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

ASTAZODONKALKHIKRALRSPATURUNI
Astana Tigers75–7296–9093–7892–7775–7872–7178–7581–6162–80
Azovmash Mariupol82–8968–7576–7177–9173–9288–9476–8176–6671–78
Donetsk76–5683–6667–4666–8496–8795–7988–8099–8563–74
Kalev/Cramo81–8573–7761–6057–6573–8360–7353–7172–6852–70
Khimki104–7591–7372–5877–6782–8180–6972–6091–7285–74
Krasnye Krylya Samara61–6672–6264–5983–7376–6789–7275–7081–7756–69
Lietuvos rytas93–6075–5699–9795–7379–8881–7063–8378–7187–80
Spartak Saint Petersburg74–5774–5859–6380–5974–6961–6375–4876–7484–68
Turów Zgorzelec93–6678–6983–8180–8179–8674–7686–7859–6364–69
Unics Kazan70–5489–6766–4886–7276–7074–6674–6851–5280–48

Group B

ČEZCSKENILOKNEPNNTRITSMVEFŽAL
ČEZ Basketball Nymburk63–7669–6181–7484–7873–8168–9665–5681–8384–90
CSKA Moscow84–7577–5283–5679–5783–6080–7168–5783–7568–74
Enisey Krasnoyarsk81–5964–7387–9463–7762–6774–7877–7496–9364–99
Lokomotiv Kuban-Krasnodar75–5461–7293–6484–4875–7474–6589–7495–9870–78
Neptūnas Klaipėda96–8672–8388–8983–9572–9088–97110–10660–8662–90
Nizhny Novgorod82–6670–6884–4454–6184–6376–8055–5482–8658–76
Triumph Lyubertsy89–5262–8277–8178–8983–8071–5980–6678–8069–70
Tsmoki-Minsk71–6348–9065–7964–8093–7166–9362–8574–8586–82
VEF Rīga85–8967–7585–6972–7794–8987–89101–7898–7377–72
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.

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 Papaloukas
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

Awards

For the first time, awards were handed out to the best player by nationality.
NationalityPlayerTeamRef.
CzechPetr Benda CEZ Nymburk
EstonianTanel Sokk Kalev/Cramo
PolishAaron Cel Turów Zgorzelec
KazakhAnton Ponomarev Astana
BelarusianVladimir Veremeenko UNICS Kazan
LatvianKristaps Janicenoks VEF Rīga
UkrainianOleksiy Pecherov Azovmash
LithuanianMantas Kalnietis Lokomotiv-Kuban
RussianVictor Khryapa CSKA Moscow

Monthly MVP