2017–18 VTB United League

Basketball league season

VTB United League
The VTB Ice Palace in Moscow hosted the Final Four
Season	2017–18
Games played	156
Teams	13
Regular season
EuroLeague	Khimki
EuroCup	UNICS Zenit Saint Petersburg Lokomotiv Kuban
Season MVP	Nando de Colo
Finals
Champions	Russia CSKA Moscow (9th title)
Runners-up	Russia Khimki
Third place	Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Fourth place	Russia UNICS
Final Four MVP	Sergio Rodríguez
Records
Biggest home win	Lokomotiv Kuban 106–57 Enisey (5 May 2018)
Biggest away win	VEF 64–104 Khimki (9 October 2017)
Highest scoring	CSKA 108–100 Kalev/Cramo (4 December 2017) Avtodor 98–110 CSKA (4 March 2018)
Winning streak	12 games CSKA
Losing streak	7 games Enisey
Highest attendance	7,389 Lokomotiv Kuban 93–78 Khimki (21 January 2018)
Lowest attendance	350 VEF 82–70 Tsmoki (28 January 2018)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 VTB United League was the 9th complete season of the VTB United League. It is also the fifth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. It started on 5 October 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 10 June 2018 with the championship game of the Final Four. CSKA Moscow were the defending champions.

CSKA Moscow successfully defended its title as it won the final over Khimki.

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Kazakhstan Astana	Astana	Arena Velotrack	9,270^[2]
Russia Avtodor Saratov	Saratov	DS Kristall	5,500^[3]
Russia CSKA Moscow	Moscow	USC CSKA	5,000^[4]
Russia Enisey	Krasnoyarsk	Arena.Sever	4,000^[5]
Estonia Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall	5,500^[6]
Russia Khimki	Khimki	BCMO	4,000^[7]
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban	Krasnodar	Basket-Hall	7,500^[8]
Russia Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Trade Union Sport Palace	5,500^[9]
Russia Parma	Perm	UDS Molot	7,000
Belarus Tsmoki Minsk	Minsk	Minsk-Arena	15,000^[10]
Russia UNICS	Kazan	Basket-Hall	7,000^[11]
Latvia VEF Rīga	Riga	Arēna Rīga	12,000^[12]
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	SK Yubileyniy	6,381^[13]

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Astana	Greece Kostas Flevarakis	Tuta
Avtodor Saratov	Ukraine Vladimir Anstiferov	Digs
CSKA Moscow	Greece Dimitrios Itoudis	Nike	Rostelecom
Enisey	Russia Oleg Okulov	Nike
Kalev/Cramo	Lithuania Donaldas Kairys	Nike	Cramo
Khimki	Greece Georgios Bartzokas	Adidas	Khimki Group
Lokomotiv Kuban	Serbia Saša Obradović	Under Armour	Russian Railways
Nizhny Novgorod	Serbia Zoran Lukić	Nike	T+ Group
Parma	Russia Vyacheslav Shushakov	Peak	T+ Group
Tsmoki Minsk	Belarus Igor Griszczuk	Adidas
UNICS	Greece Dimitrios Priftis	Peak
VEF Rīga	Latvia Jānis Gailītis	Adidas
Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia Vasiliy Karasev	Nike	Nipigas

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Russia CSKA Moscow	24	22	2	2268	1894	+374	.917	Advance to playoffs
2	Russia UNICS	24	22	2	2074	1829	+245	.917
3	Russia Lokomotiv Kuban	24	17	7	2036	1755	+281	.708
4	Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg	24	16	8	2053	2052	+1	.667
5	Russia Avtodor Saratov	24	14	10	2107	2104	+3	.583
6	Russia Khimki	24	13	11	2038	1942	+96	.542
7	Russia Nizhny Novgorod	24	10	14	2046	2094	−48	.417
8	Latvia VEF Rīga	24	8	16	1864	1980	−116	.333
9	Belarus Tsmoki Minsk	24	8	16	1792	1982	−190	.333
10	Kazakhstan Astana	24	7	17	1836	1932	−96	.292
11	Russia Parma	24	7	17	1951	2086	−135	.292
12	Estonia Kalev/Cramo	24	6	18	2030	2196	−166	.250
13	Russia Enisey	24	6	18	1892	2141	−249	.250

Home \ Away	AST	SAR	CSK	ENI	KAL	KHI	LOK	NIZ	PAR	TSM	UNI	VEF	ZEN
Astana	—	75–92	72–92	92–75	102–92	84–79	50–83	73–85	78–84	77–59	73–78	67–53	87–64
Avtodor Saratov	92–86	—	98–110	102–83	82–77	104–92	77–110	84–75	82–87	104–82	78–80	89–84	92–107
CSKA Moscow	79–63	93–66	—	108–73	108–100	90–71	79–90	97–80	101–94	90–54	80–63	94–69	100–84
Enisey	90–76	83–88	72–87	—	88–91	84–89	49–75	98–90	96–77	91–80	89–93	68–75	84–104
Kalev/Cramo	83–73	95–89	95–105	97–88	—	92–84	62–88	97–103	74–76	80–85	67–75	98–94	89–95
Khimki	72–71	88–75	81–96	92–62	96–85	—	83–90	90–87	90–87	83–55	80–83	73–77	66–76
Lokomotiv Kuban	79–78	90–93	75–78	106–57	95–62	93–78	—	94–64	94–64	67–56	67–77	83–70	87–84
Nizhny Novgorod	79–78	84–82	90–104	79–85	103–85	79–82	92–86	—	73–88	82–91	89–91	80–64	100–90
Parma	84–90	94–96	76–111	96–73	104–84	69–106	73–86	80–82	—	81–88	81–88	87–69	94–99
Tsmoki Minsk	75–66	82–85	83–93	74–88	87–84	79–82	88–84	70–78	66–65	—	65–91	84–77	81–82
UNICS	90–75	89–82	75–88	91–76	104–78	80–79	93–65	99–93	84–70	87–62	—	89–81	94–60
VEF Rīga	89–77	79–82	83–102	94–67	87–83	64–104	69–71	94–90	78–67	82–70	69–81	—	80–90
Zenit Saint Petersburg	84–73	79–93	87–83	85–73	85–80	80–98	79–78	92–89	98–73	83–76	82–99	84–83	—

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4
CSKA Moscow Russia	3–0	Latvia VEF Rīga	112–83	100–80	99–73
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia	3–0	Russia Avtodor Saratov	91–80	79–73	90–78
UNICS Russia	3–1	Russia Nizhny Novgorod	84–66	74–77	95–94	101–86
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia	0–3	Russia Khimki	66–79	72–77	73–86

8 June 2018	CSKA Moscow Russia	84–67	Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
18:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 30–20, 19–11, 21–26
Pts: Rodríguez 21 Rebs: Clyburn 5 Asts: Rodríguez 5 Eff: Rodríguez 29	Boxscore	Pts: Harper 16 Rebs: Harper 7 Asts: Harper 4 Eff: Harper 18	Arena: VTB Ice Palace Attendance: 5,700 Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Jakub Zamojski (POL), Alexey Davydov (RUS)

8 June 2018	UNICS Russia	71–76	Russia Khimki	Moscow
21:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 14–15, 15–14, 24–24
Pts: Smith 23 Rebs: Lasme 12 Asts: Smith 4 Eff: Lasme, Smith 22	Boxscore	Pts: Shved 36 Rebs: Thomas 8 Asts: Shved 5 Eff: Shved 24	Arena: VTB Ice Palace Attendance: 5,350 Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Petri Mäntylä (FIN)

10 June 2018	UNICS Russia	79–93	Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 26–26, 20–18, 18–23
Pts: Smith 16 Rebs: Ponkrashov 9 Asts: Ponkrashov 4 Eff: three players 18	Boxscore	Pts: Kuric 29 Rebs: Whittington 7 Asts: Karasev 3 Eff: Kuric 28	Arena: VTB Ice Palace Attendance: 6,230 Referees: Jakub Zamojski (POL), Robert Vyklický (CZE), Semen Ovinov (RUS)

10 June 2018	CSKA Moscow Russia	95–84	Russia Khimki	Moscow
19:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 27–23, 25–28, 16–15
Pts: Higgins 20 Rebs: Hines 8 Asts: Rodríguez 8 Eff: Hines 22	Boxscore	Pts: Shved 21 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: Shved 9 Eff: Thomas 19	Arena: VTB Ice Palace Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Fernando Rocha (POR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Russia CSKA Moscow ^[a]	29	27	2	Qualification to EuroLeague
2	Russia Khimki	29	17	12	Qualification to EuroLeague
3	Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg	29	20	9	Qualification to EuroCup
4	Russia UNICS	30	25	5	Qualification to EuroCup
5	Russia Lokomotiv Kuban	27	17	10	Qualification to EuroCup
6	Russia Avtodor Saratov	24	14	10	Qualification to Champions League
7	Russia Nizhny Novgorod	28	11	17	Qualification to Champions League
8	Latvia VEF Rīga	27	8	19
9	Belarus Tsmoki Minsk	24	8	16
10	Kazakhstan Astana	24	7	17
11	Russia Parma	24	7	17
12	Estonia Kalev/Cramo	24	6	18
13	Russia Enisey	24	6	18

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Russia Parma	57,499	6,254	3,517	4,792	−6.3%^†
2	Russia Lokomotiv Kuban	58,688	7,389	2,856	4,514	+3.7%^†
3	Russia UNICS	54,195	6,223	1,786	3,871	+167.1%^†
4	Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg	45,304	5,670	1,780	3,485	−3.0%^†
5	Russia Avtodor Saratov	38,016	5,048	1,470	2,715	+2.5%^†
6	Russia CSKA Moscow	28,896	4,500	600	2,064	−5.5%^†
7	Russia Khimki	27,721	3,500	1,014	1,980	−10.8%^†
8	Russia Nizhny Novgorod	24,905	2,598	1,078	1,779	+133.8%^†
9	Kazakhstan Astana	14,994	1,952	734	1,250	+79.3%^†
10	Belarus Tsmoki Minsk	13,570	1,363	851	1,131	+2.3%^†
11	Estonia Kalev/Cramo	13,350	2,800	600	1,113	−1.7%^†
12	Russia Enisey	10,810	3,000	400	901	−44.8%^†
13	Latvia VEF Rīga	8,100	1,500	350	623	−22.9%^†
League total	396,048	7,389	350	2,343	+7.1%^†

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2017
October	Spain Quino Colom	Russia UNICS	^[18]
November	France Nando de Colo	Russia CSKA Moscow	^[19]
December	United States Mardy Collins	Russia Lokomotiv Kuban	^[20]
2018
January	Russia Sergey Karasev	Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg	^[21]
February	United States Justin Robinson	Russia Avtodor Saratov	^[22]
March	United States Jamar Smith	Russia UNICS	^[23]
April	United States Coty Clarke	Russia Avtodor Saratov	^[24]
May	Serbia Stevan Jelovac	Russia Nizhny Novgorod	^[25]

Team	Competition	Progress
Avtodor Saratov	Champions League	Third qualifying round
Avtodor Saratov	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
CSKA Moscow	EuroLeague	Fourth place
Enisey	Champions League	Regular season
Kalev/Cramo	Champions League	Second qualifying round
Khimki	EuroLeague	Playoffs
Lokomotiv Kuban	EuroCup	Runner-up
Nizhny Novgorod	Champions League	Second qualifying round
Nizhny Novgorod	FIBA Europe Cup	Quarterfinal
Parma	FIBA Europe Cup	Second qualifying round
Tsmoki Minsk	Champions League	Third qualifying round
Tsmoki Minsk	FIBA Europe Cup	Round of 16
UNICS	EuroCup	Quarterfinal
Zenit Saint Petersburg	EuroCup	Quarterfinal

v t e 2017–18 in European men's basketball
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Scotland
Regional leagues	Adriatic League Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Baltic League
Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel State Cup League Cup Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Scotland Serbia Spain Switzerland Swiss Cup SBL Cup Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy
Supercups	Adriatic League Belgium Croatia France Israel Italy Netherlands Spain Turkey
Continental competitions	EuroLeague Regular season Playoffs Final Four EuroCup Playoffs Finals Champions League Playoffs Final Four FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs Finals Next Generation Tournament
International competitions	2019 World Cup qualification EuroBasket 2022 qualification Championship for Small Countries

Format changes

Teams

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Final Four

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Attendance

Awards

Season Awards

All-Tournament First Team

All-Tournament Second Team

MVP of the Month

VTB United League clubs in European competitions

References

External links