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Draft:2024–24 VTB United League

VTB United League
Season2023–24
Duration3 October 2023 – May 2024
Number of teams14
2024–25 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to VTB Bank.

The 2023–24 VTB United League is the 15th season of the VTB United League. It was the 11th season that the league functions as the Russian domestic top tier level. It started on 3 October 2023 with the regular season and will end in May 2023 with the finals.

UNICS was the defending champion.

Format changes edit

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, 14 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 eight teams from first phase. At the second phase, the teams will play among themselves in their groups for two more rounds. Group A teams directly qualify for the playoffs. The 4 best teams of Group B based on the results of the second stage will compete in a new stage of the championship for the League - play-in - for the 2 remaining places in the playoffs. The top eight teams at the end of the second stage advance to the playoffs. 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 edit

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2022–23 season (Ten Russian teams, one Belarusian team and one Kazakhstani team) and two newly-joined Russian sides (Uralmash Ekaterinburg and Runa Moscow).[3][4]

Venues and locations edit

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Locations of teams in the 2023–24 VTB United League
Team Home city Arena Capacity
  Astana Astana Arena Velotrack 9,270[5]
  Avtodor Saratov DS Kristall 5,500[6]
  CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,344[7]
  Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Arena.Sever 4,000[8]
  Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar Basket-Hall 7,500[9]
  MBA Moscow Moscow Basket Hall Moscow 5,000
  Uralmash Ekaterinburg Yekaterinburg DIVS 5,000
  Runa Moscow Moscow DS Dynamo 5,000
  MINSK Minsk Falcon Club Arena
Minsk-Arena 15,000[10]
  Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace 5,500[11]
  PARMA-PARI Perm UDS Molot 7,000
  Samara Samara Ice Sports Palace 5,000
  UNICS Kazan Basket-Hall 7,000[12]
  Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena 6,381[13]


First stage edit

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   CSKA Moscow 26 22 4 2286 1987 +299 48 Qualification to Group A
2   UNICS 26 20 6 2219 1925 +294 46
3   Lokomotiv-Kuban 26 19 7 2210 2010 +200 45
4   Zenit Saint Petersburg 26 17 9 2113 1902 +211 43
5   Yenisey 26 16 10 2188 2087 +101 42
6   PARMA-PARI 26 15 11 2026 1966 +60 41
7   Samara 26 14 12 2036 2082 −46 40 Qualification to Group B
8   Uralmash Ekaterinburg 26 13 13 2081 2083 −2 39
9   Runa Moscow 26 11 15 2014 2087 −73 37
10   Astana 26 10 16 2008 2157 −149 36
11   Avtodor 26 10 16 2039 2125 −86 36
12   MBA Moscow 26 8 18 1963 2085 −122 34
13   Pari Nizhny Novgorod 26 7 19 1894 2065 −171 33
14   MINSK 26 0 26 1818 2334 −516 26
Source: VTB United League


MVP of the Month edit

Month Player Team Ref.
2023
October   Xavier Rathan-Mays   Yenisey [14]
November   Devon Akun-Purcell   Lokomotiv-Kuban [15]
December   Jalen Reynolds   UNICS [16]
2023
January   Alexey Shved   CSKA Moscow [17]
February   Malik Newman   Avtodor [18]
March   Isaiah Reese   PARMA-PARI [19]

References edit

  1. ^ "Сергей Иванов: «Финальная серия до 4 побед в этом году доказала свою актуальность» | Единая Лига ВТБ | VTB United League - Официальный сайт". vtb-league.com (in Russian). 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Илона Корстин: «Решение о принятии в Лигу МБА и «Самары» формировалось не один год» | Единая Лига ВТБ | VTB United League - Официальный сайт". vtb-league.com (in Russian). 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Совет Лиги-2022: Две новые команды, регулярный чемпионат в четыре круга, полуфиналы и финалы до 4 побед | Единая Лига ВТБ | VTB United League - Официальный сайт".
  4. ^ "«Уралмаш» и «Руна» пополнили состав участников Лиги ВТБ | Единая Лига ВТБ | VTB United League - Официальный сайт".
  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
  7. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  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
  12. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Basket-Hall Capacity: 7000 spectators
  13. ^ "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017. SK Yubileyniy Capacity: 6381 spectators
  14. ^ "Xavier Rathan-Mays is the MVP of November".
  15. ^ "Thomas Heurtel is the MVP of November". 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Jalen Reynolds is the MVP of December". VTB United League. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Alexey Shved is the MVP of January". VTB United League. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Malik Newman is the MVP of February". VTB United League. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Isaiah Reese is the MVP of March". VTB United League. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

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