Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League

Current season or competition: Baltic Basketball League 2011–12
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2004
No. of teams	24
Country(ies)	Estonia Latvia Lithuania Russia Kazakhstan
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Žalgiris (2010–11)
Most titles	Žalgiris (4), Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (3)
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.

2011–12 Teams

Elite Division

• Juventus
• Baltai, KK
• Kalev/Cramo
• Kėdainiai/Triobet
• Liepājas Lauvas
• Lietuvos Rytas (Playoffs)
• Pieno žvaigždės
• Rūdupis
• Šiauliai
• Triumph Lyubertsy
• University of Tartu
• VEF Riga (Playoffs)
• Ventspils
• Žalgiris (Playoffs)

Challenge Cup

Group A

• Barsy
• Jelgava
• Naglis
• Neptūnas
• Tarvas

Group B

• Rapla BS
• Sakalai
• Techasas
• TTÜ
• Turība, BA
• Valmiera

Champions

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Final Score	Final Four host city
2004–05	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	64 – 60	Vilnius
2005–06	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	Žalgiris Kaunas	86 – 74	Tallinn
2006–07	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	Žalgiris Kaunas	81 – 77	Riga
2007–08	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	86 – 84	Šiauliai
2008–09	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	Žalgiris Kaunas	97 – 74	Tartu
2009–10	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	73 – 66	Vilnius
2010–11	Žalgiris Kaunas	VEF Riga	75 – 67	Kaunas

BBL Cup champions

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final Score	Finals host city
2008	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	Barons/LMT Riga	80 – 78	Riga
2009	Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	83 – 78	Kaunas
2010	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	BC Lietuvos Rytas	61 – 57	Tartu
2011	VEF Riga	Tartu Ülikool	95 – 69	Tartu

External links

• Official website
• Eurobasket.com League Page