Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League

Current season or competition: Baltic Basketball League 2012–13
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2004
No. of teams	23
Country(ies)	Estonia Latvia Lithuania Kazakhstan
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Ventspils (1st title)
Most titles	Žalgiris Kaunas (5 titles)
TV partner(s)	Viasat Sport Baltic
Official website	BBL.net

Baltic Basketball League (BBL) is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.

Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup. The winner of the Challenge Cup is promoted to the Elite division and the last team of the Elite division is relegated to the Challenge Cup. The Challenge Cup runner-up challenges the 9th place club of the Elite division in two matches for a place in the Elite division.

Before the regular season starts, there is a Presidents Cup. The participants are the Lithuanian champion, Latvian champion, Estonian champion, and one finalist from last seasons SEB BBL final.

For the 2012–13 season, the format of the BBL changes in a regular season composed by three groups of seven teams. Later, the format is similar as Eurocup with a Top 16 and a knockout stage with double legged series. Žalgiris, Lietuvos Rytas and VEF Rīga will not play this league. Also Neptūnas withdrew of this competition.

Current teams

These are the teams that are participating in 2012–13 season:

Baltic League Champions

Elite Division

Season	Champion	Runner Up	1st leg	2nd leg	Host City
2004–05	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos rytas	64–60	–	Vilnius
2005–06	Lietuvos rytas	Žalgiris Kaunas	86–74	–	Tallinn
2006–07	Lietuvos rytas	Žalgiris Kaunas	81–77	–	Rīga
2007–08	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos rytas	86–84	–	Šiauliai
2008–09	Lietuvos rytas	Žalgiris Kaunas	97–74	–	Tartu
2009–10	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos rytas	73–66	–	Vilnius
2010–11	Žalgiris Kaunas	VEF Rīga	75–67	–	Kaunas
2011–12	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos rytas	74–70	–	Šiauliai
2012–13	Ventspils	Prienai	91–69	70–73	Prienai & Ventspils

Challenge Cup

Season	Champion	Runner Up	1st leg	2nd leg	Host City
2007–08	Nevėžis	VEF Rīga	81–68	–	Rīga
2008–09	Sakalai	VEF Rīga	84–77	–	Utena
2009–10	Norrköping Dolphins	Rūdupis	77–87	107–72	Prienai & Norrköping
2010–11	Juventus	KK Kaunas	87–81	89–72	Kaunas & Utena
2011–12	Lietkabelis	Rakvere Tarvas	89–74	71–82	Rakvere & Panevėžys

BBL Cup

Season	Winner	Finalist	Score	Host City
2008	Lietuvos rytas	Barons/LMT	80–78	Rīga
2009	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos rytas	83–78	Kaunas
2010	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	Lietuvos rytas	61–57	Tartu
2011	VEF Rīga	Tartu Ülikool	95–69	Tartu
2012	Rakvere Tarvas	Liepāja/Triobet	80–71	Rakvere

Baltic League Awards

Regular Season MVP

2004–05 Tanoka Beard (Žalgiris) 2005–06 Darjuš Lavrinovič (Žalgiris) 2006–07 Travis Reed (Kalev/Cramo) 2007–08 Vladimir Štimac (Valmiera) 2008–09 Paulius Jankūnas (Žalgiris) 2009–10 Alex Renfroe (VEF Rīga) 2010–11 Artsiom Parakhouski (VEF Rīga) 2011–12 Valdas Vasylius (Šiauliai) 2012–13 Gediminas Orelik (Prienai)

Statistical Leaders

Statistics include regular season and play-off games

Points Per Game

2004–05 Jason Coleman (Liepaja): 25.00 (in 14 games) 2005–06 Akselis Vairogs (Valmiera): 20.90 (in 31 games) 2006–07 Travis Reed (Kalev/Cramo): 19.93 (in 29 games) 2007–08 Travis Reed (Kalev/Cramo): 17.39 (in 18 games) 2008–09 Ingus Bankevics (Valmiera): 19.61 (in 18 games) 2009–10 - Josh Akognon (Kalev/Cramo): 19.53 (in 15 games) 2010–11 Bambale Osby (TTÜ/Kalev): 18.64 (in 22 games) 2011–12 Denzel Bowles (Šiauliai): 19.33 (in 12 games) 2012–13 Reimo Tamm (Rakvere Tarvas): 18.06 (in 18 games)

Rebounds Per Game

2004–05 Duke Freeman-McKamey (Panevėžys): 13.22 (in 9 games) 2005–06 Darjuš Lavrinovič (Žalgiris): 9.87 (in 31 games) 2006–07 A. J. Bramlett (ASK Rīga): 8.38 (in 21 games) 2007–08 Vladimir Štimac (Valmiera): 10.95 (in 20 games) 2008–09 Tanoka Beard (Tartu Ülikool/Rock): 9.26 (in 23 games) 2009–10 Alex Renfroe (VEF Rīga): 7.24 (in 21 games) 2010–11 Bambale Osby (TTÜ/Kalev): 11.95 (in 22 games) 2011–12 David James McClure (Kedainiai/Triobet): 9.28 (in 18 games) 2012–13 Tyler Cain (Barons kvartāls): 11.43 (in 14 games)

Assists Per Game

2004–05 Raimonds Gabrāns (Bumerangs/Gulbene/ASK): 6.38 (in 16 games) 2005–06 Raimonds Gabrāns (Bumerangs/Gulbene/ASK): 5.19 (in 32 games) 2006–07 Tomas Gaidamavičius (Panevėžys): 4.58 (in 24 games) 2007–08 Curtis Nash (Valmiera): 4.18 (in 11 games) 2008–09 Giorgi Tsintsadze (Tartu Ülikool/Rock): 5.09 (in 23 games) 2009–10 Charron Fisher (Kalev/Cramo): 8.79 (in 14 games) 2010–11 Evaldas Dainys (Rūdupis): 5.25 (in 16 games) 2011–12 Rashaun Broadus (Šiauliai): 4.39 (in 23 games) 2012–13 Augustas Peciukevicius (KK Pärnu): 5.71 (in 14 games)

External links

• Official website
• Eurobasket.com League Page