The Professional Basketball League (Russian: Профессиональная баскетбольная лига (ПБЛ), romanized: Professionalnaya basketbolnaya liga), often abbreviated to the RPBL, was the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Russia, and the successor to the Russian Super League 1, which is now the second-tier division of the Russian basketball league system.
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| Formerly | Russian Super League 1 |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 2010 |
| First season | 2010–11 |
| Ceased | 2013 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | Russia |
| Continent | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
| Most titles | CSKA Moscow (3 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Related competitions | VTB United League Russian Super League 1 Russian Cup |
| Official website | www.PBLeague.ru |
The PBL was the second version of the Russian Professional Basketball Championship.
History
editEstablished in 2010, the league contained 10 teams in its inaugural 2010–11 season. 9 of those teams participated in the 2009–10 season of Russian Super League 1, and the 10th team was Nizhny Novgorod.[citation needed]
The 2011–12 season featured 10 teams, like the inaugural season, however, Dynamo Moscow was replaced with the 2011 Russian Super League 1 champions Spartak Primorye.[citation needed]
Merging with VTB United League
editIn May 2012, all the PBL clubs gathered to decide which format would be used for the next season, and some club's directors raised the possibility of merging with the VTB United League, to produce greater competition between the Russian basketball clubs. They suggested that the new league would be named the Eastern European Professional Basketball League.[1][2][3]
In July 2012, the Council of VTB United League gave a definitive decision. It was decided that the PBL league would continue for one more year, with some of the games of the VTB United League that took place between two Russian clubs being counted as PBL games.[4] The first tier Russian clubs then replaced the PBL with the VTB United League as their new national domestic league, starting with the 2013–14 season.[citation needed]
Champions
edit| Season | Champions |
|---|---|
| CSKA Moscow | |
| CSKA Moscow | |
| CSKA Moscow |
Awards winners
editMost Valuable Player
editPlayoffs MVP
editRussian basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions
editPredecessor leagues
edit- USSR Premier League: (1923–1992)
- Russian Super League 1 (1st-tier): (1992–2010)
Successor league
edit- VTB United League: (2008–present)
See also
edit- Russian Professional Championship: (1991–present)
- Russian Super League 1: (1992–present)
- Russian Cup: (1999–present)
- VTB United League: (2008–present)
- USSR Premier League: (1923–1992)
- USSR Cup: (1949–1987)
- Russian basketball league system
- Basketball in Russia
References
edit- ^ 20 clubs will play in VTB United League championship in seasone-2012/13 Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, vtb-league.com, May 20, 2012
- ^ "PBL looks to a better future". ULEB. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Triumph applied an application to participate in the new season of VTB United League Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, may 20, 2012, vtb-league.com
- ^ BEKO PBL Press service. "BEKO PBL Board suggests scheme of 2012/2013 season". pbleague.ru. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ "Maciej Lampe - the MVP of the BEKO PBL Regular season". ПБЛ (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Davon Jefferson – MVP of the regular season". ПБЛ (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Viktor Khryapa Gets Play-Offs MVP Award". ПБЛ (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Wolves Sign Free Agent Alexey Shved". www.nba.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.