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Baltic Basketball League

International basketball competition

International basketball competition

FieldValue
titleBaltic Basketball League
logoBaltic Basketball League logo.png
logo_size200px
sportBasketball
founded2004
folded2018
teams14
countryEstonia
Latvia
Lithuania
continentEurope
championLTU Pieno žvaigždės
(1st title)
most_champsLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
(5 titles)
TVViasat Sport Baltic
websitebbl.net

Latvia Lithuania (1st title) (5 titles)

Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus have participated in the Baltic League. After the 2017–18 season, the league announced that it was suspending its operations.

History

For the 2015–16 season, the format of the BBL included a regular season composed by two groups of seven teams that competed in a round-robin competition system, with each team facing their opponent twice. The teams qualified for the eight-finals based on their ranking after the regular season. Out of the five teams who participated in FIBA Europe Cup competition – Ventspils, Juventus, Šiauliai, Tartu Ülikool/Rock and Pieno žvaigždės – the latter three did not qualify for the FIBA Europe Cup playoffs and thus started playing at the start of the BBL playoffs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season's results. All play-off games are played in home-and-away series.

Baltic Basketball League also featured a Baltic Basketball League Cup competition before the beginning of the regular season since 2008.

Teams

These are the teams that participated in 2017–18 season:

GroupTeamCity, CountryArenaHead coachGroup AGroup B
EST AVIS RaplaRapla, EstoniaSadolin Sports HallEST Aivar Kuusmaa
EST Pärnu SadamPärnu, EstoniaPärnu Sports HallEST Heiko Rannula
LAT Betsafe/LiepājaLiepāja, LatviaLiepāja Olympic CenterLAT Agris Galvanovskis
LAT JūrmalaJūrmala, LatviaJūrmala State GymnasiumLAT Mārtiņš Gulbis
LTU ŠiauliaiŠiauliai, LithuaniaŠiauliai ArenaLTU Antanas Sireika
LTU VytautasPrienai/Birštonas, LithuaniaPrienai ArenaLTU Virginijus Šeškus
BLR Tsmoki-Minsk IIMinsk, BelarusThe team will play awayBLR Rostislav Vergun
EST University of TartuTartu, EstoniaUniversity of Tartu Sports HallEST Priit Vene
EST TLÜ/KalevTallinn, EstoniaKalev Sports HallEST Gert Kullamäe
EST TTÜTallinn, EstoniaTTÜ Sports HallEST Rait Käbin
LAT Valmiera/ORDOValmiera, LatviaVidzeme Olympic CenterLAT Kristaps Valters
LAT OgreOgre, LatviaOgre 1st Secondary SchoolLAT Arturs Visockis-Rubenis
LTU Pieno žvaigždėsPasvalys, LithuaniaPieno žvaigždės ArenaLTU Gediminas Petrauskas
KAZ Barsy AtyrauAtyrau, KazakhstanThe team will play awaySRB Aleksandar Vrzina

Baltic League champions

Elite Division champions

SeasonChampionRunner Up1st leg2nd legHost City
2004–05LTU Žalgiris KaunasLTU Lietuvos rytas64–60–LTU Vilnius
2005–06LTU Lietuvos rytasLTU Žalgiris Kaunas86–74–EST Tallinn
2006–07LTU Lietuvos rytasLTU Žalgiris Kaunas81–77–LAT Rīga
2007–08LTU Žalgiris KaunasLTU Lietuvos rytas86–84–LTU Šiauliai
2008–09LTU Lietuvos rytasLTU Žalgiris Kaunas97–74–EST Tartu
2009–10LTU Žalgiris KaunasLTU Lietuvos rytas73–66–LTU Vilnius
2010–11LTU Žalgiris KaunasLAT VEF Rīga75–67–LTU Kaunas
2011–12LTU Žalgiris KaunasLTU Lietuvos rytas74–70–LTU Šiauliai
2012–13LAT VentspilsLTU Prienai91–6970–73LTU Prienai & LAT Ventspils
2013–14LTU ŠiauliaiLTU Prienai62–5778–66LTU Prienai & LTU Šiauliai
2014–15LTU ŠiauliaiLAT Ventspils68–7088–80LAT Ventspils & LTU Šiauliai
2015–16LTU ŠiauliaiEST Tartu Ülikool/Rock74–81102–76EST Tartu & LTU Šiauliai
2016–17LTU VytautasLTU Pieno žvaigždės85–8889–74LTU Prienai & LTU Pasvalys
2017–18LTU Pieno žvaigždėsLAT Jūrmala98–8076–68LAT Jūrmala & LTU Pasvalys

Challenge Cup champions

SeasonChampionRunner Up1st leg2nd legHost City
2004–05LTU PanevėžysLAT Bumerangs/Gulbene/ASK87–74–LTU Panevėžys
2007–08LTU NevėžisLAT VEF Rīga81–68–LAT Rīga
2008–09LTU SakalaiLAT VEF Rīga84–77–LTU Utena
2009–10SWE Norrköping DolphinsLTU Rūdupis77–87107–72LTU Prienai & SWE Norrköping
2010–11LTU JuventusLTU KK Kaunas87–8189–72LTU Kaunas & LTU Utena
2011–12LTU LietkabelisEST Rakvere Tarvas89–7471–82EST Rakvere & LTU Panevėžys

BBL Cup winners

SeasonWinnerFinalistScoreHost City
2008LTU Lietuvos rytasLAT Barons/LMT80–78LAT Rīga
2009LTU Žalgiris KaunasLTU Lietuvos rytas83–78LTU Kaunas
2010EST Tartu Ülikool/RockLTU Lietuvos rytas61–57EST Tartu
2011LAT VEF RīgaEST Tartu Ülikool95–69EST Tartu
2012EST Rakvere TarvasLAT Liepāja/Triobet80–71EST Rakvere
2013LTU NevėžisEST Tartu Ülikool/Rock82–64LTU Kėdainiai
2014LAT Liepāja/TriobetEST Tartu Ülikool/Rock74–61LAT Liepāja
2015Not held
2016LAT Valmiera/ORDOLAT Ventspils66–64LAT Valmiera
2017Not held

Baltic League awards

SeasonPlayerTeam
2004–05USA Tanoka BeardLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
2005–06LTU Darjuš LavrinovičLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
2006–07USA Travis ReedEST Kalev/Cramo
2007–08SRB Vladimir ŠtimacLAT Valmiera
2008–09LTU Paulius JankūnasLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
2009–10USA Alex RenfroeLAT VEF Rīga
2010–11BLR Artsiom ParakhouskiLAT VEF Rīga
2011–12LTU Valdas VasyliusLTU Šiauliai
2012–13LTU Gediminas OrelikLTU Prienai
2013–14USA Travis LeslieLTU Šiauliai

Finals MVP

SeasonPlayerTeam
2004–05USA Tanoka BeardLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
2005–06USA Fred HouseLTU Lietuvos rytas
2006–07USA Kareem RushLTU Lietuvos rytas
2007–08USA DeJuan CollinsLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
2008–09USA Chuck EidsonLTU Lietuvos rytas
2009–10USA Marcus BrownLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
2010–11LTU Tadas KlimavičiusLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
2011–12LTU Mantas KalnietisLTU Žalgiris Kaunas
2012–13LAT Jānis TimmaLAT Ventspils
2013–14USA Travis LeslieLTU Šiauliai
2014–15LTU Gintaras LeonavičiusLTU Šiauliai
2015–16LTU Rokas GiedraitisLTU Šiauliai
2016–17LTU Tomas DelininkaitisLTU Vytautas
2017–18CAN Jahenns ManigatLTU Pieno žvaigždės

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Statistical leaders

Statistics include regular season and play-off games

Points per game

Rebounds per game

Assists per game

References

References

  1. (13 June 2018). "Merdėjantis BBL turnyras stabdomas, LKL mąsto apie naują lygą".
  2. (February 3, 2016). "Triobet BBL Play-Off pairs confirmed". Baltic Basketball League.
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