2011–12 Russian Professional Basketball League
2011–12 Russian Professional Basketball League
| Competition details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2011–12 | ||
| Teams | 10 | ||
| Games played | 110 | ||
| Dates | 6 October 2011–19 May 2012 | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | CSKA Moscow (19th title) | ||
| Runners-up | Khimki | ||
| Third place | Lokomotiv Kuban | ||
| Fourth place | Triumph Lyubertsy | ||
| Awards | |||
| MVP |  Davon Jefferson | ||
| Playoffs MVP |  Alexey Shved | ||
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |||
The 2011–12 Russian Professional Basketball League (PBL) was the second season of the Russian Professional League, and the 21st overall season of the Russian Professional Championship. CSKA Moscow won the title, by beating Khimki Moscow Region 2–0 in the league's playoff Finals.
| Competition details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2011–12 | ||
| Teams | 10 | ||
| Games played | 110 | ||
| Dates | 6 October 2011–19 May 2012 | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | CSKA Moscow (19th title) | ||
| Runners-up | Khimki | ||
| Third place | Lokomotiv Kuban | ||
| Fourth place | Triumph Lyubertsy | ||
| Awards | |||
| MVP | Davon Jefferson | ||
| Playoffs MVP | Alexey Shved | ||
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |||
Format
Because of the involvement of the senior men's Russia national basketball team at the Olympic qualifying tournament in 2012, the 2011–12 Russian Professional League was reduced to two playoff series.
All teams met each other at home and away venues. In the regular season, each team played 18 games.
Teams
| Team | Home City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triumph Lyubertsy | Lyubertsy | Triumph Sports Palace | 4,000 |
| Spartak Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | Sibur Arena | 7,044 |
| Spartak Primorye | Vladivostok | SK Olimpiets | 1,500 |
| Krasnye Krylia | Samara | MTL Arena | 3,500 |
| CSKA Moscow | Moscow | Universal Sports Hall CSKA | 5,500 |
| Enisey | Krasnoyarsk | Arena Sever | 4,100 |
| Khimki | Khimki | Basketball Center | 6,196 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | Krasnodar | Basket-Hall | 7,500 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Trade Union Sport Palace | 5,600 |
| UNICS | Kazan | Basket Hall Arena | 7,500 |
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1571 | 1234 | +337 | Qualification for the championship playoffs |
| 2 | Khimki | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1465 | 1348 | +117 | |
| 3 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1461 | 1434 | +27 | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1384 | 1439 | −55 | |
| 5 | Spartak Saint Petersburg | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1416 | 1366 | +50 | Qualification for the fifth position playoffs |
| 6 | UNICS | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1316 | 1294 | +22 | |
| 7 | Spartak Primorye | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1433 | 1460 | −27 | |
| 8 | Krasnye Krylia | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1363 | 1449 | −86 | |
| 9 | Nizhny Novgorod | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1335 | 1516 | −181 | |
| 10 | Enisey | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1332 | 1536 | −204 |
Championship playoffs
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| **1CSKA Moscow** | 2 | |||||
| 4Lokomotiv Kuban | 0 | |||||
| **1CSKA Moscow** | 3 | |||||
| 2Khimki | 0 | |||||
| **2Khimki** | 2 | |||||
| 3Triumph Lyubertsy | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 3Triumph Lyubertsy | 1 | |||||
| **4Lokomotiv Kuban** | 2 | |||||
Fifth position playoffs
| First round | Fifth position | |||||
| **5Spartak Saint Petersburg** | 2 | |||||
| 8Krasnye Krylia | 1 | |||||
| 5Spartak Saint Petersburg | 0 | |||||
| **6UNICS** | 2 | |||||
| **6UNICS** | 2 | |||||
| 7Spartak Primorye | 1 | |||||
| Seventh position | ||||||
| 7Spartak Primorye | 1 | |||||
| **8Krasnye Krylia** | 2 | |||||
Awards
Regular Season MVP
[[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x|United States|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Davon Jefferson (Triumph Lyubertsy)[1]
Playoffs MVP
[[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x|Russia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Alexey Shved (CSKA Moscow)[2]
All-Symbolic Team
First Symbolic Team [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x|United States|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg) [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x|Croatia|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Zoran Planinić (Khimki Moscow Region) [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x|United States|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Davon Jefferson (Triumph Lyubertsy) [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x|Russia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow) [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x|North Macedonia|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv Kuban)
Second Symbolic Team [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x|United States|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Torey Thomas (Spartak Primorye) [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x|Russia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Vitaly Fridzon (Khimki Moscow Region) [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x|Russia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy) [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x|Russia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow) [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x|Belarus|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS Kazan)
See also
2011–12 VTB United League