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Baltic Basketball League

{{Short description|International basketball competition}}

{{for|women's league|Baltic Women's Basketball League}}

{{Infobox Sports league

| title = Baltic Basketball League

| logo = Baltic Basketball League logo.png

| logo_size = 200px

| caption =

| formerly =

| sport = Basketball

| founded = 2004

| folded = 2018

| ceo =

| director =

| fame =

| motto =

| inaugural =

| teams = 14

| singles =

| country = Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania

| continent = Europe

| venue =

| champion = {{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės
(1st title)

| most_champs = {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
(5 titles)

| qualification =

| TV = Viasat Sport Baltic

| related_comps =

| founder =

| website = [http://www.bbl.net bbl.net]

| footnotes =

}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Urbonas |first1=Donatas |title=Merdėjantis BBL turnyras stabdomas, LKL mąsto apie naują lygą |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/sportas/9/215942/merdejantis-bbl-turnyras-stabdomas-lkl-masto-apie-nauja-lyga |website=LRT.lt |access-date=9 August 2018 |language=lt-LT |date=13 June 2018}}

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.{{cite web|title=Triobet BBL Play-Off pairs confirmed|date=February 3, 2016|publisher=Baltic Basketball League|url=http://bbl.net/en/news/triobet-bbl-play-off-pairs-confirmed/}} 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:

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"
style="background:white; width:10%" | Group

! style="background:white; width:20%" | Team

! style="background:white; width:20%" | City, Country

! style="background:white; width:25%" | Arena

! style="background:white; width:15%" | Head coach

style="background:white;" rowspan="7"| Group A

| {{flagicon|EST}} AVIS Rapla

| Rapla, Estonia

| Sadolin Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Aivar Kuusmaa

{{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam

| Pärnu, Estonia

| Pärnu Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Heiko Rannula

{{flagicon|LAT}} Betsafe/Liepāja

| Liepāja, Latvia

| Liepāja Olympic Center

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Agris Galvanovskis

{{flagicon|LAT}} Jūrmala

| Jūrmala, Latvia

| Jūrmala State Gymnasium

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Mārtiņš Gulbis

{{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| Šiauliai, Lithuania

| Šiauliai Arena

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Antanas Sireika

{{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas

| Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania

| Prienai Arena

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Virginijus Šeškus

{{flagicon|BLR}} Tsmoki-Minsk II

| Minsk, Belarus

| The team will play away

| {{flagicon|BLR}} Rostislav Vergun

style="background:white;" rowspan=7 | Group B

| {{flagicon|EST}} University of Tartu

| Tartu, Estonia

| University of Tartu Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Priit Vene

{{flagicon|EST}} TLÜ/Kalev

| Tallinn, Estonia

| Kalev Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Gert Kullamäe

{{flagicon|EST}} TTÜ

| Tallinn, Estonia

| TTÜ Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Rait Käbin

{{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO

| Valmiera, Latvia

| Vidzeme Olympic Center

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Kristaps Valters

{{flagicon|LAT}} Ogre

| Ogre, Latvia

| Ogre 1st Secondary School

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Arturs Visockis-Rubenis

{{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės

| Pasvalys, Lithuania

| Pieno žvaigždės Arena

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Gediminas Petrauskas

{{flagicon|KAZ}} Barsy Atyrau

| Atyrau, Kazakhstan

| The team will play away

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Vrzina

Baltic League champions

=Elite Division champions=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
width=70 align="center"| Season

!width=200| Champion

!width=200| Runner Up

!width=60| 1st leg

!width=60| 2nd leg

!width=200| Host City

align="center" | 2004–05

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

|align="center" | 64–60

|align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Vilnius

align="center" | 2005–06

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

|align="center" | 86–74

|align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tallinn

align="center" | 2006–07

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

|align="center" | 81–77

|align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Rīga

align="center" | 2007–08

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

|align="center" | 86–84

|align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

align="center" | 2008–09

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

|align="center" | 97–74

|align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu

align="center" | 2009–10

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

|align="center" | 73–66

|align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Vilnius

align="center" | 2010–11

|{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

|{{flagicon|LAT}} VEF Rīga

|align="center" | 75–67

|align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Kaunas

align="center" | 2011–12

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

|align="center" | 74–70

|align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

align="center" | 2012–13

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Ventspils

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Prienai

|align="center" | 91–69

|align="center" | 70–73

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Prienai & {{flagicon|LAT}} Ventspils

align="center" | 2013–14

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Prienai

|align="center" | 62–57

|align="center" | 78–66

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Prienai & {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

align="center" | 2014–15

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Ventspils

|align="center" | 68–70

|align="center" | 88–80

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Ventspils & {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

align="center" | 2015–16

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu Ülikool/Rock

|align="center" | 74–81

|align="center" | 102–76

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu & {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

align="center" | 2016–17

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės

|align="center" | 85–88

|align="center" | 89–74

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Prienai & {{flagicon|LTU}} Pasvalys

align="center"| 2017–18

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Jūrmala

|align="center" | 98–80

|align="center" | 76–68

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Jūrmala & {{flagicon|LTU}} Pasvalys

=Challenge Cup champions=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
width=70 align="center"| Season

!width=200| Champion

!width=200| Runner Up

!width=60| 1st leg

!width=60| 2nd leg

!width=200| Host City

align="center"| 2004–05

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Panevėžys

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Bumerangs/Gulbene/ASK

| align="center" | 87–74

| align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Panevėžys

align="center"| 2007–08

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Nevėžis

| {{flagicon|LAT}} VEF Rīga

| align="center" | 81–68

| align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Rīga

align="center"| 2008–09

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Sakalai

| {{flagicon|LAT}} VEF Rīga

| align="center" | 84–77

| align="center" | –

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Utena

align="center"| 2009–10

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Norrköping Dolphins

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Rūdupis

| align="center" | 77–87

| align="center" | 107–72

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Prienai & {{flagicon|SWE}} Norrköping

align="center"| 2010–11

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Juventus

| {{flagicon|LTU}} KK Kaunas

| align="center" | 87–81

| align="center" | 89–72

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Kaunas & {{flagicon|LTU}} Utena

align="center"| 2011–12

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis

| {{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere Tarvas

| align="center" | 89–74

| align="center" | 71–82

| {{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere & {{flagicon|LTU}} Panevėžys

=BBL Cup winners=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
width=70 align="center"| Season

!width=200| Winner

!width=200| Finalist

!width=131| Score

!width=200| Host City

align="center"| 2008

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Barons/LMT

|align="center" | 80–78

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Rīga

align="center"| 2009

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

|align="center" | 83–78

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Kaunas

align="center"| 2010

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu Ülikool/Rock

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas

|align="center" | 61–57

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu

align="center"| 2011

| {{flagicon|LAT}} VEF Rīga

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu Ülikool

|align="center" | 95–69

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu

align="center"| 2012

| {{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere Tarvas

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja/Triobet

|align="center" | 80–71

| {{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere

align="center"| 2013

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Nevėžis

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu Ülikool/Rock

|align="center" | 82–64

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Kėdainiai

align="center"| 2014

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja/Triobet

| {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu Ülikool/Rock

|align="center" | 74–61

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja

align="center"| 2015

| colspan=4|Not held

align="center"| 2016

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Ventspils

|align="center" | 66–64

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera

align="center"| 2017

| colspan=4|Not held

Baltic League awards

{|

|valign="top"|

=Regular season MVP=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

!width=55|Season

!width=200|Player

!width=200|Team

2004–05{{flagicon|USA}} Tanoka Beard{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
2005–06{{flagicon|LTU}} Darjuš Lavrinovič{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
2006–07{{flagicon|USA}} Travis Reed{{flagicon|EST}} Kalev/Cramo
2007–08{{flagicon|SRB}} Vladimir Štimac{{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera
2008–09{{flagicon|LTU}} Paulius Jankūnas{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
2009–10{{flagicon|USA}} Alex Renfroe{{flagicon|LAT}} VEF Rīga
2010–11{{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Parakhouski{{flagicon|LAT}} VEF Rīga
2011–12{{flagicon|LTU}} Valdas Vasylius{{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai
2012–13{{flagicon|LTU}} Gediminas Orelik{{flagicon|LTU}} Prienai
2013–14{{flagicon|USA}} Travis Leslie{{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

=Finals MVP=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

!width=55|Season

!width=200|Player

!width=200|Team

2004–05{{flagicon|USA}} Tanoka Beard{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
2005–06{{flagicon|USA}} Fred House{{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas
2006–07{{flagicon|USA}} Kareem Rush{{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas
2007–08{{flagicon|USA}} DeJuan Collins{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
2008–09{{flagicon|USA}} Chuck Eidson{{flagicon|LTU}} Lietuvos rytas
2009–10{{flagicon|USA}} Marcus Brown{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
2010–11{{flagicon|LTU}} Tadas Klimavičius{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
2011–12{{flagicon|LTU}} Mantas Kalnietis{{flagicon|LTU}} Žalgiris Kaunas
2012–13{{flagicon|LAT}} Jānis Timma{{flagicon|LAT}} Ventspils
2013–14{{flagicon|USA}} Travis Leslie{{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai
2014–15{{flagicon|LTU}} Gintaras Leonavičius{{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai
2015–16{{flagicon|LTU}} Rokas Giedraitis{{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai
2016–17{{flagicon|LTU}} Tomas Delininkaitis{{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas
2017–18{{flagicon|CAN}} Jahenns Manigat{{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės

|}

Statistical leaders

Statistics include regular season and play-off games

=Points per game=

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  • 2004–05 {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Coleman (neptunas): 25.00 (in 14 games)
  • 2005–06 {{flagicon|LAT}} Akselis Vairogs (Valmiera): 20.90 (in 31 games)
  • 2006–07 {{flagicon|USA}} Travis Reed (Kalev/Cramo): 19.93 (in 29 games)
  • 2007–08 {{flagicon|USA}} Travis Reed (Kalev/Cramo): 17.39 (in 18 games)
  • 2008–09 {{flagicon|LAT}} Ingus Bankevics (Valmiera): 19.61 (in 18 games)
  • 2009–10 {{flagicon|NGR}}-{{flagicon|USA}} Josh Akognon (Kalev/Cramo): 19.53 (in 15 games)
  • 2010–11 {{flagicon|USA}} Bambale Osby (TTÜ/Kalev): 18.64 (in 22 games)
  • 2011–12 {{flagicon|USA}} Denzel Bowles (Šiauliai): 19.33 (in 12 games)
  • 2012–13 {{flagicon|EST}} Reimo Tamm (Rakvere Tarvas): 18.06 (in 18 games)
  • 2013–14 {{flagicon|LAT}} Jānis Kaufmanis (Valmiera): 19.50 (in 14 games)
  • 2014–15 {{flagicon|USA}} Brandis Raley-Ross (Rakvere Tarvas): 21.18 (in 11 games)
  • 2015–16 {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Warren (Pärnu Sadam): 25.57 (in 7 games)
  • 2016–17 {{flagicon|USA}} Trevin Parks (Barsy Atyrau): 21.57 (in 14 games)
  • 2017–18 {{flagicon|BLR}} Yauheni Beliankou (Tsmoki-Minsk II): 18.40 (in 10 games)

=Rebounds per game=

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  • 2004–05 {{flagicon|USA}} Duke Freeman-McKamey (Panevėžys): 13.22 (in 9 games)
  • 2005–06 {{flagicon|LTU}} Darjuš Lavrinovič (Žalgiris): 9.87 (in 31 games)
  • 2006–07 {{flagicon|USA}} A. J. Bramlett (ASK Rīga): 8.38 (in 21 games)
  • 2007–08 {{flagicon|SRB}} Vladimir Štimac (Valmiera): 10.95 (in 20 games)
  • 2008–09 {{flagicon|USA}} Tanoka Beard (Tartu Ülikool/Rock): 9.26 (in 23 games)
  • 2009–10 {{flagicon|USA}} Alex Renfroe (VEF Rīga): 7.24 (in 21 games)
  • 2010–11 {{flagicon|USA}} Bambale Osby (TTÜ/Kalev): 11.95 (in 22 games)
  • 2011–12 {{flagicon|USA}} David James McClure (Kedainiai/Triobet): 9.28 (in 18 games)
  • 2012–13 {{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Cain (Barons kvartāls): 11.43 (in 14 games)
  • 2013–14 {{flagicon|SWE}} Joakim Kjellbom (Norrköping Dolphins): 9.69 (in 16 games)
  • 2014–15 {{flagicon|LTU}} Ronaldas Rutkauskas (KK Pärnu): 10.44 (in 9 games)
  • 2015–16 {{flagicon|USA}} Stephan Zack (Liepaja/Triobet): 11.00 (in 12 games)
  • 2016–17 {{flagicon|NED}} Thomas van der Mars (AVIS Rapla): 11.43 (in 14 games)
  • 2017–18 {{flagicon|LAT}} Viktors Iļjins (Valmiera ORDO): 11.00 (in 11 games)

=Assists per game=

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See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.bbl.net/}}
  • [https://www.eurobasket.com/Baltic-League/basketball.aspx Eurobasket.com League Page]

{{Baltic Basketball League seasons}}

{{Inter-Baltic competitions}}

{{Men's professional basketball leagues}}

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Category:2018 disestablishments in Europe

Category:Basketball leagues in Estonia

Category:Basketball leagues in Latvia

Category:Basketball leagues in Lithuania

Category:Defunct multi-national basketball leagues in Europe

Category:Sport in the Baltic states

Category:Sports leagues established in 2004

Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 2018