The 2021 VBA season was the sixth season of the
Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbreviated as VBA, is a Vietnamese national professional basketball league founded in 2016.
History
The formation of the VBA was announced by charter ...
. The regular season began on 10 July but was canceled on 27 August due to a new surge of the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ...
in Vietnam.
The season was scheduled to start on 4 June, with the regular season and postseason set to be played in bubbles in
Hanoi
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi i ...
and
Ho Chi Minh City
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. However, the start was postponed due to a surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
Teams
All seven teams from the
2020 season returned. The
Vietnam national team was added as the eighth team to help prepare for the
2021 SEA Games
The 2021 Southeast Asian Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Đông Nam Á 2021, lit=2021 Southeast Asian Sport Assembly), officially known as the 31st Southeast Asian Games, 31st SEA Games or SEA Games 31, and also recognized as Viet Nam 2021, wa ...
.
Venues and locations
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all games were played in a bubble in
Nha Trang
Nha Trang ( or ; ) is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the north by Ninh Hoà town, on the south by Cam Ranh city and on the west by Diên Khánh District. The city has a ...
on the campus of
Nha Trang University.
Personnel and sponsorship
Regular season
Standings
Statistics
Individual statistic leaders
Team statistic leaders
References
External links
Official website
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Vietnam Basketball Association seasons
2021–22 in Vietnamese basketball
2021–22 in Asian basketball leagues
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...