2018–19 VTB United League

The 2018–19 VTB United League was the 10th complete season of the VTB United League. It was also the sixth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. It started in October 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended in June 2019 with the last game of the finals.

CSKA Moscow is the defending champion.

Format changes
From this season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. All series are played in a best-of-five format with a 2–2–1 structure.

Teams
A total of 14 teams from six countries contest the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan, one from Latvia and one from Poland.

Zielona Góra made their debut in the competition. Polish teams returned to the competition four years after.

Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a round-robin format.

Playoffs
All series are played in a best-of-five series, with a 2–2–1 format.

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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Season Awards

 * Scoring Champion
 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved – Khimki
 * Young Player of the Year
 * 🇷🇺 Nikita Mikhailovsky – Avtodor Saratov
 * Coach of the Year
 * 🇲🇰 Emil Rajković – Astana
 * Sixth Man of the Year
 * 🇺🇸 Dorell Wright – Lokomotiv Kuban
 * Performance of the Season
 * 🇫🇷 Nando de Colo – CSKA Moscow
 * Defensive Player of the Year
 * 🇸🇳 Maurice Ndour – UNICS
 * Regular Season MVP
 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved – Khimki
 * Playoffs MVP
 * 🇷🇺 Nikita Kurbanov – CSKA Moscow

All-Tournament First Team

 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved – Khimki
 * 🇫🇷 Nando de Colo – CSKA Moscow
 * 🇺🇸 Jalen Reynolds – Zenit
 * 🇺🇸 Jordan Mickey – Khimki
 * 🇺🇸 Othello Hunter – CSKA Moscow

All-Tournament Second Team

 * 🇺🇸 Errick McCollum – UNICS
 * 🇵🇱 Mateusz Ponitka – Lokomotiv Kuban
 * 🇺🇸 J. J. O'Brien – Astana
 * Jānis Timma – Khimki
 * 🇺🇸 Arnett Moultrie – Kalev/Cramo