Estonian-Latvian Basketball League | ||||||||||
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Season | 2018â19 | |||||||||
Duration | 28 September 2018 â 6 April 2019 | |||||||||
Number of games | 222 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 15 | |||||||||
TV partner(s) | Best4Sport TV, TTV, Delfi TV | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Season MVP | Rihards LomaĆŸs | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Ventspils (1st title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | VEF RÄ«ga | |||||||||
Third place | Kalev/Cramo | |||||||||
Fourth place | Ogre | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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2019â20 â |
The 2018â19 LatvianâEstonian Basketball League, known as OlyBet LatvianâEstonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the newly formed LatvianâEstonian Basketball League, the combined top basketball division of Latvia and Estonia.
The season began on 28 September 2018, with the 2018 Estonian champions Kalev/Cramo hosting a game against the 2018 Latvian champions Ventspils. The Final Four was played at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia, with Ventspils winning the inaugural title.
The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of the regular season, which lasts from 28 September 2018 to 24 March 2018, all the teams play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 28 games. Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the eight highest-ranked teams advancing to the double-legged quarter-finals. The winning teams will determine the champion in a Final Four tournament. [1] [2] [3]
15 teams, 7 from Estonia and 8 from Latvia, are contesting the league in the 2018â19 season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Ventspils | 28 | 27 | 1 | 2516 | 1996 | +520 | .964 | Advanced to play-offs and national championships |
2 | VEF RÄ«ga | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2567 | 1931 | +636 | .929 | |
3 | Kalev/Cramo | 28 | 25 | 3 | 2583 | 2046 | +537 | .893 | |
4 | Ogre | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2533 | 2307 | +226 | .643 | |
5 | TalTech | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2306 | 2297 | +9 | .571 | |
6 | Tartu Ălikool | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2202 | 2249 | −47 | .500 | |
7 | Avis Utilitas Rapla | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2242 | 2284 | −42 | .464 [a] | |
8 | PĂ€rnu Sadam | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2156 | 2222 | −66 | .464 [a] | |
9 | JĆ«rmala Betsafe | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2175 | 2232 | −57 | .464 [a] | Qualification for Latvian championship |
10 | Tallinna Kalev/TLĂ | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2276 | 2250 | +26 | .429 | Qualification for Estonian championship |
11 | Latvijas UniversitÄte | 28 | 9 | 19 | 1972 | 2193 | −221 | .321 | Qualification for Latvian championship |
12 | Valmiera Glass/ViA | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2214 | 2414 | −200 | .286 | |
13 | LiepÄja | 28 | 7 | 21 | 2151 | 2500 | −349 | .250 [b] | |
14 | Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | 28 | 7 | 21 | 1976 | 2286 | −310 | .250 [b] | |
15 | JÄkabpils/SMScredit.lv | 28 | 2 | 26 | 1884 | 2546 | −662 | .071 |
The quarter-finals were played with a double-legged format while the semi-finals and final in a Final Four format was hosted at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia.
Quarter-finals 27 March â 2 April |
Semi-finals 5 April |
Final 6 April | ||||||||||||||
PĂ€rnu Sadam | 80 | 80 | 160 | |||||||||||||
Ventspils | 83 | 94 | 177 | |||||||||||||
Ventspils | 84 | |||||||||||||||
Ogre | 80 | |||||||||||||||
TalTech | 87 | 59 | 146 | |||||||||||||
Ogre | 81 | 85 | 166 | |||||||||||||
Ventspils | 102 | |||||||||||||||
VEF RÄ«ga | 80 | |||||||||||||||
Avis Utilitas Rapla | 65 | 71 | 136 | |||||||||||||
VEF RÄ«ga | 90 | 121 | 211 | |||||||||||||
VEF RÄ«ga | 90 | |||||||||||||||
Kalev/Cramo | 80 | Third place | ||||||||||||||
Tartu Ălikool | 59 | 59 | 118 | |||||||||||||
Kalev/Cramo | 84 | 96 | 180 | |||||||||||||
Ogre | 85 | |||||||||||||||
Kalev/Cramo | 87 | |||||||||||||||
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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PĂ€rnu Sadam | 160â177 | Ventspils | 80â83 | 80â94 |
Avis Utilitas Rapla | 136â211 | VEF RÄ«ga | 65â90 | 71â121 |
Tartu Ălikool | 118â180 | Kalev/Cramo | 59â84 | 59â96 |
TalTech | 146â166 | Ogre | 87â81 | 59â85 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ventspils | 84â80 | Ogre |
VEF RÄ«ga | 90â80 | Kalev/Cramo |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ogre | 85â87 | Kalev/Cramo |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ventspils | 102â80 | VEF RÄ«ga |
Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1 | Justin Johnson | LiepÄja | 27 | 579 | 21.44 |
2 | JÄnis Kaufmanis | Valmiera Glass ViA | 28 | 554 | 19.79 |
3 | Arnas VeliÄka | Tartu Ălikool | 29 | 551 | 19.00 |
4 | Linards Jaunzems | Latvijas UniversitÄte | 25 | 463 | 18.52 |
5 | Toomas Raadik | TalTech | 30 | 531 | 17.70 |
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1 | Jurijs Aleksejevs | JÄkabpils/SMScredit.lv / JĆ«rmala Betsafe | 27 | 250 | 9.26 |
2 | Julius Kazakauskas | Tartu Ălikool | 27 | 230 | 8.52 |
3 | Kristaps DÄrgais | Ogre | 32 | 268 | 8.38 |
4 | Mihkel Kirves | PĂ€rnu Sadam | 29 | 241 | 8.31 |
5 | Guntis SÄ«poliĆĆĄ | Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits / LiepÄja | 28 | 228 | 8.14 |
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1 | Tony Wroten | Kalev/Cramo | 18 | 137 | 7.61 |
2 | Aaron Johnson | Ventspils | 30 | 202 | 6.73 |
3 | Jabril Durham | VEF RÄ«ga | 28 | 180 | 6.43 |
4 | Rinalds SirsniĆĆĄ | Ogre | 32 | 204 | 6.38 |
5 | Norman KĂ€bin | TalTech | 28 | 163 | 5.82 |
Month | Player | Team |
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October | Julius Kazakauskas | Tartu Ălikool |
November | Kaspars BÄrziĆĆĄ | Ogre |
December | Toomas Raadik | TalTech |
January | Dominique Hawkins | Avis Utilitas Rapla |
February | Toomas Raadik | TalTech |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Kalev/Cramo | 3 | |||||||||
PĂ€rnu Sadam | 0 | |||||||||
Avis Utilitas Rapla | 1 | |||||||||
PĂ€rnu Sadam | 3 | |||||||||
Kalev/Cramo | 3 | |||||||||
Tallinna Kalev/TLĂ | 0 | |||||||||
TalTech | 0 | |||||||||
Tallinna Kalev/TLĂ | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
Tartu Ălikool | 1 | |||||||||
Tallinna Kalev/TLĂ | 3 | |||||||||
PĂ€rnu Sadam | 3 | |||||||||
TalTech | 0 | |||||||||
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Tartu Ălikool | 1â3 | Tallinna Kalev/TLĂ | 78â73 | 70â87 | 77â83 | 96â97 | |
Avis Utilitas Rapla | 1â3 | PĂ€rnu Sadam | 60â83 | 57â82 | 82â80 | 76â88 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Kalev/Cramo | 3â0 | PĂ€rnu Sadam | 91â85 | 102â62 | 89â72 | ||
TalTech | 0â3 | Tallinna Kalev/TLĂ | 75â78 | 86â94 | 92â97 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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PĂ€rnu Sadam | 3â0 | TalTech | 75â68 | 79â73 | 89â63 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Kalev/Cramo | 3â0 | Tallinna Kalev/TLĂ | 87â78 | 101â73 | 105â83 |
The six best Latvian teams qualified for the national play-offs, that started on 10 April 2019. [4]
Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five games format (1-1-1-1-1) while the final in a best of seven one.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Ventspils | 3 | |||||||||
JĆ«rmala Betsafe | 0 | |||||||||
JĆ«rmala Betsafe | 3 | |||||||||
Latvijas UniversitÄte | 0 | |||||||||
Ventspils | 1 | |||||||||
VEF RÄ«ga | 4 | |||||||||
VEF RÄ«ga | 3 | |||||||||
Ogre | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
Ogre | 3 | |||||||||
Valmiera Glass ViA | 0 | |||||||||
Ogre | 3 | |||||||||
JĆ«rmala Betsafe | 0 | |||||||||
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Ogre | 3â0 | Valmiera Glass ViA | 100â81 | 93â82 | 73â67 | ||
JĆ«rmala Betsafe | 3â0 | Latvijas UniversitÄte | 72â56 | 60â55 | 90â59 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Ventspils | 3â0 | JĆ«rmala Betsafe | 86â78 | 91â63 | 85â72 | ||
VEF RÄ«ga | 3â0 | Ogre | 110â71 | 104â77 | 90â85 |
The team with the higher seed played game one, two, five and seven (if necessary) at home.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Ogre | 3â0 | JĆ«rmala Betsafe | 78â60 | 97â90 | 83â78 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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Ventspils | 1â4 | VEF RÄ«ga | 75â81 | 80â71 | 77â81 | 90â98 | 69â82 |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Ventspils | Champions League | Regular season |
FIBA Europe Cup | Round of 16 |