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.
Participants
Regular season
Group A
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
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.Quarterfinals
The teams that finished first and two in the other group battled with 1/8 final winners in a Best-Of-5 series.Semifinals
The teams that won in 1/4 final, battled with other 1/4 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.Final
The teams that won in 1/2 final, battled with other 1/2 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.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 PapaloukasRunner-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
Awards
- Most Valuable Player: E. J. Rowland
- Playoffs MVP: Victor Khryapa
- Young Player of the Year: Sergey Karasev
Nationality awards
Nationality | Player | Team | Ref. |
Czech | Petr Benda | CEZ Nymburk | |
Estonian | Tanel Sokk | Kalev/Cramo | |
Polish | Aaron Cel | Turów Zgorzelec | |
Kazakh | Anton Ponomarev | Astana | |
Belarusian | Vladimir Veremeenko | UNICS Kazan | |
Latvian | Kristaps Janicenoks | VEF Rīga | |
Ukrainian | Oleksiy Pecherov | Azovmash | |
Lithuanian | Mantas Kalnietis | Lokomotiv-Kuban | |
Russian | Victor Khryapa | CSKA Moscow |