2020–21 VTB United League

The 2020–21 VTB United League was the 12th season of the VTB United League. It was the eight season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level.

VTB United League
Season2020–21
Teams13
Dates20 September 2020 – 11 June 2021
Final positions
Champions CSKA Moscow (11th title)
Runners-up UNICS
Semifinalists Zenit Saint Petersburg
Lokomotiv Kuban
Awards
MVP Mantas Kalnietis
Playoffs MVP Daniel Hackett

Teams

A total of 13 teams from five countries contested the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan, and one from Poland.

Venues and locations
Locations of teams in the 2019–20 VTB United League
Team Home city Arena Capacity
AstanaNur-SultanArena Velotrack9,270[1]
AvtodorSaratovDS Kristall5,500[2]
CSKA MoscowMoscowUSC CSKA5,000[3]
EniseyKrasnoyarskArena.Sever4,000[4]
Kalev/CramoTallinnSaku Suurhall5,500[5]
KhimkiKhimkiBCMO4,000[6]
Lokomotiv KubanKrasnodarBasket-Hall7,500[7]
Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodTrade Union Sport Palace5,500[8]
ParmaPermUDS Molot7,000
Tsmoki MinskMinskMinsk-Arena15,000[9]
UNICSKazanBasket-Hall7,000[10]
ZenitSaint PetersburgSibur Arena6,381[11]
Zielona GóraZielona GóraCRS Hall Zielona Góra6,080

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a round-robin format.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 24 20 4 2010 1718 +292 .833 Advance to playoffs
2 Lokomotiv Kuban 24 18 6 2138 1943 +195 .750
3 UNICS 24 18 6 1962 1794 +168 .750
4 CSKA Moscow 24 17 7 2219 1861 +358 .708
5 Nizhny Novgorod 24 14 10 1914 1921 −7 .583
6 Zielona Góra 24 13 11 2094 2075 +19 .542
7 Khimki 24 12 12 2028 1962 +66 .500
8 Parma 24 10 14 1878 1925 −47 .417
9 Avtodor 24 10 14 2019 2092 −73 .417
10 Kalev/Cramo 24 9 15 1821 1998 −177 .375
11 Enisey 24 6 18 1866 2093 −227 .250
12 Astana 24 6 18 1843 2101 −258 .250
13 Tsmoki Minsk 24 3 21 1747 2056 −309 .125
Source: VTB League

Results
Home \ Away AST AVT CSK ENI KAL KHI LOK NIZ PAR TSM UNI ZEN ZGA
Astana — 83–92 60–93 60–78 61–77 77–82 86–82 69–79 80–84 74–109 74–87 70–77 88–82
Avtodor 107–85 — 82–98 85–79 87–61 85–82 89–85 93–99 70–93 113–66 97–110 62–89 90–91
CSKA Moscow 100–77 100–66 — 109–60 102–107 92–73 94–80 85–84 95–97 101–67 102–86 71–74 105–73
Enisey 77–76 86–85 80–91 — 89–94 77–92 79–106 86–96 52–86 81–86 77–84 67–85 73–94
Kalev/Cramo 85–92 85–77 72–94 75–86 — 91–84 94–105 86–84 72–85 88–82 49–76 51–87 79–86
Khimki 88–89 80–84 86–78 89–83 92–74 — 90–92 64–69 103–83 89–65 87–93 67–79 94–99
Lokomotiv Kuban 90–84 104–89 103–94 100–98 20–0 91–102 — 73–64 85–68 77–76 93–81 96–81 83–76
Nizhny Novgorod 75–73 86–80 63–83 83–79 95–85 96–85 73–94 — 88–73 78–57 66–91 62–70 100–93
Parma 83–84 93–100 61–95 67–84 80–72 69–72 84–81 67–72 — 74–65 69–76 78–76 79–85
Tsmoki Minsk 78–80 69–86 60–87 74–81 72–80 65–81 75–101 77–76 65–78 — 66–76 73–99 75–80
UNICS 101–83 94–65 76–83 75–64 83–66 83–76 77–98 87–56 69–51 83–77 — 59–58 65–64
Zenit Saint Petersburg 85–52 97–71 81–77 84–71 91–83 78–81 90–85 78–73 89–84 104–73 81–64 — 83–74
Zielona Góra 110–86 77–64 93–90 117–79 88–95 70–89 99–114 93–97 95–92 89–75 92–86 74–94 —
Source: VTB United League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three format (1-1-1). Semifinals and finals were played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1).

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2
8 Parma 0
1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1
4 CSKA Moscow 3
4 CSKA Moscow 2
5 Nizhny Novgorod 1
3 UNICS 0
4 CSKA Moscow 3
2 Lokomotiv Kuban 2
7 Khimki 0
2 Lokomotiv Kuban 0
3 UNICS 3
3 UNICS 2
6 Zielona Góra 0

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 Parma 86–66 98–62 –
Lokomotiv Kuban 2–0 Khimki 89–80 92–85 –
UNICS 2–0 Zielona Góra 87–60 90–79 –
CSKA Moscow 2–1 Nizhny Novgorod 84–59 72–76 79–75

Semifinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–3 CSKA Moscow 73–78 107–104 OT 82–9671–85–
Lokomotiv Kuban 0–3 UNICS 87–98 OT 69–79 70–74––

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
UNICS 0–3 CSKA Moscow 77–85 57–76 81–89––

VTB League teams in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
CSKA MoscowEuroLeague4th place
KhimkiRegular season
Zenit Saint PetersburgQuarterfinals
Lokomotiv KubanEuroCupQuarterfinals
UNICSRunner-up
Nizhny NovgorodChampions LeagueQuarterfinals
Tsmoki-MinskRegular season
ParmaFIBA Europe Cup4th place

Awards

Season awards
Award Player Team Ref.
Regular Season MVP Mantas Kalnietis Lokomotiv Kuban
[12]
Playoffs MVP Daniel Hackett CSKA Moscow
[13]
Scoring Champion Marcus Keene Kalev/Cramo
[14]
Young Player of the Year Nikita Mikhailovsky Avtodor Saratov
[15]
Coach of the Year Xavi Pascual Zenit
[16]
Performance of the Season Anton Astapkovich Nizhny Novgorod
[17]
Sixth Man of the Year Rolands Freimanis Zastal Zielona Góra
[18]
Defensive Player of the Year John Brown UNICS
[19]
Newcomer of the Year Gabriel Lundberg CSKA
[20]

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team Ref.
2020
September/October Billy Baron Zenit Saint Petersburg[21]
November Alan Williams Lokomotiv Kuban[22]
December Gabriel Lundberg Zielona Góra[23]
2021
January Jamar Smith UNICS[24]
February Drew Gordon Lokomotiv Kuban[25]
March Johannes Voigtmann CSKA Moscow[26]
April Marcus Keene Kalev/Cramo[27]

References
  1. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Arena Velotrack Capacity: 9270 spectators
  2. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. DS Kristall Capacity: 5500
  3. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. USC CSKA named after Alexander Gomelskiy Capacity: 5000 spectators
  4. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Arena.Sever Capacity: 4000 spectators
  5. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Saku Suurhall» Capacity: 5500 spectators
  6. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Sportscomplex «BCMO» Capacity: 4000 spectators
  7. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Basket-hall» Capacity: 7500 spectators
  8. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Nizhniy Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace» Capacity: 5500 spectators
  9. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. «Minsk-Arena» Capacity: 15,000 spectators
  10. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Basket-Hall Capacity: 7000 spectators
  11. "VTB United League". www.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. SK Yubileyniy Capacity: 6381 spectators
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  13. "Daniel Hackett is 2021 play-offs MVP". VTB United League. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  14. "Marcus Keene wins 2020/21 Scoring Title". VTB United League. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  15. "Marcus Keene wins 2020/21 Scoring Title". VTB United League. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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  17. "Anton Astapkovich honored for 2020-21 performance of the season". VTB United League. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  18. "Rolands Freimanis named 2020/21 6th Man Of The Year". VTB United League. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  19. "John Brown III named 2020/21 Defensive Player of The Year". VTB United League. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  20. "Iffe Lundberg named United League Newcomer of The Year". VTB United League. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  21. "Billy Baron becomes first MVP of 2020/21 season". VTB United League. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  22. "Alan Williams named November MVP". VTB United League. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  23. "Iffe Lundberg named December MVP". VTB United League. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  24. "Jamar Smith named January MVP". VTB United League. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  25. "Drew Gordon named February MVP". VTB United League. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  26. "Johannes Voigtmann named March MVP". VTB United League. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  27. "Marcus Keene named April MVP". VTB United League. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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