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2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

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The 2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as OlyBet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the newly formed Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the combined top basketball division of Latvia and Estonia.

Quick Facts Estonian-Latvian Basketball League, Season ...

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.

Competition format

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]

Teams

15 teams, 7 from Estonia and 8 from Latvia, are contesting the league in the 2018–19 season.

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head coach ...

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: estlatbl.com
Notes:
  1. Rapla 2–2 (+10); Pärnu 2–2 (-1); Jūrmala 2–2 (-9)
  2. Liepāja 2–0 Valga-Valka

Results

More information Home \ Away, RAP ...
Source: estlatbl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finals
27 March – 2 April
Semi-finals
5 April
Final
6 April
 
                
 
 
 
 
Estonia Pärnu Sadam 8080160
 
 
 
Latvia Ventspils 8394 177
 
Latvia Ventspils 84
 
 
 
Latvia Ogre80
 
Estonia TalTech 8759146
 
 
 
Latvia Ogre 8185 166
 
Latvia Ventspils102
 
 
 
Latvia VEF Rīga80
 
Estonia Avis Utilitas Rapla 6571136
 
 
 
Latvia VEF Rīga 90121 211
 
Latvia VEF Rīga 90
 
 
 
Estonia Kalev/Cramo 80Third place
 
Estonia Tartu Ülikool 5959118
 
 
 
Estonia Kalev/Cramo 8496 180
 
Latvia Ogre 85
 
 
Estonia Kalev/Cramo 87
 

Quarter-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Score ...

Third place game

More information Team 1, Score ...

Final

More information Team 1, Score ...

Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points

More information Rank, Name ...

Rebounds

More information Rank, Name ...

Assists

More information Rank, Name ...

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Player of the Month

More information Month, Player ...

Estonian championship

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kalev/Cramo3
 
 
 
Pärnu Sadam0
 
Avis Utilitas Rapla1
 
 
 
Pärnu Sadam3
 
Kalev/Cramo3
 
 
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ0
 
 
 
 
 
TalTech0
 
 
 
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ3 Third place
 
Tartu Ülikool1
 
 
 
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ3
 
Pärnu Sadam3
 
 
TalTech0
 

Quarterfinals

More information Team 1, Series ...

Semifinals

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Third place series

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Finals

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Latvian championship

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.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ventspils3
 
 
 
Jūrmala Betsafe0
 
Jūrmala Betsafe3
 
 
 
Latvijas Universitāte0
 
Ventspils1
 
 
VEF Rīga4
 
 
 
 
 
VEF Rīga3
 
 
 
Ogre0 Third place
 
Ogre3
 
 
 
Valmiera Glass ViA0
 
Ogre3
 
 
Jūrmala Betsafe0
 

Quarterfinals

More information Team 1, Series ...

Semifinals

More information Team 1, Series ...

Third place series

The team with the higher seed played game one, two, five and seven (if necessary) at home.

More information Team 1, Series ...

Finals

More information Team 1, Series ...

Estonian and Latvian clubs in European competitions

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References

  1. "15 teams participating in OlyBet Latvian-Estonian Basketball League". estlatbl.com. 25 September 2018.
  2. "BK "Jēkabpils" apstiprina līdzdalību Latvijas – Igaunijas apvienotajā līgā" [BC "Jekabpils" confirms the participation in the Latvian-Estonian league] (in Latvian). Basket.lv. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. "Latvijas – Igaunijas apvienotā līga: apstiprināti klubu pieteikumi un izspēles sistēma" (in Latvian). Basket.lv. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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