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