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.
| PBL | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2010–11 |
| Duration | 9 October 2010 – 16 June 2011 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP |  Maciej Lampe |
| Relegated | Dynamo Moscow |
| Finals | |
| Champions | CSKA Moscow (18th title) |
| Runners-up | Khimki |
| Third place | UNICS |
| Fourth place | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Playoffs MVP |  Victor Khryapa |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → | |
Format
editIn the regular season, all ten teams played against each other three times so in the regular season, each team played 27 games.
Teams
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| Team | Home City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triumph Lyubertsy | Lyubertsy | Triumph Sports Palace | 4,000 |
| Spartak Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | Sibur Arena | 7,044 |
| Dynamo Moscow | Moscow | Krylatskoye Sports Palace | 5,000 |
| Krasnye Krylia | Samara | MTL Arena | 3,500 |
| CSKA Moscow | Moscow | Universal Sports Hall CSKA | 5,500 |
| Enisey | Krasnoyarsk | Arena Sever | 4,100 |
| Khimki | Khimki | Basketball Center | 6,196 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | Krasnodar | Basket-Hall | 7,500 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Trade Union Sport Palace | 5,600 |
| UNICS | Kazan | Basket Hall Arena | 7,500 |
Regular season
edit| 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[a] (R) | 27 | 8 | 19 | 323 | 352 | −29 | Relegated to Super League |
| 10 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 27 | 5 | 22 | 2048 | 2313 | −265 |
- ^ Dynamo Moscow was expelled from the PBL due to the club's difficult financial situation.
Playoffs
editChampionship bracket
editThe quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three format, the semi- and finals were played in a best-of-five format.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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
editAll 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 round | Fifth 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
editRegular Season MVP
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Playoffs MVP
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All-Symbolic Team
edit- First Symbolic Team
- Second Symbolic Team
