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.

PBL
Season2011–12
Dates6 October 2011–19 May 2012
Games played110
Teams10
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Davon Jefferson
Finals
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
(19th title)
  Runners-upKhimki
Third placeLokomotiv Kuban
Fourth placeTriumph Lyubertsy
Playoffs MVPRussia Alexey Shved

Format

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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.

All teams met each other at home and away venues. In the regular season, each team played 18 games.

Teams

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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

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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

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
1 CSKA Moscow2
 
 
 
4 Lokomotiv Kuban0
 
1 CSKA Moscow3
 
 
 
2 Khimki0
 
2 Khimki2
 
 
3 Triumph Lyubertsy0
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
3 Triumph Lyubertsy1
 
 
4 Lokomotiv Kuban2

Fifth position playoffs

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First roundFifth position
 
      
 
 
 
 
5 Spartak Saint Petersburg2
 
 
 
8 Krasnye Krylia1
 
5 Spartak Saint Petersburg0
 
 
 
6 UNICS2
 
6 UNICS2
 
 
7 Spartak Primorye1
 
Seventh position
 
 
 
 
 
7 Spartak Primorye1
 
 
8 Krasnye Krylia2

Awards

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Regular Season MVP

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Playoffs MVP

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All-Symbolic Team

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See also

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References

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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.
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