Russian Professional Basketball League
The Professional Basketball League (Russian: Профессиональная баскетбольная лига (ПБЛ), Professionalʼnaya basketbolʼnaya liga), often abbreviated to the PBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Russia, and the successor to the Russian Basketball SuperLeague, which is now the second-tier division of the Russian professional basketball pyramid.
History
Established in 2010, the league contains 10 teams in its inaugural 2010–11 season. 9 of these teams participated in the 2009–10 season of SuperLeague, and the 10th team is BC Nizhny Novgorod. The inaugural 2010–11 season started on October 9, 2010, with a match between Dynamo Moscow and CSKA Moscow, on Dynamo's home court, the Krylatskoe Sport Palace. CSKA won by a score of 81 to 63.
Current clubs
As of 4 October 2011
Champions
Regular season winners
See also
External links
Russian Professional Basketball League 2011–12
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Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.
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