It was the seventh season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level.
[2] From this season, playoff games will be played in a best-of-three format with a 1–1–1 structure.
[3] A total of 13 teams from five countries contest the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan, and one from Poland.
This season VEF Riga from Latvia cancelled the participation.
[4] In the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a round-robin format.