2016–17 VTB United League explained

Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
Season:	2016–17
VTB United League
T Bg:	15317E; border:#FFA500 2px solid;
T Color:	white
Champions:	CSKA Moscow (8th title)
Runners Up:	Khimki
Teams:	13
Duration:	2 October 2016 – 23 April 2017 (Regular season) 1 May – 13 June 2017 (Playoffs)
Mvp N:	RUS
Mvp Link:	VTB United League MVP
Playoffs Mvp N:	FRA
Playoffs Mvp Link:	VTB United League Playoffs MVP
Pir:	20.6
Ppg:	23.3
Rpg:	9.0
Assists Leader:	Quino Colom
Apg:	8.4
Highest Attendance:	7,316 Parma 55–116 CSKA Moscow (13 April 2017)
Lowest Attendance:	250 Astana 76–92 CSKA Moscow (8 October 2016)

The 2016–17 VTB United League was the 8th complete season of the VTB United League. It is also the fourth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. CSKA Moscow was the defending champion and successfully defended its title. This season, 13 teams participated in the league after four sides from the previous year left.^[1]

Teams

VITA Tbilisi, Bisons Loimaa, ČEZ Nymburk left the league, after participating in the 2015–16 season. Parma Perm from the Russian Basketball Super League joined the league.

On August 30, 2016, the league announced that BC Krasny Oktyabr would not play in the league, because the host arena of the team was not approved to support events.^[2]

Because of these changes, the number of teams was reduced to 13.

Venues and locations

Team	Home City	Arena	Capacity
			align=center	10,000
			align=center	6,100
			align=center	5,500
			4,100
			align=center	7,000
			align=center	4,000^[3]
			align=center	7,500
			align=center	5,600
			align=center	7,000
			align=center	15,000
			align=center	7,500
			align=center	12,500
			align=center	7,044

Notes

Team makes its debut in the VTB United League.

The defending champions, winners of the 2015–16 VTB United League.

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

See main article: article and 2017 VTB United League Playoffs. All series were played in a best-of-five play-off series, which were played in a 2-2-1 format. The Playoffs started on May 1 and ended on June 13.^[4]

Finals

All-Star Game

See main article: article and 2017 VTB United League All-Star Game. The VTB League's inaugural All-Star Game was held this season on February 11, 2017.^[5] The game was played at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia. The game was played in a Russia Stars vs. the World Stars format. The Russian Stars won the game against the World Stars, by a score of 131:121.^[6] Andrey Vorontsevich was named the MVP of the game.^[7] Jānis Timma won the All-Star Game's slam dunk contest,^[8] and Sergey Karasev won the 3-Point Contest.^[9]