2019–20_Latvian–Estonian_Basketball_League

2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

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The 2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Paf Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the 2nd season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the combined top basketball division of Latvia and Estonia.

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On 12 March 2020, the league was suspended until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Eventually, the league was not resumed and no champions were named.[2]

Competition format

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of the regular season, which lasts from 27 September 2019 to 22 March 2020, all the teams play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 28 games. Teams are ranked by total points, with the eight highest-ranked teams advancing to the quarter-finals. Unlike the previous season, in this season the quarterfinal series will be played to two wins. The winning teams will determine the champion in a Final Four tournament.[3]

Teams

15 teams, 8 from Estonia and 7 from Latvia, are contesting the league in the 2019–20 season.

Venues and locations

Regular season

League table

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Source: estlatbl.com
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. VEF Rīga qualifies for the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League as highest-ranked Latvian team.
  2. Valga/Valkga retired from competition.

Results

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Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: estlatbl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Estonian championship

The national play-off was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ranking (no champion, no medallists) was set:[2][4]

  1. Kalev/Cramo
  2. Avis Utilitas Rapla
  3. Pärnu Sadam
  4. Tartu Ülikool
  5. Rakvere Tarvas
  6. Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
  7. TalTech

DQ Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits

Latvian championship

The national play-off was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The classification was made based on overall results in 2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League as of 13 March:[5][6]

  1. VEF Rīga
  2. Ogre
  3. Ventspils
  4. SilJa1
  5. Valmiera Glass/ViA
  6. Latvijas Universitāte
  7. Liepāja

1 The club Jūrmala Betsafe changed its name to SilJa in mid-March.[7]


References

  1. "News - Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is suspended". www.estlatbl.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Par Latvijas čempioniem basketbolā tiek pasludināti VEF un TTT". sportacentrs.com. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. Andrejs Siliņš (26 March 2020). ""SilJa" pārtrauc darbību, apgalvojot, ka Jūrmalas dome piekrāpj komandu" (in Latvian). sportacents.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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