2017–18 VTB United League

The 2017–18 VTB United League was the 9th complete season of the VTB United League. It is also the fifth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. It started on 5 October 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 10 June 2018 with the championship game of the Final Four. CSKA Moscow were the defending champions.

CSKA Moscow successfully defended its title as it won the final over Khimki.

Format changes
From this season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. These are played in a best-of-five format with a 1–2–2 structure. The four teams that win their playoff series qualify for the Final Four tournament, which decides the new champion.

Teams
A total of 13 teams from five countries contest the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan and one from Latvia.

Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a double round-robin format. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 5 October 2017.

Playoffs
In the playoffs, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first game will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the second and third game will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fourth and fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams. The playoffs started on 23 May 2018.


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Final Four
The four winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the inaugural Final Four. The Final Four will be held from 8 until 10 June. In April 2018, it was announced that the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia will host the tournament.

Attendance
Attendance include playoff games:

Season Awards

 * Scoring Champion
 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved – Khimki
 * Young Player of the Year
 * 🇺🇸 Isaiah Briscoe – Kalev
 * Top Performance of the Year
 * 🇷🇸 Stevan Jelovac – Nizhny Novgorod
 * Defensive Player of the Year
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitry Kulagin – Nizhny Novgorod
 * Sixth Man of the Year
 * 🇺🇸 Jamar Smith – UNICS
 * Coach of the Year
 * Dimitrios Itoudis – CSKA Moscow
 * Regular Season MVP
 * 🇫🇷 Nando de Colo – CSKA Moscow
 * Final Four MVP
 * 🇪🇸 Sergio Rodríguez – CSKA Moscow

All-Tournament First Team

 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved – Khimki
 * 🇫🇷 Nando de Colo – CSKA Moscow
 * 🇺🇸 Kyle Kuric – Zenit
 * 🇺🇸 Coty Clarke – Avtodor
 * 🇺🇸 Kyle Hines – CSKA Moscow

All-Tournament Second Team

 * 🇺🇸 Justin Robinson – Avtodor
 * 🇺🇸 Jamar Smith – UNICS
 * 🇺🇸 Will Clyburn – CSKA Moscow
 * 🇺🇸 Mardy Collins – Lokomotiv Kuban
 * 🇷🇸 Stevan Jelovac – Nizhny Novgorod