VTB United League is an international professional men's basketball league and an official FIBA competition. The tournament was founded in 2008 by joined efforts of VTB and Russian Basketball Federation with the mission to unite the leading basketball clubs of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe together into one league.
In the season 2022/2023 the regular championship is divided into 2 stages. At the first stage, 12 teams will play 2 rounds, after which the teams will be divided into 2 groups - group A (teams that took 1-6 places) and group B (teams that took 7-12 places). At the second stage, the teams will play among themselves in their groups for 2 more rounds.
According to the results of the regular season, 8 best teams of the League will be determined. In the 2022/23 season, the champion will be determined in a playoff series: quarter-final series will be held up to 3 wins, semi-final and final - up to 4 wins.
