moscow 3–1 Krasnye Krylya Samara 77–46 87–78 49–5069–560

Semifinals

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

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Khimki 2–3 CSKA Moscow 83–80 72–74 47–6177–7564–87
Žalgiris Kaunas 1–3 Lokomotiv-Kuban 80–53 63–85 72–8262–840

Final

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

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
CSKA Moscow 3–1 Lokomotiv-Kuban 72–65 64–54 58–6959–540

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)

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)

Awards

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 [2]
Estonian Tanel Sokk Kalev/Cramo [3]
Polish Aaron Cel Turów Zgorzelec [4]
Kazakh Anton Ponomarev Astana [5]
Belarusian Vladimir Veremeenko UNICS Kazan [6]
Latvian Kristaps Janicenoks VEF Rīga [7]
Ukrainian Oleksiy Pecherov Azovmash [7]
Lithuanian Mantas Kalnietis Lokomotiv-Kuban [8]
Russian Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow [9]

Monthly MVP
Month Player Team Ref.
October Ksistof Lavrinovic Žalgiris Kaunas [7]
November E.J. Rowland VEF Rīga [10]
December Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow [11]
January Zack Wright Spartak St. Petersburg [12]
February Mantas Kalnietis Lokomotiv-Kuban [13]
March Darius Songaila Azovmash [14]

References
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