2011–12 PBL season

PBL
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 →

Last updated March 04, 2019

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.

The Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, was the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Russia, and the successor to the Russian Super League 1, which is now the second-tier division of the Russian basketball league system.

The Russian Professional Basketball Championship is the top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition in the country of Russia. Over the years, there have been 3 different incarnations of the Russian Basketball Championship. The Russian Super League 1, from the 1991–92 to 2009–10 seasons, the Russian Professional League (PBL), from the 2010–11 to 2011–13 seasons, and the VTB United League, from the 2013–14 season to the present.

PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. CSKA won two titles between 2006 and 2008, in Europe's principal club competition, the EuroLeague, making the final in all four seasons, and has advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four 16 times in the 21st century.

Format

Moscow

Khimki

Kazan

Samara

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.

The Russian national basketball team is organized and run by the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF). The team came into existence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its basketball team.

The men's qualification for the Olympic basketball tournament occurred from 2010–2012; all five FIBA zones sent in teams.

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

Source: Eurobasket

Championship playoffs

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

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

Regular Season MVP

Davon Jefferson (Triumph Lyubertsy)^[1]

Playoffs MVP

Alexey Shved (CSKA Moscow)^[2]

All-Symbolic Team

First Symbolic Team
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References

↑ "Davon Jefferson named Russian PBL MVP". Sportando.com. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
↑ Wolves Sign Free Agent Alexey Shved.

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[1] "Davon Jefferson named Russian PBL MVP". Sportando.com. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[2] Wolves Sign Free Agent Alexey Shved.

v t e Russian Professional Basketball League
Seasons	Derived from Basketball Super League 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 Merged into VTB United League
Clubs	CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Khimki Moscow Region Krasnye Krylia Samara Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar Nizhny Novgorod Spartak Primorye Spartak Saint Petersburg Triumph Lyubertsy UNICS Kazan Enisey Krasnoyarsk
Awards	PBL Awards
Other	Russian clubs in international competitions