Latvijas Basketbola līga

Latvian Basketball League
Latvijas Basketbola līga (LBL)

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 Latvian Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1992
No. of teams	10
Country	Latvia
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	VEF Rīga (4th title)
Most titles	Ventspils (9 titles)
TV partner(s)	LTV7, Best4Sport TV, Sportacentrs TV
Level on pyramid	1st tier
Official website	basket.lv

Latvian Basketball League (Template:Lang-lv or LBL) (also known as the Aldaris LBL for sponsorship reasons) is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK Ventspils won again in 2009, beating Barons/LMT in a thriller 4–3. Barons would return to the final the following year, this time against VEF Rīga, and win by the same 4–3 margin. The 2011 final again went to 7 games, with VEF Rīga defeating Ventspils.

Teams for the 2014–15 season

Ventspils'

VEF Rīga
Latvijas Universitāte
Barons kvartāls

Liepāja/Triobet

Jūrmala/Fēnikss

Jelgava

Valmiera

Jēkabpils

Saldus

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Location of clubs in the 2014-15 Latvian Basketball League

• VEF Rīga
• BK Ventspils
• Liepāja/Triobet
• BK Valmiera
• BK Jelgava
• Jūrmala/Fēnikss
• BK Jēkabpils
• Latvijas Universitāte
• Barons kvartāls
• BK Saldus

History

Titles by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
BK Ventspils	9	7	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014
Brocēni	8	1	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
VEF Rīga	4	2	2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Barons/LMT	2	4	2008, 2010
ASK Rīga	1	1	2007
Bonus	0	4
BK Skonto	0	3
Metropole	0	1
Liepājas Lauvas	0	1

Champions

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2015	VEF Rīga	BK Ventspils	4–2
2014	BK Ventspils	VEF Rīga	4–1
2013	VEF Rīga	BK Ventspils	4–1
2012	VEF Rīga	BK Ventspils	4–1
2011	VEF Rīga	BK Ventspils	4–3
2010	Barons/LMT	VEF Rīga	4–3
2009	BK Ventspils	BK LMT	4–3
2008	Barons/LMT	ASK Rīga	4–1
2007	ASK Rīga	BK Ventspils	4–2
2006	BK Ventspils	Barons	4–0
2005	BK Ventspils	Barons	4–0
2004	BK Ventspils	BK Skonto	4–0
2003	BK Ventspils	BK Skonto	4–1
2002	BK Ventspils	BK Skonto	4–0
2001	BK Ventspils	Barons/LMT	4–1
2000	BK Ventspils	Brocēni/LMT	4–3
1999	Brocēni/LMT	BK Ventspils	4–2
1998	ASK/Brocēni/LMT	BK Ventspils	4–1
1997	ASK/Brocēni/LMT	Liepājas Baltika	4–0
1996	ASK/Brocēni	Metropole	4–2
1995	SWH/Brocēni	Bonus	4–3
1994	SWH/Brocēni	Bonus	3–0
1993	BK Brocēni	Bonus	3–0
1992	Brocēni/Parair	Bonus	2–0

External links

• Official Website
• Eurobasket.com League Page