2016–17 KML season

Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga¹
Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga1
Season	2016–17
Duration	2 October 2016 – 22 May 2017
Number of games	110 (Regular season); 26 (Playoffs)
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	TV6, Delfi TV
Regular season
Top seed	Kalev/Cramo
Season MVP	Thomas van der Mars
Finals
Champions	Kalev/Cramo (9th title)
Runners-up	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
Third place	University of Tartu
Fourth place	Port of Pärnu
Finals MVP	Branko Mirković
Awards
Best Defender	Mihkel Kirves
Best Young Player	Siim-Markus Post
Coach of the Year	Aivar Kuusmaa
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Đorđe Dželetović
Rebounds	Thomas van der Mars
Assists	Tanel Sokk
	← 2015–16 2017–18 → 1Sponsored league name, referring to Alexela.

The 2016–17 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season (also known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 92nd season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2015–16 season.^[1]

The season began on 2 October 2016 and concluded on 22 May 2017 with Kalev/Cramo defeating AVIS UTILITAS Rapla 4 games to 0 in the finals to win their 9th Estonian Championship.^[2]

Teams

Venues and locations

G4S
Kalev/Cramo
TLÜ/Kalev
TTÜ

Locations of the 2016–17 Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
G4S Noorteliiga	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre	1,030
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall	7,200
Port of Pärnu	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1,820
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	Rapla	Sadolin Sports Hall	818
Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall	Rakvere	Rakvere Sports Hall	2,747
TLÜ/Kalev	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre	1,030
TTÜ	Tallinn	TTÜ Sports Hall	1,000
University of Tartu	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	1,650
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Valga	Valga Sports Hall	561

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
G4S Noorteliiga	Indrek Visnapuu	Karl Robin Jürjens	Peak	G4S
Kalev/Cramo	Alar Varrak	Gregor Arbet	Nike	Cramo
Port of Pärnu	Heiko Rannula	Silver Leppik	Nike	Port of Pärnu
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	Aivar Kuusmaa	Indrek Kajupank	Spalding	Avis
Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall	Andres Sõber	Mario Paiste	Nike	Rakvere
TLÜ/Kalev	Raido Roos	Reimo Tamm	Peak	City of Tallinn
TTÜ	Rait Käbin	Kiur Akenpärg	Erreà	Tallinn University of Technology
University of Tartu	Gert Kullamäe	Tanel Sokk	Nike	University of Tartu
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Kristaps Zeids	Renato Lindmets	SMV	Maks & Moorits

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Port of Pärnu	Mait Käbin	Mutual consent	1 June 2016	Pre-season	Heiko Rannula	1 September 2016
TLÜ/Kalev	Kalle Klandorf	Mutual consent	1 January 2017	8th	Raido Roos	1 January 2017^[3]
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Juris Umbraško	Sacked	10 February 2017^[4]	8th	Kristaps Zeids	10 February 2017

Regular season

During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:

University of Tartu will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
Kalev/Cramo will play 2 rounds away against teams other than University of Tartu (2 rounds away in total).
G4S Noorteliiga will play 2 rounds (1 round at home and 1 round away in total).

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.^[5]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	PCT	Qualification
1	Kalev/Cramo	32	29	3	61	.906	Qualification to Playoffs
2	University of Tartu	32	29	3	61	.906
3	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	32	20	12	52	.625
4	Port of Pärnu	32	17	15	49	.531
5	TTÜ	32	16	16	48	.500
6	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	32	12	20	44	.375
7	TLÜ/Kalev	32	12	20	44	.375
8	Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall	32	9	23	41	.281
9	G4S Noorteliiga	32	0	32	32	.000

Source: Korvpalli Meistriliiga

Results

Home \ Away	G4S	KAL	PÄR	RAP	TAR	TLÜ	TTÜ	UT	VAL
G4S Noorteliiga		69–102	69–83	64–81	75–107	62–87	64–71	59–102	75–80
	59–112
Kalev/Cramo								86–63
							85–75
Port of Pärnu	101–55	62–94		65–59	69–81	73–49	82–79	68–81	86–93
	71–74		64–49	87–72	75–84	76–67	62–67	74–90
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	83–57	82–66	75–62		90–67	79–76	101–91	73–79	87–59
	77–80	93–91		92–57	63–70	89–83	65–68	80–78
Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall	83–65	77–107	75–86	61–81		70–80	82–80	77–105	85–86
	77–103	70–93	61–91		69–88	65–83	67–91	76–97
TLÜ/Kalev	94–67	64–74	80–88	74–98	61–65		67–68	63–110	76–88
	64–88	69–75	76–72	86–87		85–92	67–97	59–84
TTÜ	83–75	84–89	89–71	100–82	94–72	62–82		64–75	98–87
	80–108	71–85	85–78	92–86	73–80		54–85	102–77
University of Tartu	88–57	77–76	88–69	96–66	110–64	86–65	94–72		85–69
	69–71
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	108–53	73–79	80–91	76–82	89–106	77–74	78–92	67–89
	76–83	89–99	70–72	100–70	87–103	66–68	56–82

Source: Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 10 April and ended on 22 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating AVIS UTILITAS Rapla 4 games to 0 in the finals.

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	BC Kalev/Cramo	3

8	Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall	0
			1	BC Kalev/Cramo	3

			4	Pärnu Sadam	0
4	Pärnu Sadam	3

5	TTÜ KK	0
						1	BC Kalev/Cramo	4

						3	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	0
2	Tartu Ülikool	3

7	TLÜ/Kalev	0
			2	Tartu Ülikool	1	Third place

			3	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	3
3	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	3				2	Tartu Ülikool	3

6	BC Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	0				4	Pärnu Sadam	0

Individual statistics

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

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Đorđe Dželetović	TLÜ/Kalev	16	293	18.31
2	Joonas Järveläinen	TTÜ	28	478	17.07
3	Domagoj Bubalo	Port of Pärnu	25	412	16.48
4	Sten Olmre	TTÜ	28	439	15.68
5	Thomas van der Mars	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	38	587	15.45

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Thomas van der Mars	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	38	468	12.32
2	Domagoj Bubalo	Port of Pärnu	25	201	8.04
3	Joonas Järveläinen	TTÜ	28	219	7.82
4	Madis Soodla	G4S Noorteliiga	13	98	7.54
5	Venky Jois	University of Tartu	31	228	7.35

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1	Tanel Sokk	University of Tartu	31	165	5.32
2	Sten Sokk	Kalev/Cramo	25	108	4.32
3	Norman Käbin	Port of Pärnu	20	82	4.10
4	Sten Olmre	TTÜ	28	113	4.04
5	Mario Paiste	Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall	24	88	3.67

All-Star Game

The 2017 All-Star Game was played on 16 February 2017 in Tallinn at the Saku Suurhall. Team Blue won the game 159–152 (139–136). The MVP of the game was Rain Veideman, who scored 37 points.

**Team White**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Demonte Harper	Kalev/Cramo
G	Martin Paasoja	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
F	Janari Jõesaar	University of Tartu
F	Karl Johan Lips	Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall
C	Thomas van der Mars	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
Reserves
G	Carlos Jürgens	G4S Noorteliiga
G	Kristo Saage	TLÜ/Kalev
G	Mandell Thomas	University of Tartu
F	Erik Keedus	Kalev/Cramo
F	Mark Tollefsen	Kalev/Cramo
F	Kristjan Voolaid	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
C	Domagoj Bubalo	Port of Pärnu
Head coach: Aivar Kuusmaa (AVIS UTILITAS Rapla)

**Team Blue**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Domen Bratož	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
G	Rain Veideman	Kalev/Cramo
F	Indrek Kajupank	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
F	Janar Talts	University of Tartu
C	Mickell Gladness	Kalev/Cramo
Reserves
G	Sten Olmre	TTÜ
G	Sten Sokk	Kalev/Cramo
G	Rasham Suárez	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
F	Taavi Jurkatamm	G4S Noorteliiga
F	Saimon Sutt	Port of Pärnu
F	Ivars Žvīgurs	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits
C	Reinar Hallik	Port of Pärnu
Head coach: Gert Kullamäe (University of Tartu)

16 February 2017	Team White	152–159	Team Blue	Tallinn
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 34–32, 34–32, 34–43, 50–52
	Pts: Jõesaar 22 Rebs: Paasoja 9 Asts: Saage 8 PIR: van der Mars 28	Boxscore	Pts: Veideman 37 Rebs: Gladness 11 Asts: five players 5 PIR: Veideman 41	Arena: Saku Suurhall Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Rain Peerandi, Madis Allik, Ivo Kitsing

Awards

All-KML Team

Pos	Player	Team
PG	Branko Mirković	Kalev/Cramo
SG	Martin Paasoja	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
SF	Janari Jõesaar	University of Tartu
PF	Indrek Kajupank	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
C	Thomas van der Mars	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October^[7]	Sten Olmre	TTÜ
November^[8]	Thomas van der Mars	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
December^[9]	Reinar Hallik	Port of Pärnu
January^[10]	Đorđe Dželetović	TLÜ/Kalev
February^[11]	Domagoj Bubalo	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
March^[12]	Janari Jõesaar	University of Tartu

References

^ "Korvpalliliit ja meistriliiga nõukogu panid uueks hooajaks plaanid paika" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 23 June 2016.
^ "Kalev/Cramo krooniti üheksandat korda Eesti meistriks, Raplale esimene hõbemedal" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 22 May 2017.
^ "TLÜ/Kalev andis Klandorfi lahkumismängus Kalev/Cramole korraliku lahingu" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 13 December 2016.
^ "Juris Umbraško sai Valgast hundipassi" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 10 February 2017.
^ "Võistlussüsteem" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Eesti aasta parimateks korvpalluriteks valiti Mailis Pokk ja Siim-Sander Vene" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 1 June 2017.
^ "Alexela KML-i oktoobrikuu parim mängija on Sten Olmre" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 4 November 2016.
^ "Alexela KML-i novembri parimaks valiti Thomas van der Mars" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 8 December 2016.
^ "Koduse korvpalliliiga detsembrikuu parimaks valiti Reinar Hallik" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 6 January 2017.
^ "Alexela meistriliiga jaanuarikuu parim mängija tiitel läks TLÜ/Kalevisse" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 3 February 2017.
^ "Meistriliiga veebruari parimaks tunnistati Domagoj Bubalo" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 3 March 2017.
^ "Korvpalli meistriliiga märtsikuu parimaks valiti Janari Jõesaar" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 7 April 2017.

External links

Official website (in English and Estonian)

[KML-1] "Korvpalliliit ja meistriliiga nõukogu panid uueks hooajaks plaanid paika" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 23 June 2016.

[2] "Kalev/Cramo krooniti üheksandat korda Eesti meistriks, Raplale esimene hõbemedal" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 22 May 2017.

[3] "TLÜ/Kalev andis Klandorfi lahkumismängus Kalev/Cramole korraliku lahingu" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 13 December 2016.

[4] "Juris Umbraško sai Valgast hundipassi" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 10 February 2017.

[5] "Võistlussüsteem" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[Awards-6] "Eesti aasta parimateks korvpalluriteks valiti Mailis Pokk ja Siim-Sander Vene" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 1 June 2017.

[7] "Alexela KML-i oktoobrikuu parim mängija on Sten Olmre" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 4 November 2016.

[8] "Alexela KML-i novembri parimaks valiti Thomas van der Mars" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 8 December 2016.

[9] "Koduse korvpalliliiga detsembrikuu parimaks valiti Reinar Hallik" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 6 January 2017.

[10] "Alexela meistriliiga jaanuarikuu parim mängija tiitel läks TLÜ/Kalevisse" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 3 February 2017.

[11] "Meistriliiga veebruari parimaks tunnistati Domagoj Bubalo" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 3 March 2017.

[12] "Korvpalli meistriliiga märtsikuu parimaks valiti Janari Jõesaar" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 7 April 2017.

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