2011–12 PBL season
| PBL | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2011–12 |
| Dates | 6 October 2011–19 May 2012 |
| Games played | 110 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP |  Davon Jefferson |
| Finals | |
| Champions | CSKA Moscow (19th title) |
| Runners-up | Khimki |
| Third place | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Fourth place | Triumph Lyubertsy |
| 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.
Format
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Professional Basketball League 2011–12 – Club Locations
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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 |
Source: Eurobasket
Championship playoffs
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 1 CSKA Moscow | 2 | |||||
| 4 Lokomotiv Kuban | 0 | |||||
| 1 CSKA Moscow | 3 | |||||
| 2 Khimki | 0 | |||||
| 2 Khimki | 2 | |||||
| 3 Triumph Lyubertsy | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 3 Triumph Lyubertsy | 1 | |||||
| 4 Lokomotiv Kuban | 2 | |||||
Fifth position playoffs
[edit]| First round | Fifth position | |||||
| 5 Spartak Saint Petersburg | 2 | |||||
| 8 Krasnye Krylia | 1 | |||||
| 5 Spartak Saint Petersburg | 0 | |||||
| 6 UNICS | 2 | |||||
| 6 UNICS | 2 | |||||
| 7 Spartak Primorye | 1 | |||||
| Seventh position | ||||||
| 7 Spartak Primorye | 1 | |||||
| 8 Krasnye Krylia | 2 | |||||
Awards
[edit]Regular Season MVP
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Playoffs MVP
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All-Symbolic Team
[edit]- First Symbolic Team
- Second Symbolic Team
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Davon Jefferson named Russian PBL MVP". Sportando.com. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ Wolves Sign Free Agent Alexey Shved.