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2014–15 VTB United League

VTB United League1
Champions Russia CSKA Moscow
6th league title
22nd Russian title
Runners-up Russia Khimki
Teams 20
Games played 240 (regular season)
Duration 3 October 2014 – April 2015
Awards
MVP France Nando de Colo
Playoffs MVP Russia Andrey Vorontsevich
Coach of the Year Greece Dimitris Itoudis
Defensive Player Russia Andrey Vorontsevich
Sixth Man Finland Petteri Koponen
Young Player Latvia Jānis Timma
Statistical leaders
Points United States Randy Culpepper
21.0
Rebounds United States Frank Elegar
11.3
Assists United States D.J. Cooper
9.2
1 Sponsored league name, referring to VTB Bank.

The 2014–15 VTB United League was the 6th complete season of the VTB United League. It was the second season the VTB United League functioned as the new domestic first tier for Russian basketball clubs, which can qualify through this league to Euroleague.

CSKA Moscow was the defending champion. CSKA successfully defended its title, they took the league title by beating Khimki 3–0 in the Finals.

On 20 July 2014, drawing of two group of 11 teams was held in Moscow. On 25 July 2014, five Lithuanian teams (Lietuvos rytas, Neptūnas Klaipėda, Dzūkija, Lietkabelis, Nevėžis) withdrew from the competition due to the Lithuanian Basketball League's decision to expand its regular-season schedule up to 40 games per team. New format with double round-robin tournament was proposed for the 2014–15 VTB United League.

This proposal for the regular season was approved on 1 August 2014. The eight best teams of the regular season will qualify to the playoffs.


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