PBL
Season2010–11
Duration9 October 2010 – 16 June 2011
Regular season
Season MVPPoland Maciej Lampe
RelegatedDynamo Moscow
Finals
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
(18th title)
  Runners-upKhimki
Third placeUNICS
Fourth placeLokomotiv Kuban
Playoffs MVPRussia Victor Khryapa
← 2009–10

The 2010–11 Russian Professional Basketball League (PBL) was the first season of the Russian Professional League, and the 20th overall of the Russian Professional Championship. CSKA Moscow won the title, by beating Kimki Moscow Region 3–1 in the league's playoff Finals.

Format

In the regular season, all ten teams played against each other three times so in the regular season, each team played 27 games.

Teams

Professional Basketball League 2010–11 club locations
Moscow Region teams:
CSKA, Khimki, Triumph, Dynamo
Team Home City Arena Capacity
Triumph LyubertsyLyubertsyTriumph Sports Palace4,000
Spartak Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSibur Arena7,044
Dynamo MoscowMoscowKrylatskoye Sports Palace5,000
Krasnye KryliaSamaraMTL Arena3,500
CSKA MoscowMoscowUniversal Sports Hall CSKA5,500
EniseyKrasnoyarskArena Sever4,100
KhimkiKhimkiBasketball Center6,196
Lokomotiv KubanKrasnodarBasket-Hall7,500
Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodTrade Union Sport Palace5,600
UNICSKazanBasket Hall Arena7,500

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 UNICS 27 21 6 2188 1962 +226 Qualification for the playoffs
2 CSKA Moscow 27 18 9 2161 1925 +236
3 Lokomotiv Kuban 27 17 10 2114 1956 +158
4 Khimki 27 17 10 2261 2059 +202
5 Spartak Saint Petersburg 27 17 10 2195 2122 +73
6 Enisey 27 12 15 2114 2252 138
7 Krasnye Krylia 27 10 17 1987 2128 141
8 Nizhny Novgorod 27 10 17 1948 2122 174
9 Dynamo Moscow[lower-alpha 1] (R) 27 8 19 323 352 29 Relegated to Super League
10 Triumph Lyubertsy 27 5 22 2048 2313 265
Source: Eurobasket
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Dynamo Moscow was expelled from the PBL due to the club's difficult financial situation.

Playoffs

Championship bracket

The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three format, the semi- and finals were played in a best-of-five format.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
1
UNICS
2
 
 
 
8
Nizhny Novgorod
1
 
1
UNICS
2
 
 
 
4
Khimki
3
 
4
Khimki
2
 
 
 
5
Spartak Saint Petersburg
1
 
4
Khimki
1
 
 
 
2
CSKA Moscow
3
 
2
CSKA Moscow
2
 
 
 
7
Krasnye Krylia
1
 
2
CSKA Moscow
3
 
 
 
3
Lokomotiv Kuban
0 Third place
 
3
Lokomotiv Kuban
2
 
 
 
6
Enisey
1
 
1
UNICS
3
 
 
3
Lokomotiv Kuban
0
 

Classification bracket

All losing teams from the quarter-finals in the championship bracket played in the classification bracket. All rounds were played in a best-of-three format.

 
First roundFifth position
 
      
 
 
 
 
8
Nizhny Novgorod
2
 
 
 
5
Spartak Saint Petersburg
0
 
8
Nizhny Novgorod
2
 
 
 
6
Enisey
0
 
6
Enisey
2
 
 
7
Krasnye Krylia
1
 
Seventh position
 
 
 
 
 
5
Spartak Saint Petersburg
2
 
 
7
Krasnye Krylia
1

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Playoffs MVP

All-Symbolic Team

See also

References

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