The 2017âÂÂ18 VTB United League was the ninth complete season of the VTB United League. It is also the fifth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. It started on 5 October 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 10 June 2018 with the championship game of the Final Four. CSKA Moscow were the defending champions.
CSKA Moscow successfully defended its title as it won the final over Khimki.
From this season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. These are played in a best-of-five format with a 1âÂÂ2âÂÂ2 structure. The four teams that win their playoff series qualify for the Final Four tournament, which decides the new champion.
A total of 13 teams from five countries contest the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan and one from Latvia.
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In the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a double round-robin format. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 5 October 2017.
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In the playoffs, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first game will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the second and third game will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fourth and fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams. The playoffs started on 23 May 2018.
The four winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the inaugural Final Four. The Final Four will be held from 8 until 10 June. In April 2018, it was announced that the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia will host the tournament.
The four winners of the play-offs during the 2017âÂÂ18 season qualified for the Final Four. The tournament will be hosted between 8 June and 10 June 2018.
The last final four was held in 2012, as the league was decided through playoff series in the previous years. Khimki, the runners-up of the Final Four, qualified for the 2018âÂÂ19 EuroLeague (as CSKA Moscow was already qualified).
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Attendance include playoff games: