Russian Professional Basketball League

Men's basketball league

Professional Basketball League

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 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.

The PBL was the second version of the Russian Professional Basketball Championship.

## History

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Established 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

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In 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

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Season  | Champions

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2010–11

| CSKA Moscow

2011–12

| CSKA Moscow

2012–13

| CSKA Moscow

## Awards winners

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Main article: Russian Professional Basketball League Awards

### Most Valuable Player

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* Maciej Lampe: (2011)[5]
* Davon Jefferson: (2012)[6]

### Playoffs MVP

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* Victor Khryapa: (2011)[7]
* Alexey Shved: (2012)[8]

## Russian basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

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Main article: Russian basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

## Predecessor leagues

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* USSR Premier League: (1923–1992)
* Russian Super League 1 (1st-tier): (1992–2010)

## Successor league

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* VTB United League: (2008–present)

## See also

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* 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

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1. ^ 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
2. ^ "PBL looks to a better future". ULEB. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
3. ^ 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
4. ^ BEKO PBL Press service. "BEKO PBL Board suggests scheme of 2012/2013 season". pbleague.ru. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
5. ^ "Maciej Lampe - the MVP of the BEKO PBL Regular season". ПБЛ (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
6. ^ "Davon Jefferson – MVP of the regular season". ПБЛ (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
7. ^ "Viktor Khryapa Gets Play-Offs MVP Award". ПБЛ (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
8. ^ "Wolves Sign Free Agent Alexey Shved". www.nba.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

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Russian Professional Basketball League

Seasons|

* Derived from Basketball Super League
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* Merged into VTB United League

Clubs|

* CSKA Moscow
* Dynamo Moscow
* Khimki Moscow Region
* Krasnye Krylia Samara
* Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar
* Nizhny Novgorod
* Spartak Primorye
* Spartak Saint Petersburg
* Triumph Lyubertsy
* UNICS Kazan
* Enisey Krasnoyarsk

Awards|

* PBL awards

Other|

* Russian clubs in international competitions

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Basketball in Russia

General topics|

* Russian Basketball Federation
* Russian basketball league system
* Russian Professional Basketball Championship
* Russian Gold Basket awards
* PBL awards
* Russian clubs in international competitions
* Soviet clubs in international competitions

National teams|

| Men|

* Russia
* Russia U20
* Russia U19
* Russia U17
* Soviet Union (defunct)

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Women|

* Russia
* Russia U20
* Russia U19
* Russia U17
* Soviet Union (defunct)

League competitions|

| Men|

* VTB United League
* Russian Super League 1
* Russian Higher League
* Russian Under-23 Youth League
* Russian 1 League
* Russian Professional Basketball League (defunct)
* Soviet Union Premier League (defunct)

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Women|

* Russian Women's Premier League
* Russian Women's Super League
* Russian Women's Higher League
* Soviet Union Women's Premier League (defunct)

Cup competitions|

| Men|

* Russian Cup
* Soviet Union Cup (defunct)

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Women|

* Russian Women's Cup
* Soviet Union Women's Cup (defunct)

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International men's basketball

* FIBA
* National teams
* Olympics
* World Cup
* World University Games
* U-21 World Cup (defunct)
* U-19 World Cup
* U-17 World Cup
* DBB U-18 Invitational
* TBF U-16 Invitational
* World Ranking

Africa|

* FIBA Africa - AfroBasket
* U-18
* U-16
* AfroCan
* African Games
* Basketball Africa League (BAL)

Americas|

* FIBA Americas - FIBA AmeriCup
* U-18
* U-16
* CBC Championship
* Centrobasket
* U-17
* U-15
* COCABA Championship
* Marchand Cup
* Pan American Games
* South American Championship
* U-17
* U-15
* Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)

Asia|

* FIBA Asia - FIBA Asia Cup (includes Oceania)
* U-18
* U-16
* Asian Games
* FIBA Asia Challenge
* Basketball Champions League Asia
* Stanković Cup
* East Asian Championship
* East Asian Games (defunct)
* East Asia Super League (EASL)
* SABA Championship
* SEABA Championship
* South Asian Games
* Southeast Asian Games
* West Asian Championship
* West Asian Games
* William Jones Cup
* ASEAN Basketball League (defunct)

Europe|

* FIBA Europe - EuroBasket
* U-20
* U-18
* U-16
* Acropolis Tournament
* Adecco Cup
* Belgrade Trophy
* FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
* Games of the Small States of Europe
* World Cup (Turkey)
* Basketball Champions League (BCL)

Oceania|

* FIBA Oceania - FIBA Oceania Championship (defunct)
* U-20 (defunct)
* U-17
* U-15
* Pacific Games

Other
tournaments|

* FIBA Intercontinental Cup
* Arab Basketball Championship
* Arab Games
* Commonwealth Games
* Diamond Ball
* FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
* Lusophone Games
* Mediterranean Games

* Basketball portal

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Men's basketball leagues

* FIBA
* FIBA Intercontinental Cup
* National Basketball Association
* NBA vs. international teams
* NBA vs. EuroLeague
* NBA vs. NBL Australia

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* 2nd
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Comoros
* Egypt
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* 2nd
* Rwanda
* 2nd
* Senegal
* 2nd
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* BNL
* National
* Tanzania
* Tunisia
* 2nd
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Argentina
* 2nd
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* 2nd
* Canada
* NBA G League
* BSL
* CEBL
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic (Torneo Superior de Baloncesto)
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Mexico
* CIBACOPA
* NBA G League
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* United States
* ABA
* NBA G League
* TBL
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Bahrain
* China
* NBL
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Oman
* Philippines
* PBA
* PBA D-League
* MPBL
* NBL–Pilipinas
* PSL
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Syria
* Taiwan
* P. League+
* TPBL
* SBL
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* 2nd
* Austria
* 2nd
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* 2nd – RS
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* 2nd
* Cyprus
* North
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* 2nd
* France
* 2nd
* 3rd
* Georgia
* Germany
* 2nd
* 3rd
* Great Britain
* England
* Scotland
* Greece
* 2nd
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* 2nd
* 3rd
* Italy
* 2nd
* 3rd
* Kosovo
* 2nd
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* 2nd
* 3rd
* Luxembourg
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* 2nd
* Portugal
* 2nd
* Romania
* Russia
* 2nd
* Serbia
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* 2nd
* 3rd
* Sweden
* 2nd
* 3rd
* Switzerland
* 2nd
* Turkey
* 2nd
* 3rd
* Ukraine
* 2nd

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

International
tournaments|

| Africa|

* Basketball Africa League
* Arab Club Basketball Championship
* East Africa Basketball Championship Cup

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Americas|

* FIBA Champions League Americas
* FIBA South American League

Asia|

* Basketball Champions League Asia
* East Asia Super League
* West Asia Super League
* Arab Club Basketball Championship
* AsiaBasket

Europe|

* EuroLeague
* EuroCup
* FIBA Champions League
* FIBA Europe Cup
* Adriatic League
* 2nd
* Alpe Adria Cup
* Balkan League
* Caucasus Basketball League
* European North Basketball League
* Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
* Liga Unike
* VTB United League

Defunct
tournaments|

| Africa|

* FIBA Africa Basketball League

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Americas|

* FIBA Americas League
* Pan American Championship
* South American Championship
* Torneo InterLigas
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile
* Canada
* NBLC
* United States
* ABA
* CBA
* USBL
* Uruguay

Asia|

* ABA Club Championship
* ASEAN League
* WABA Champions Cup
* Japan
* bj league
* NBL
* NBDL
* JBL
* Taiwan
* Chinese Basketball Alliance
* T1 League

Europe|

* SuproLeague
* Saporta Cup
* Korać Cup
* EuroChallenge
* EuroCup Challenge
* Baltic League
* Central European League
* Latin Cup
* North European League
* Czechoslovakia
* England
* Russia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* 2nd
* Spain
* Soviet Union
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia
* 2nd

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