2010–11 VTB United League
# 2010–11 VTB United League

The VTB United League 2010–11 was the second complete season of the VTB United League, which is Eastern Europe's top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition. The tournament featured 12 teams, from 8 countries.

## Teams

| Country (League) | Teams |
| - | - |
| Belarus (BPL) | Minsk-2006 Minsk |
| Estonia (KML) | Kalev Tallinn |
| Finland (Korisliiga) | Honka Espoo |
| Latvia (LBL) | VEF Rīga |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Poland (PLK) | Asseco Prokom Gdynia |
| Russia (PBL) | CSKA Moscow |
| Russia (PBL) | Khimki Moscow Region |
| Russia (PBL) | UNICS Kazan |
| Ukraine (SuperLeague) | Azovmash Mariupol |
| Ukraine (SuperLeague) | Dnipro |

## Group stage

Key to colors :

* Top two places in each group advance to Final Four
* Eliminated

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | CSK | UNI | LRT | MIN | DNI | HON |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 10 | 9 | 1 | 765 | 635 | +130 | | 60–67 | 80–61 | 82–72 | 113–73 | 73–53 |
| 2 | UNICS Kazan | 10 | 9 | 1 | 850 | 671 | +179 | 60–69 | | 66–64 | 83–54 | 87–55 | 95–62 |
| 3 | Lietuvos rytas | 10 | 6 | 4 | 824 | 757 | +67 | 63–73 | 85–87 | | 90–84 | 116–78 | 87–67 |
| 4 | Minsk-2006 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 768 | 771 | −3 | 62–75 | 78–90 | 78–86 | | 85–74 | 90–60 |
| 5 | Dnipro | 10 | 2 | 8 | 721 | 892 | −171 | 65–74 | 67–104 | 69–82 | 73–79 | | 86–79 |
| 6 | Espoon Honka | 10 | 0 | 10 | 663 | 865 | −202 | 59–66 | 77–111 | 75–90 | 58–86 | $73–81^{OT}$ | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | KHI | AZO | ZAL | PRO | VEF | KAL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | BC Khimki | 10 | 9 | 1 | 801 | 676 | +125 | | 65–58 | 78–76 | 99–79 | 81–61 | 75–50 |
| 2 | Azovmash Mariupol | 10 | 7 | 3 | 751 | 718 | +33 | 80–99 | | 75–63 | 80–76 | 79–74 | 76–55 |
| 3 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 10 | 7 | 3 | 801 | 741 | +60 | 75–69 | 75–86 | | 84–79 | 84–71 | 101–83 |
| 4 | Asseco Prokom | 10 | 3 | 7 | 740 | 780 | −40 | 57–86 | 76–85 | 60–73 | | 103–75 | 64–58 |
| 5 | BK VEF Rīga | 10 | 3 | 7 | 726 | 767 | −41 | 75–81 | 68–60 | 74–79 | 63–76 | | 95–55 |
| 6 | BC Kalev | 10 | 1 | 9 | 645 | 782 | −137 | 65–68 | 67–72 | 66–91 | 77–70 | 69–70 | |

## Final four

| Semifinals April 22 | Semifinals April 22 | Final April 23 | Final April 23 |
| - | - | - | - |
| CSKA Moscow | 69 |
| Azovmash Mariupol | 57 | | |
| Azovmash Mariupol | 57 | CSKA Moscow | 64 |
| | | BC Khimki | 66 |
| BC Khimki | 84 | BC Khimki | 66 |
| UNICS Kazan | 78 | | |
| UNICS Kazan | 78 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Azovmash Mariupol | 75 |
| | | UNICS Kazan | 95 |

### Semifinals

* 22 April 2011 17:00
* Report

| CSKA Moscow | 69–57 | Azovmash Mariupol |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 16–16, 21–12, 15–14 |||
| Pts: Kaun 16 Rebs: Kaun 7 Asts: Holden, Khryapa 5 | | Pts: Alexander, Curry 15 Rebs: Owens 10 Asts: Owens 4 |

* Basket-Hall, Kazan Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Saša Pukl (SLO), Jakub Zamojski (POL)
* 22 April 2011 20:00
* Report

| Khimki Moscow Region | 84–78 | UNICS Kazan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 21–25, 24–17, 22–21 |||
| Pts: Fridzon 27 Rebs: Loncar 6 Asts: Planinić 9 | | Pts: Rizvić 17 Rebs: Lampe 9 Asts: Popović 7 |

* Basket-Hall, Kazan Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovsky (UKR), Oskar Lefwerth (SWE), Anton Makhlin (RUS)

### Third place game

* 23 April 2011 16:00
* Report

| Azovmash Mariupol | 75–95 | UNICS Kazan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–27, 26–27, 17–14, 23–27 |||
| Pts: three players 15 Rebs: Thomas 8 Asts: Pierce 5 | | Pts: Minard 24 Rebs: Minard, Veremeenko 7 Asts: three players 4 |

* Basket-Hall, Kazan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Oskar Lefwerth (SWE), Jakub Zamojski (POL)

### Final

* 23 April 2011 18:30
* Report

| CSKA Moscow | 64–66 | Khimki Moscow Region |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–17, 21–16, 20–13, 17–20 |||
| Pts: Gordon, Holden 15 Rebs: Vorontsevich 6 Asts: Shved 5 | | Pts: Lončar 18 Rebs: Fridzon 7 Asts: Papadopoulos 3 |

* Basket-Hall, Kazan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovsky (UKR), Saša Pukl (SLO), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

## Awards

### All-Tournament Team

* Ramel Curry (Azovmash Mariupol)
* Maciej Lampe (UNICS Kazan)
* Keith Langford (Khimki Moscow Region)
* Marko Popović (UNICS Kazan)
* Martynas Gecevičius (Lietuvos Rytas)

### All-Final Four Team

* Vitaly Fridzon (Khimki Moscow Region)
* Alexey Shved (CSKA Moscow)
* Kelly McCarty (UNICS Kazan)
* Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow)
* Krešimir Lončar (Khimki Moscow Region)

### MVPs

| Regular Season MVP | Regular Season MVP | Final Four MVP | Final Four MVP |
| - | - | - | - |
| MVP | Team | MVP | Team |
| Ramel Curry | Azovmash Mariupol | Vitaly Fridzon | Khimki Moscow Region |
