The league changed its name from Superleague 2 to Higher League (Higher League) in 2022
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Higher League 2022-23
Champion: BARS-RGEU Rostov
Regular Season Champion: BC Chelbasket Chelyabinsk
Higher League Final: BARS-RGEU Rostov - BC Chelbasket Chelyabinsk 72-67 Neftekhimik T. (Ivan Levin): Vladimir Laptev 15, Vadim Bondarenko 16, Kirill Anoshin 20, Konstantin Ekimov 6, Denis Myshalov 3, Nikita Soldatov 17, Egor Chernyshev 9, Sergey Rozhkov 2, Nikita Ivanov 0, Nikolay Mukha 0, Alexander Grishin 0, Arkadii Polischuk 0 Higher League Standings 2022-23
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Places 1-4
Places 5-8
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 Dynamo-MGTU Player of the Week: Round 4(Stg2)  Dynamo-MGTU  Bars-RGEU celebrate Higher League title (Photo: russiabasket.ru)
 Bars-RGEU celebrate Higher League title-Apr 30, 2023
FINALChelbasket - BARS-RGEU 67-72BARS-RGEU earned the Higher League title. They toppled Chelbasket in the championship game tonight. The guests took control from the first minutes by winning first half. But Chelbasket won third quarter 25-21. However it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. 25 personal fouls committed by Chelbasket helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international Aleksandr Golyakhov (195-1991) who helped to win the game recording 26 points. Center Vladimir Lidyaev (202-1987) contributed with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 15 rebounds for the winners. Point guard Pavel Koltsov (180-1994) answered with 21 points and 5 rebounds and Kazakhstan center Andrei Malyshev (210-1985) added 11 points and 9 rebounds in the effort for Chelbasket. Top scorers: Chelbasket: P.Koltsov 21+5reb+3ast, P.Nikita 15+4reb, A.Malyshev 11+9reb+1ast, G.Nikita 8+2reb+2ast, D.Bubnov 4+3ast, K.Epanov 4+4reb+1ast BARS-RGEU: A.Golyakhov 26+4reb+1ast, E.Marinin 15+5reb+5ast, V.Lidyaev 13+15reb+3ast, P.Bugaenko 7+1reb, D.Flis 6+6reb+2ast, V.Gusak 4+5reb 3-4 PlaceNeftekhimik T. - Stavropol 88-84Neftekhimik T. forced 21 Stavropol turnovers. Worth to mention a great performance of forward Nikita Soldatov (200-1999) who helped to win the game recording 17 points and 8 rebounds. Guard Kirill Anoshin (194-2000) contributed with 20 points and 4 steals for the winners. Neftekhimik T.'s coach Ivan Levin used an eleven-player rotation in such tough game. Center Dmitrii Karbusov (205-1999) answered with a double-double by scoring 14 points and 12 rebounds and forward Vladislav Krushelnitskiy (195-1997) added 17 points and 4 steals (made all of his eight free throws) in the effort for Stavropol. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Top scorers: Stavropol: V.Krushelnitskiy 17+2reb+2ast, S.Grigoriy 16+4reb+1ast, D.Karbusov 14+12reb+2ast, D.Danila 13+2reb+4ast, D.Prokin 9+2reb, T.Viktor 9+10reb Neftekhimik T.: A.Kirill 20+3reb, N.Soldatov 17+8reb+2ast, V.Bondarenko 16+5ast, V.Laptev 15+3reb+3ast, C.Egor 9+2reb, K.Ekimov 6+6reb+4ast Eurobasket.com All-Russian Higher League Awards 2023-May 21, 2023
Finals MVP:
 Aleksandr Golyakhov (195-SG-1991) of BARS-RGEUPlayer of the Year: Pavel Koltsov (180-PG-1994) of ChelbasketGuard of the Year: Pavel Koltsov (180-PG-1994) of ChelbasketForward of the Year: Pavel Kryaschenko (200-F-1998) of Dynamo-MGTUCenter of the Year: Vladimir Lidyaev (202-C-1987) of BARS-RGEU
First Team Pavel Koltsov (180-PG-1994) of Chelbasket Evgeny Marinin (192-PG-1992) of BARS-RGEU Nikita Pertcev (202-G/F-2000) of Chelbasket Pavel Kryaschenko (200-F-1998) of Dynamo-MGTU Vladimir Lidyaev (202-C-1987) of BARS-RGEU
Second Team Danila Donskov (182-G-2002) of Stavropol Vladimir Laptev (183-PG-1999) of Neftekhimik T. Ivan Feshchenko (200-F-1991) of Metallurg MGN Sergei Kharitonov (204-C/F-1991) of Metallurg MGN Konstantin Kulikov (213-C-1995) of Dynamo-MGTU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
