Russian Professional Basketball League

Professional Basketball League (PBL)
Current season or competition:
Russian Professional Basketball League 2011–12

Logo PBL
Formerly Russian Basketball SuperLeague
Sport Basketball
Founded 2010
Inaugural season 2010/11
No. of teams 10
Country(ies) Russia
Continent FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s) CSKA Moscow (1st title)
Most titles CSKA Moscow (1 title)
Related competitions VTB United League
Russian Basketball SuperLeague
Russian Cup
Official website www.PBLeague.ru

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.

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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

Club European participation in 2010–11 season
CSKA Moscow Euroleague VTB United League
Khimki Moscow Region Euroleague Qualifying Euroleague VTB United League
UNICS Kazan Euroleague Qualifying Eurocup VTB United League
Krasnye Krylya Samara Eurocup
Spartak Primorye Eurocup Qualifying EuroChallenge
Spartak Saint Petersburg Eurocup Qualifying EuroChallenge
Lokomotiv Kuban EuroChallenge
BC Nizhny Novgorod EuroChallenge Qualifying EuroChallenge
Triumph Lyubertsy EuroChallenge Qualifying
Enisey Krasnoyarsk EuroChallenge Qualifying
As of 4 October 2011

Champions

Regular season winners

See also

External links