The 2015–16 VTB United League was the seventh complete season of the VTB United League. It was also the third season that the league functioned as the Russian domestic first tier level. CSKA Moscow was the defending champion, and the team successfully defended its title.

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CSKA

Enisey

Khimki

Oktyabr

Lokomotiv

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UNICS

Zenit

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Locations of teams from Russia in the 2015–16 VTB United League

Krasnye Krylia withdrew from the league as the Samara Sports Palace was not adequate for the VTB United League (such as a minimum requirement of 3,000 seats). It planned to reapply for the 2016–17 season after renovations.^[1]

In its place, Georgian Superliga side VITA Tbilisi was chosen in July 2015, the first side from that country to play in the league. All other clubs from the previous season were confirmed on the same occasion, along with a rough draft of a calendar.^[2]

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Tsmoki Minsk	Minsk	Minsk Arena	15,000
ČEZ Nymburk	Nymburk	Tipsport Arena	11,650
Kalev	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall Arena	7,000
Bisons Loimaa	Loimaa	Energia Areena	3,500
VITA Tbilisi ◆	Tbilisi	Tbilisi Sports Palace	9,700
Astana	Astana	Saryarka Velodrome	10,000
VEF Rīga	Rīga	Arēna Rīga	12,500
Avtodor Saratov	Saratov	Kristall Ice Sports Palace	6,100
CSKA Moscow ●	Moscow	Universal Sports Hall CSKA	5,500
Enisey Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk	Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace	4,100
Khimki	Khimki	Basketball Center	4,000[3]
Krasny Oktyabr	Volgograd	Volgograd Sports Palace of Trade Unions	3,700
Lokomotiv Kuban	Krasnodar	Basket-Hall	7,500
Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Trade Union Sport Palace	5,600
UNICS	Kazan	Basket Hall Arena	7,500
Zenit	Saint Petersburg	Sibur Arena	7,044

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow	30	28	2	2856	2230	+626	Qualification to playoffs
2	UNICS	30	25	5	2666	2293	+373
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	30	23	7	2668	2374	+294
4	Khimki	30	22	8	2866	2443	+423
5	Lokomotiv Kuban	30	22	8	2480	2153	+327
6	Avtodor Saratov	30	20	10	2661	2409	+252
7	Nizhny Novgorod	30	17	13	2523	2516	+7
8	ČEZ Nymburk	30	16	14	2526	2415	+111
9	Krasny Oktyabr	30	12	18	2567	2637	−70
10	Enisey	30	11	19	2509	2596	−87
11	VEF Rīga	30	11	19	2473	2517	−44
12	Tsmoki-Minsk	30	9	21	2416	2605	−189
13	Nilan Bisons	30	8	22	2242	2704	−462
14	Kalev/Cramo	30	8	22	2311	2596	−285
15	Astana	30	7	23	2375	2799	−424
16	VITA Tbilisi	30	1	29	1939	2791	−852

Home \ Away	AST	AVT	ČEZ	CSK	ENI	KAL	KHI	KRA	LOK	NIL	NIZ	TSM	UNK	VEF	VIT	ZEN
Astana		93–131	63–98	60–92	73–80	97–91	74–108	81–74	89–91	83–80	101–79	92–93	90–103	71–89	118–61	71–93
Avtodor Saratov	132–72		92–84	72–91	90–84	68–60	87–84	102–95	70–79	85–75	94–86	98–85	70–97	86–74	20–0	90–88
ČEZ Nymburk	79–61	73–92		66–86	91–81	79–65	90–94	103–76	76–74	87–59	76–70	75–61	74–75	73–71	111–51	81–102
CSKA Moscow	102–67	101–90	119–68		94–64	100–67	100–93	85–67	88–94	99–67	98–65	92–48	81–70	101–93	98–62	113–77
Enisey Krasnoyarsk	96–70	88–92	88–92	81–96		97–90	85–95	86–94	73–82	88–64	103–96	93–94	83–87	110–65	83–73	94–102
Kalev/Cramo	80–86	75–86	70–99	78–105	80–70		72–90	89–81	71–89	83–78	77–91	81–73	84–89	78–86	85–75	84–92
Khimki	128–87	87–84	123–71	85–96	108–92	84–54		97–86	101–88	113–83	74–82	100–72	85–90	104–93	117–73	90–84
Krasny Oktyabr	106–85	85–102	96–88	74–108	92–66	83–95	78–80		77–89	78–83	93–87	96–80	80–114	88–94	85–82	67–74
Lokomotiv Kuban	99–66	91–77	75–58	65–77	77–51	71–67	94–81	81–63		95–55	92–69	80–50	56–58	71–63	121–71	78–70
Nilan Bisons	81–75	86–135	60–96	82–98	99–110	98–86	62–81	72–109	70–68		73–79	76–73	74–93	83–82	89–73	62–83
Nizhny Novgorod	84–80	75–70	91–76	86–82	93–75	80–66	93–92	87–90	96–91	71–69		100–85	91–81	79–107	97–65	84–88
Tsmoki-Minsk	87–83	83–106	84–93	81–83	89–91	100–77	88–94	77–81	60–75	119–83	86–81		77–102	74–75	94–74	71–79
UNICS Kazan	100–73	66–64	94–87	89–100	94–75	96–75	82–78	97–76	80–76	110–56	102–68	83–91		82–72	81–57	101–66
VEF Rīga	94–93	103–91	81–73	77–92	71–73	75–84	79–89	92–94	84–89	83–73	75–87	76–84	69–81		99–59	76–95
VITA Tbilisi	53–62	59–111	59–119	60–93	72–85	77–78	52–108	67–110	63–76	63–77	78–100	81–80	76–104	69–99		84–90
Zenit St.Petersburg	115–59	90–74	102–90	82–86	81–64	101–69	72–103	94–93	79–73	106–73	77–76	105–77	89–65	91–76	101–50

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

The eight teams that finished highest in the regular season were qualified. The Playoffs started on April 29 and ended on June 8, 2016.^[4] The champions or runners-up of the Playoffs would qualify for the 2016–17 EuroLeague, dependent on the position of automatically placed CSKA Moscow. CSKA Moscow won the championship, after beating runners-up UNICS that qualified for the EuroLeague as runners-up.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	CSKA Moscow	3
	8	ČEZ Nymburk	0
						1	CSKA Moscow	3
						4	Khimki	0
	4	Khimki	3
	5	Lokomotiv Kuban	0
											1	CSKA Moscow	3
											2	UNICS	1
	2	UNICS	3
	7	Nizhny Novgorod	0
						2	UNICS	3
						3	Zenit St. Petersburg	2
	3	Zenit St. Petersburg	3
	6	Avtodor Saratov	0

In the quarterfinals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
CSKA Moscow	3–0	ČEZ Nymburk	95–87	79–72	102–87
Khimki	3–0	Lokomotiv Kuban	86–80	97–83	86–71
UNICS	3–0	Nizhny Novgorod	83–70	70–61	84–71
Zenit St. Petersburg	3–0	Avtodor Saratov	95–91	97–85	95–82

In the semifinals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
CSKA Moscow	3–0	Khimki	86–83	99–87	95–92
UNICS	3–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	94–93	97–91	67–82	82–85	79–70

In the Finals, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, third and fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
CSKA Moscow	3–1	UNICS	84–76	90–77	74–79	81–74	–

CSKA Moscow v UNICS

June 1, 2016	CSKA Moscow	84–76 (Series: 1–0)	UNICS	Moscow
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–26, 27–18, 11–17
	Pts: Teodosic 17 Rebs: De Colo 6 Asts: Teodosic 10	Boxscore	Pts: Langford 16 Rebs: Parakhouski 7 Asts: Colom 7	Arena: USK CSKA Attendance: 4,050 Referees: Sreten Radovic, Saso Petek, Semen Ovinov

CSKA Moscow v UNICS

June 3, 2016	CSKA Moscow	90–77 (Series: 2–0)	UNICS	Moscow
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 22–17, 16–22, 25–15
	Pts: Khryapa 19 Rebs: Khryapa 6 Asts: Teodosic 7	Boxscore	Pts: Langford 15 Rebs: Williams 6 Asts: Ponkrashov 7	Arena: USK CSKA Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Sasa Pukl, Oskars Lucius, Ilya Putenko

UNICS v CSKA Moscow

June 6, 2016	UNICS	79–74 (Series: 1–2)	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 23–22, 24–14, 14–20
	Pts: Langford 29 Rebs: Langford 8 Asts: Langford 4	Boxscore	Pts: De Colo 20 Rebs: Hines 11 Asts: Teodosic 7	Arena: Basket-Hall Kazan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Sinisa Herceg, Robert Vyklicki, Anton Makhlin

UNICS v CSKA Moscow

June 8, 2016	UNICS	74–81 (Series: 1–3)	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 15–17, 19–16, 29–23
	Pts: Milaknis 23 Rebs: Williams 10 Asts: Ponkrashov 8	Boxscore	Pts: De Colo 16 Rebs: Nichols 7 Asts: De Colo 5	Arena: Basket-Hall Kazan Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Sreten Radovic, Oskars Lucius, Marczyn Kowalski

Player	Team	Ref.
Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	[5]

Player	Team	Ref.
Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	[6]

Player	Team	Ref.
Quino Colom	UNICS	[7]

Player	Team	Ref.
Artem Klimenko	Avtodor Saratov	[8]

Coach	Team	Ref.
Vasily Karasev	Zenit St. Petersburg	[9]
Georgios Bartzokas	Lokomotiv Kuban

Player	Team	Ref.
Kyle Hines	CSKA Moscow	[10]

First Team		Second Team
Player	Team	Player	Team
Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow
Keith Langford	UNICS	Tyrese Rice	Khimki
Alexey Shved	Khimki	Ryan Toolson	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Jānis Timma	Zenit	Víctor Claver	Lokomotiv Kuban
Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban	Rašid Mahalbašić	Nizhny Novgorod

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
October	Ryan Toolson	Zenit Saint Petersburg	[11]
November	Keith Langford	UNICS Kazan	[12]
December	Alexey Shved	Khimki	[13]
January	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	[14]
February	Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban (2)	[15]
March	Victor Rudd	Nizhny Novgorod	[16]
April	Ryan Toolson (2)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (2)	[17]

Final statistics.

Efficiency Pos Player Club PIR 1 Ekene Ibekwe Krasny Oktyabr 20.8 2 Nik Caner-Medley Astana 20.3 3 Jerry Jefferson Krasny Oktyabr 20.1

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Keith Langford UNICS 21.0 2 Jerry Jefferson Krasny Oktyabr 18.2 3 Nik Caner-Medley Astana 18.2

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Josh Boone Khimki 9.1 2 Jerry Jefferson Krasny Oktyabr 8.8 3 Ekene Ibekwe Krasny Oktyabr 8.7

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Paul Stoll Avtodor Saratov 7.1 2 Tyrese Rice Khimki 6.6 3 Jerry Johnson Astana 6.5

Category		Player	Club
Efficiency	42	Michael Dixon	ČEZ Nymburk
Points	40	Egor Vyaltsev	Khimki
Rebounds	20	Josh Boone	Khimki
Assists	17	Tyrese Rice	Khimki
Steals	7	Pat Calathes	Astana
Blocks	5	5 occasions

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