The 2016 VTB United League Playoffs was the deciding play-off tournament that decided the champion of the 2015–16 VTB United League season. The eight teams that finished highest in the regular season were qualified. The Playoffs started on April 29 and ended on June 8, 2016.[1] The champions or runners-up of the Playoffs would qualify for the 2016–17 EuroLeague, dependent on the position of automatically placed CSKA Moscow. CSKA Moscow won the championship, after beating runners-up UNICS that qualified for the EuroLeague as runners-up.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Russia (7 teams) Czech Republic (1 team) |
| Dates | 29 April–8 June 2017 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | CSKA Moscow |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | CSKA Moscow |
| Runner-up | UNICS |
| EuroLeague | UNICS |
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA Moscow
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | ČEZ Nymburk
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA Moscow
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Khimki
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Khimki
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lokomotiv Kuban
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA Moscow
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNICS
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNICS
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Nizhny Novgorod
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNICS
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Zenit St. Petersburg
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Zenit St. Petersburg
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Avtodor Saratov
| 0 | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
editIn the quarterfinals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moscow |
3–0 | ČEZ Nymburk |
95–87 | 79–72 | 102–87 | ||
| Khimki |
3–0 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
86–80 | 97–83 | 86–71 | ||
| UNICS |
3–0 | Nizhny Novgorod |
83–70 | 70–61 | 84–71 | ||
| Zenit St. Petersburg |
3–0 | Avtodor Saratov |
95–91 | 97–85 | 95–82 |
Semifinals
editIn the semifinals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moscow |
3–0 | Khimki |
86–83 | 99–87 | 95–92 | ||
| UNICS |
3–2 | Zenit St. Petersburg |
94–93 | 97–91 | 67–82 | 82–85 | 79–70 |
Finals
editIn the Finals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moscow |
3–1 | UNICS |
84–76 | 90–77 | 74–79 | 81–74 | – |
Game 1
edit| June 1, 2016 | CSKA Moscow
|
84–76 (Series: 1–0) |
UNICS
|
Moscow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–26, 27–18, 11–17 | |||
| Pts: Teodosic 17 Rebs: De Colo 6 Asts: Teodosic 10 |
Boxscore | Pts: Langford 16 Rebs: Parakhouski 7 Asts: Colom 7 |
Arena: USK CSKA Attendance: 4,050 Referees: Sreten Radovic, Saso Petek, Semen Ovinov |
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Game 2
edit| June 3, 2016 | CSKA Moscow
|
90–77 (Series: 2–0) |
UNICS
|
Moscow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 22–17, 16–22, 25–15 | |||
| Pts: Khryapa 19 Rebs: Khryapa 6 Asts: Teodosic 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Langford 15 Rebs: Williams 6 Asts: Ponkrashov 7 |
Arena: USK CSKA Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Sasa Pukl, Oskars Lucius, Ilya Putenko |
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Game 3
edit| June 6, 2016 | UNICS
|
79–74 (Series: 1–2) |
CSKA Moscow
|
Kazan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 23–22, 24–14, 14–20 | |||
| Pts: Langford 29 Rebs: Langford 8 Asts: Langford 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: De Colo 20 Rebs: Hines 11 Asts: Teodosic 7 |
Arena: Basket-Hall Kazan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Sinisa Herceg, Robert Vyklicki, Anton Makhlin |
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Game 4
edit| June 8, 2016 | UNICS
|
74–81 (Series: 1–3) |
CSKA Moscow
|
Kazan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 15–17, 19–16, 29–23 | |||
| Pts: Milaknis 23 Rebs: Williams 10 Asts: Ponkrashov 8 |
Boxscore | Pts: De Colo 16 Rebs: Nichols 7 Asts: De Colo 5 |
Arena: Basket-Hall Kazan Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Sreten Radovic, Oskars Lucius, Marczyn Kowalski |
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