Season 2014–15 Games played 240 (regular season) | Dates 3 Oct 2014 – 8 Jun 2015 Teams 20 | |
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The 2014–15 VTB United League was the 6th complete season of the VTB United League. It was the second season the VTB United League functioned as the new domestic first tier for Russian basketball clubs, which can qualify through this league to Euroleague.
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CSKA Moscow was the defending champion. CSKA successfully defended its title, they took the league title by beating Khimki 3–0 in the Finals.
Teams
On 20 July 2014, drawing of two group of 11 teams was held in Moscow. On 25 July 2014, five Lithuanian teams (Lietuvos rytas, Neptūnas Klaipėda, Dzūkija, Lietkabelis, Nevėžis) withdrew from the competition due to the Lithuanian Basketball League's decision to expand its regular-season schedule up to 40 games per team. New format with double round-robin tournament was proposed for the 2014–15 VTB United League.
This proposal for the regular season was approved on 1 August 2014. The eight best teams of the regular season will qualify to the playoffs.