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The VTB United League
VTB United League
VTB United League is an international professional basketball league that was founded in 2008. Its goal is to unite the leading basketball clubs of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe together into one league. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank. In its inaugural 2009–10 season, it featured clubs...

2010-11 was the second complete season of Eastern Europe's most competitive basketball clubs. The tournament featured 12 teams from 8 countries.

Participants

Country (League)	Teams
Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... (BPL Belarusian Premier League (basketball) The Belarusian Premier League is the highest professional basketball league in Belarus.-External links:* *... )	Minsk-2006 Minsk
Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies... (KML)	Kalev Tallinn BC Kalev/Cramo BC Kalev/Cramo is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia participating in Korvpalli Meistriliiga, Baltic Basketball League and VTB United League. Kalev/Cramo plays their home games at Saku Suurhall and Kalevi Spordihall. The club was previously known under the name Ehitustööriist,...
Finland (Korisliiga Korisliiga Korisliiga is the top league of basketball in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In current format each team plays all other teams twice in the regular season, both at home and away... )	Honka Espoo
Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden... (LBL Latvian Basketball League Latvian Basketball League is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK... )	VEF Rīga
Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark... (LKL Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga The Lietuvos krepšinio lyga is Lithuania's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of 12 teams.- History :... )	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius BC Lietuvos Rytas BC Lietuvos rytas is a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League , the VTB United League, and the Eurocup...
	Žalgiris Kaunas BC Žalgiris BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...
Poland (PLK)	Asseco Prokom Gdynia
Russia (PBL)	CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...
	Khimki Moscow Region Khimki BC BC Khimki is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Khimki, Moscow Oblast. The club's first team participates in the PBL, the VTB United League, and also the Euroleague.-History:...
	UNICS Kazan UNICS Kazan UNICS Kazan is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia playing in the PBL. Their home arena is Basket Hall Arena.Though officially the professional club was founded in 1991 , UNICS traces its origin back to KSU's college team Burevestnik which participated in USSR student championships...
Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... (SuperLeague Ukrainian Basketball Super League The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague is the top professional basketball league in Ukraine.-2010–2011 Teams:* Azovmash Mariupol* BC Kyiv* Khimik Yuzhny* MBС Mykolaiv* BC Donetsk* BC Budivelnik* BC Halychyna* BC Hoverla* BC Dnipro-Azot... )	Azovmash Mariupol Azovmash Mariupol Azovmash Mariupol is a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 3 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague, Ukrainian Cup and the ULEB Eurocup. The home court is Azovmash Arena. It is one of the strongest teams...
	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in Dnipropetrovsk. The club's home court is DS Meteor, which has a capacity of 5,600.-Some current players: Mario Austin Steve Burtt Andrei Lebedev Denham Brown...

Group stage

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advance to Final Four
	Eliminated

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...	10	9	1	617	504	+113
2.	UNICS Kazan UNICS Kazan UNICS Kazan is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia playing in the PBL. Their home arena is Basket Hall Arena.Though officially the professional club was founded in 1991 , UNICS traces its origin back to KSU's college team Burevestnik which participated in USSR student championships...	10	9	1	688	554	+134
3.	Lietuvos Rytas Lietuvos Rytas Lietuvos rytas is a Lithuanian daily newspaper, printed in Vilnius and a TV company. Lietuvos rytas sponsors basketball team BC Lietuvos Rytas and the annual Vilnius Marathon.-External links:*...	10	6	4	622	601	+21
4.	Minsk-2006	10	4	6	618	603	+15
5.	Dnipro	10	2	8	588	689	-101
6.	Espoon Honka	10	0	10	542	704	-162

Round 1

CSKA Moscow	UNICS Kazan	Lietuvos Rytas	Minsk-2006	Dnipro	Espoon Honka
CSKA Moscow	–	69–60	80–61	75–62	113–73	73–53
UNICS Kazan	60–69	–	87–85	83–54	104–67	111–77
Lietuvos Rytas	61–80	85–87	–	90–84	82–69	87–67
Minsk-2006	62–75	54–83	84–90	–	79–73	90–60
Dnipro	73–113	67–104	69–82	73–79	–	81–73
Espoon Honka	53–73	77–111	67–87	60–90	73–81	–

Round 2

CSKA Moscow	UNICS Kazan	Lietuvos Rytas	Minsk-2006	Dnipro	Espoon Honka
CSKA Moscow	–	60–67	73–63	82–72	74–65	66–59
UNICS Kazan	67–60	–	66–64	90–78	87–55	95–62
Lietuvos Rytas	63–73	64–66	–	86–78	116–78	90–75
Minsk-2006	72–82	78–90	78–86	–	85–74	86–58
Dnipro	65–74	55–87	78–116	74–85	–	86–79
Espoon Honka	59–66	62–95	75–90	58–86	79–86	–

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	BC Khimki	10	9	1	652	550	+102
2.	Azovmash Mariupol Azovmash Mariupol Azovmash Mariupol is a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 3 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague, Ukrainian Cup and the ULEB Eurocup. The home court is Azovmash Arena. It is one of the strongest teams...	10	7	3	642	576	+66
3.	Žalgiris Kaunas BC Žalgiris BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...	10	7	3	589	588	+1
4.	Asseco Prokom	10	3	7	661	696	-35
5.	VEF Riga VEF Riga VEF Rīga is the name of a professional basketball club that is based in Riga, Latvia. The club plays their home domestic league games at Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs in Riga. VEF Rīga is the oldest professional basketball club in Latvia and the Baltic region. The club name VEF came from the radio...	10	3	7	665	686	-21
6.	BC Kalev	10	1	9	525	638	-113

Round 1

BC Khimki	Azovmash Mariupol	Žalgiris Kaunus	Asseco Prokom	VEF Riga	BC Kalev
BC Khimki	–	65–58	69–75	99–79	81–75	75–50
Azovmash Mariupol	58–65	–	75–63	80–76	60–68	72–67
Žalgaris Kaunus	75–69	63–75	–	73–60	84–71	101–83
Asseco Prokom	79–99	76–80	60–73	–	76–63	64–58
VEF Riga	75–81	68–60	71–84	63–76	–	70–69
BC Kalev	50–75	67–72	83–101	58–64	69–70	–

Round 2

BC Khimki	Azovmash Mariupol	Žalgiris Kaunus	Asseco Prokom	VEF Riga	BC Kalev
BC Khimki	–	99–80	78–76	86–57	81–61	68–65
Azovmash Mariupol	80–99	–	86–75	85–76	79–74	76–55
Žalgiris Kaunus	76–78	75–86	–	89–79	79–74	91–66
Asseco Prokom	57–86	76–85	79–89	–	103–75	70–77
VEF Riga	61–81	74–79	74–79	75–103	–	95–55
BC Kalev	65–68	55–76	66–91	77–70	55–95	–

Final four

Semifinals

Finals

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