# 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

| Country (League) | Teams |
| Belarus (BPL) | Tsmoki-Minsk |
| Czech Republic (NBL) | ČEZ Basketball Nymburk |
| Estonia (KML) | Kalev/Cramo |
| Kazakhstan (Division 1) | Astana Tigers |
| Latvia (LBL) | VEF Rīga |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Poland (PLK) | Turów Zgorzelec |
| Russia (PBL) | CSKA Moscow |
| Russia (PBL) | Enisey Krasnoyarsk |
| Russia (PBL) | Khimki Moscow Region |
| Russia (PBL) | Krasnye Krylya Samara |
| Russia (PBL) | Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar |
| Russia (PBL) | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Russia (PBL) | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
| Russia (PBL) | Triumph Lyubertsy |
| Russia (PBL) | UNICS Kazan |
| Ukraine (SuperLeague) | Azovmash Mariupol |
| Ukraine (SuperLeague) | Donetsk |

## Regular season

Key to colors :
* Advances to Quarterfinals
* Advances to Round of 16

### Group A

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
| 1. | Khimki | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1451 | 1305 |
| 2. | Unics Kazan | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1328 | 1169 |
| 3. | Krasnye Krylya Samara | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1353 | 1304 |
| 4. | Spartak Saint Petersburg | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1292 | 1174 |
| 5. | Astana Tigers | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1332 | 1416 |
| 6. | Donetsk | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1429 | 1325 |
| 7. | Lietuvos rytas | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1402 | 1397 |
| 8. | Turów Zgorzelec | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1318 | 1403 |
| 9. | Azovmash Mariupol | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1287 | 1447 |
| 10. | Kalev/Cramo | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1202 | 1389 |
| | 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

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
| 1. | Žalgiris Kaunas | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1499 | 1269 |
| 2. | CSKA Moscow | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1390 | 1160 |
| 3. | Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1423 | 1318 |
| 4. | VEF Rīga | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1523 | 1446 |
| 5. | Nizhny Novgorod | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1320 | 1261 |
| 6. | Triumph Lyubertsy | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1413 | 1363 |
| 7. | Enisey Krasnoyarsk | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1337 | 1438 |
| 8. | ČEZ Basketball Nymburk | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1282 | 1448 |
| 9. | Tsmoki-Minsk | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1246 | 1451 |
| 10. | Neptūnas Klaipėda | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1381 | 1597 |
| | 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.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Krasnye Krylya Samara | 2–0 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 76–69 | 77–67 | 0 |
| Lokomotiv-Kuban | 2–0 | Donetsk | 86–80 | 88–77 | 0 |
| Spartak Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | Nizhny Novgorod | 83–69 | 57–62 | 85–88 |
| VEF Rīga | 2–1 | Astana Tigers | 76–89 | 87–54 | 76–67 |

### Quarterfinals

The teams that finished first and two in the other group battled with 1/8 final winners in a Best-Of-5 series.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Khimki | 3–0 | VEF Rīga | 103–82 | 104–82 | 82–60 | 0 | 0 |
| Žalgiris Kaunas | 3–1 | Nizhny Novgorod | 75–63 | 66–62 | 59–60 | 66–59 | 0 |
| Unics Kazan | 1–3 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 72–80 | 65–77 | 68–65 | 64–68 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 3–1 | Krasnye Krylya Samara | 77–46 | 87–78 | 49–50 | 69–56 | 0 |

### Semifinals

The teams that won in 1/4 final, battled with other 1/4 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Khimki | 2–3 | CSKA Moscow | 83–80 | 72–74 | 47–61 | 77–75 | 64–87 |
| Žalgiris Kaunas | 1–3 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 80–53 | 63–85 | 72–82 | 62–84 | 0 |

### Final

The teams that won in 1/2 final, battled with other 1/2 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| CSKA Moscow | 3–1 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 72–65 | 64–54 | 58–69 | 59–54 | 0 |

#### 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 (Coach: Ettore Messina)
   * Top efficiency: Victor Khryapa, 15.0 EFF
   * Top scorer: Sonny Weems, 11.0 PPG
   * Top rebounder: Victor Khryapa, 7.0 RPG
   * Top assister: Victor Khryapa, 4.3 APG
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 (Coach: Evgeniy Pashutin)
   * Top efficiency: Nick Calathes, 16.1 EFF
   * Top scorer: Nick Calathes, 13.9 PPG
   * Top rebounder: Aleks Marić, 6.6 RPG
   * Top assister: Nick Calathes, 6.1 APG

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: E. J. Rowland (VEF Riga)
* Playoffs MVP: Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow)
* Young Player of the Year: Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy)

### All-Tournament First Team

* Nick Calathes (Lokomotiv-Kuban)
* Vitaly Fridzon (Khimky)
* Sonny Weems (CSKA Moscow)
* Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow)
* Paul Davis (Khimky)

### All-Tournament Second Team

* Miloš Teodosić (CSKA Moscow)
* E. J. Rowland (VEF Rīga)
* Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Žalgiris)
* Aleks Marić (Lokomotiv-Kuban)
* Nenad Krstić (CSKA Moscow)

### Nationality awards

For the first time, awards were handed out to the best player by nationality.
| Nationality | Player | Team |
| 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 |

### Monthly MVP

| Month | Player | Team |
| October | Ksistof Lavrinovic | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| November | E.J. Rowland | VEF Rīga |
| December | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow |
| January | Zack Wright | Spartak St. Petersburg |
| February | Mantas Kalnietis | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
| March | Darius Songaila | Azovmash |