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Basketball league season

VTB United League
Season	2011–12
Duration	27 September 2011 – 3 May 2012
Teams	22 (with qualifying rounds)18 (regular season)
Regular season
Season MVP	Andrei Kirilenko
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow (3rd title)
Runners-up	UNICS Kazan
Final Four MVP	Andrei Kirilenko
Statistical leaders
Points Rawle Marshall16.8
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The VTB United League 2011–12 was the third complete season of the VTB United League, which is Northern Europe and Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition. The tournament featured 18 teams, from 10 countries.

Participants

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Country (League)	Teams
Belarus (BPL)	Minsk-2006 Minsk
Czech Republic (NBL)	ČEZ Basketball Nymburk
Estonia (KML)	Kalev Tallinn
Finland (Korisliiga)	Torpan Pojat
Kazakhstan (KBL)	BC Astana
Latvia (LBL)	VEF Rīga
Lithuania (LKL)	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
BC Šiauliai
Žalgiris Kaunas
Poland (PLK)	Asseco Prokom Gdynia
BC Anwil
Russia (PBL)	CSKA Moscow
Khimki Moscow Region
UNICS Kazan
Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar
Spartak Saint Petersburg
BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk
Krasnye Krylya Samara
BC Nizhny Novgorod
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	Azovmash Mariupol
BC Budivelnyk
BC Dnipro

Qualifying round

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Group A

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| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | | | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | -- | --- | ---- | ---- | | 1. | BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 168 | 122 | +46 | | 2. | BC Anwil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 155 | +5 | | 3. | Torpan Pojat | 2 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 179 | -51 |

Team #1	Score	Team #2
BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	83 – 66	BC Anwil
BC Anwil	94 – 72	Torpan Pojat
Torpan Pojat	56 – 85	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk

Group B

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| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | | | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | -- | --- | ---- | ---- | | 1. | Krasnye Krylya Samara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 196 | 161 | +35 | | 2. | BC Dnipro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 171 | 182 | -9 | | 3. | BC Šiauliai | 2 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 186 | -24 |

Team #1	Score	Team #2
Krasnye Krylya Samara	98 – 78	BC Šiauliai
BC Šiauliai	84 – 88	BC Dnipro
BC Dnipro	83 – 98	Krasnye Krylya Samara

Final round

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| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | | | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | - | -- | --- | ---- | ---- | | 1. | Krasnye Krylya Samara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 283 | 245 | +38 | | 2. | BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 249 | 227 | +22 | | 3. | BC Dnipro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 237 | 250 | -13 | | 4. | BC Anwil | 2 | 0 | 2 | 214 | 261 | -47 |

Team #1	Score	Team #2
BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	83 – 75	BC Dnipro
BC Anwil	79 – 99	Krasnye Krylya Samara
BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	83 – 86	Krasnye Krylya Samara
BC Anwil	69 – 79	BC Dnipro

Regular season

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Key to colors

| | First places in each group advances to Final Four | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Teams ranked 2nd in each group advance to 1/4 final | | | Teams ranked 3rd and 4th in each group advance to 1/8 final |

Group A

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| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | | | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -- | -- | -- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | 1. | UNICS Kazan | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1229 | 1025 | +204 | | 2. | Khimki Moscow Region | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1299 | 1169 | +130 | | 3. | Žalgiris Kaunas | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1297 | 1219 | +78 | | 4. | BC Nizhny Novgorod | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1272 | 1256 | +16 | | 5. | VEF Rīga | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1240 | 1284 | −44 | | 6. | Krasnye Krylya Samara | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1172 | 1194 | −22 | | 7. | BC Astana | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1199 | 1274 | −75 | | 8. | BC Budivelnyk | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1201 | 1271 | −70 | | 9. | Kalev Tallinn | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1118 | 1335 | −217 |

| | UNICS Kazan | Žalgiris Kaunas | Kalev Tallinn | Astana Tigers | VEF Rīga | Khimki | Krasnye Krylya | BC Budivelnyk | Nizhny Novgorod | | | --------------- | --------------- | ------------- | ------------- | --------- | ---------- | -------------- | ------------- | --------------- | --------- | | UNICS Kazan | – | 79–52 | 100–55 | 77–63 | 67–50 | 65–69 | 76–65 | 61–58 | 83–57 | | Žalgiris Kaunas | 73–77 | – | 97–65 | 82–66 | 93–56 | 95–94 | 84–82 | 74–58 | 86–92 | | Kalev Tallinn | 64–73 | 70–84 | – | 73–75 | 71–78 | 68–100 | 63–77 | 81–73 | 62–92 | | Astana Tigers | 68–87 | 86–78 | 92–72 | – | 73–83 | 84–73 | 76–81 | 91–85 | 63–75 | | VEF Rīga | 85–99 | 88–79 | 103–89 | 84–62 | – | 75–85 | 67–59 | 68–60 | 92–97 | | Khimki | 76–74 | 83–72 | 76–65 | 85–66 | 77–54 | – | 67–68 | 90–94 | 84–73 | | Krasnye Krylya | 55–66 | 59–79 | 81–76 | 99–72 | 72–80 | 64–68 | – | 90–89 | 75–70 | | BC Budivelnyk | 70–72 | 79–90 | 51–65 | 71–82 | 99–89 | 75–92 | 80–72 | – | 80–76 | | Nizhny Novgorod | 65–73 | 85–79 | 83–72 | 69–80 | 102–88 | 77–79 | 81–73 | 78–79 | – |

Group B

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| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | | | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -- | -- | -- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | 1. | CSKA Moscow | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1299 | 1023 | +276 | | 2. | Spartak Saint Petersburg | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1159 | 1075 | +84 | | 3. | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1251 | 1154 | +97 | | 4. | Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1212 | 1197 | +15 | | 5. | ČEZ Basketball Nymburk | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1219 | 1200 | +19 | | 6. | Asseco Prokom Gdynia | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1165 | 1148 | +17 | | 7. | Azovmash Mariupol | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1155 | 1170 | −15 | | 8. | BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1170 | 1324 | −154 | | 9. | Minsk-2006 Minsk | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1166 | 1505 | −339 |

| | CSKA Moscow | Lokomotiv–Kuban | Enisey | Spartak St Pet. | Prokom Gdynia | Lietuvos Rytas | Azovmash | ČEZ Nymburk | Minsk-2006 | | | --------------- | --------------- | --------- | --------------- | ------------- | -------------- | --------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------- | | CSKA Moscow | – | 88–73 | 92–60 | 74–53 | 86–81 | 89–75 | 72–45 | 80–69 | 110–60 | | Lokomotiv–Kuban | 64–77 | – | 74–56 | 85–77 | 79–66 | 71–78 | 84–76 | 72–63 | 87–64 | | Enisey | 60–74 | 83–67 | – | 70–91 | 102–79 | 75–82 | 70–84 | 66–69 | 99–89 | | Spartak St Pet. | 83–81 | 86–74 | 61–59 | – | 45–50 | 72–65 | 57–48 | 79–62 | 90–64 | | Prokom Gdynia | 65–74 | 72–81 | 89–73 | 67–77 | – | 74–73 | 68–53 | 77–66 | 89–79 | | Lietuvos Rytas | 67–84 | 84–63 | 101–62 | 72–61 | 59–54 | – | 72–61 | 78–72 | 112–86 | | Azovmash | 37–62 | 79–78 | 95–74 | 64–66 | 66–74 | 83–73 | – | 85–76 | 95–77 | | ČEZ Nymburk | 79–60 | 65–71 | 86–77 | 74–73 | 75–68 | 80–73 | 86–94 | – | 105–63 | | Minsk-2006 | 52–96 | 83–89 | 91–84 | 66–88 | 60–92 | 67–87 | 81–90 | 84–92 | – |

Playoff round

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1/8 Final

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The teams that finished third in their group play against the fourth placed teams in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series with home advantage.

Series	1	2	3
Zalgiris Kaunas	−	Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar	0−2	44–72	71–80	(canceled)
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	−	BC Nizhny Novgorod	2−0	64–60	82–61	(canceled)

1/4 Final

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The teams that finished second in their group play against the winners of the 1/8 final in a Best-Of-3 series with home advantage.

Series	1	2	3
Khimki Moscow Region	−	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	1−2	71−82	80−62	78−103
Spartak Saint Petersburg	−	Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar	0−2	57−71	60−69	(canceled)

Final four

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| Semifinals2 May | Final3 May | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNICS Kazan | 87 | | | | | | | | | | | Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar | 86 | | | | | UNICS Kazan | 62 | | | | | | | | | | | CSKA Moscow | 74 | | | | | CSKA Moscow | 79 | | | | | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | 72 | | | | | Third place | | | | | | | | | | | | Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar | 83 | | | | | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | 91 | | | |

Semifinals

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2 May 2012

UNICS Kazan	87–86	Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar

2 May 2012

CSKA Moscow	79–72	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius

Third-place game

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3 May 2012

Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar	83–91	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius

Final

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3 May 2012

CSKA Moscow	74–62	UNICS Kazan

Awards

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MVP of the Month

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• October 2011: Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg)
• November 2011: Rawle Marshall (Astana)
• December 2011: Tre Simmons (CEZ Nymburk)
• January 2012: Michał Ignerski (Nizhny Novgorod)
• February 2012: Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)
• March 2012: Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS Kazan)
• April 2012: Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv Kuban)

All-Tournament First Team

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• Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg)
• Henry Domercant (UNICS Kazan)
• Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow)
• Krešimir Lončar (Khimki Moscow Region)
• Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)

All-Tournament Second Team

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• Tyrese Rice (Lietuvos Rytas)
• Tre Simmons (CEZ Nymburk)
• Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv Kuban)
• Paulius Jankūnas (Zalgiris)
• Donatas Motiejūnas (Asseco Prokom)

All-Final Four Team

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• Henry Domercant (UNICS Kazan)
• K.C. Rivers (Lokomotiv Kuban)
• Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow)
• Darjuš Lavrinovič (CSKA Moscow)
• Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)

MVPs

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Regular Season MVP	Final Four MVP
MVP	Team	MVP	Team
Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow

External links

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• Official Website (in Russian)
• Official Website (in English)

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