2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Season2019–20
Duration27 September 2019 – 11 March 2020
Games played189
Teams15
TV partner(s)Best4Sport TV, TTV, Delfi TV
Finals
ChampionsNull and void

The 2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Paf Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the 2nd season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the combined top basketball division of Latvia and Estonia.

On 12 March 2020, the league was suspended until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Eventually, the league was not resumed and no champions were named.[2]

Competition format

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of the regular season, which lasts from 27 September 2019 to 22 March 2020, all the teams play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 28 games. Teams are ranked by total points, with the eight highest-ranked teams advancing to the quarter-finals. Unlike the previous season, in this season the quarterfinal series will be played to two wins. The winning teams will determine the champion in a Final Four tournament.[3]

Teams

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Location of the 2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League teams

15 teams, 8 from Estonia and 7 from Latvia, are contesting the league in the 2019–20 season.

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena
Estonia Avis Utilitas Rapla Rapla Sadolin Sports Hall
Latvia Jūrmala Betsafe Jūrmala Jurmala State Gymnasium Sports Hall
Estonia Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Kalev Sports Hall
Latvia Latvijas Universitāte Rīga Elektrum Olympic Sports Center
Latvia Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center
Latvia Ogre Ogre Ogre 1st Secondary School
Estonia Pärnu Sadam Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall
Estonia Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall
Estonia Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ Tallinn Sõle Sports Centre
Estonia TalTech Tallinn TalTech Sports Hall
Estonia Tartu Ülikool Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall
Estonia Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits Valga Valga Sports Hall
Latvia Valmiera Glass VIA Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center
Latvia VEF Rīga Rīga Elektrum Olympic Sports Center
Latvia Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olympic Center

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Latvia VEF Rīga 25 23 2 2157 1799 +358 .920 Qualification for Champions League[a]
2 Latvia Ogre 25 22 3 2286 1974 +312 .880
3 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 23 20 3 2120 1606 +514 .870
4 Latvia Ventspils 24 18 6 2255 1789 +466 .750
5 Estonia Avis Utilitas Rapla 24 12 12 1856 1909 −53 .500
6 Latvia Jūrmala Betsafe 22 11 11 1702 1664 +38 .500
7 Estonia Pärnu Sadam 25 12 13 2046 2100 −54 .480
8 Estonia Tartu Ülikool 24 10 14 1783 1972 −189 .417
9 Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 24 10 14 1899 2032 −133 .417
10 Estonia Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ 24 8 16 2019 2110 −91 .333
11 Latvia Valmiera Glass/ViA 24 7 17 1927 2154 −227 .292
12 Estonia TalTech 25 7 18 2035 2295 −260 .280
13 Latvia Latvijas Universitāte 24 5 19 1684 1981 −297 .208
14 Latvia Liepāja 23 3 20 1773 2157 −384 .130
15 Estonia Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits[b] (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Retired
Source: estlatbl.com
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ VEF Rīga qualifies for the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League as highest-ranked Latvian team.
  2. ^ Valga/Valkga retired from competition.

Results

Home \ Away RAP JUR KAL LUN LIE OGR PAR RAK TLU TCH TRT VLG VLM VEF VEN
Avis Utilitas Rapla — 91–80 60–92 80–54 80–66 75–89 86–68 81–89 90–78 86–69 90–76 − 0 66–73 69–91
Jūrmala Betsafe 70–52 — 68–56 91–53 81–80 90–87 78–80 76–75 0 93–57 87–88 93−75 92–100 62–72 62–69
Kalev/Cramo 92–68 0 — 73–50 100–70 92–95 109–60 104–77 111–65 108–82 87–62 93−67 96–61 0 77–95
Latvijas Universitāte 66–69 0 49–85 — 102–92 76–88 70–88 78–86 83–80 71–63 65–59 83−74 72–82 64–70 61–98
Liepāja 87–92 0 59–98 77–107 — 91–109 90–86 65–81 88–77 85–97 93–87 90−77 93–101 76–81 46–97
Ogre 81–73 85–83 0 94–78 102–68 — 77–71 112–85 86–84 98–79 91–61 100−66 102–67 70–88 97–92
Pärnu Sadam 87–64 68–61 58–107 0 126–80 75–81 — 94–75 93–89 94–82 85–77 73−71 89–64 79–76 76–110
Rakvere Tarvas 0 72–81 72–95 76–67 89–80 79–102 61–74 — 80–76 95–86 84–88 108−101 95–89 65–100 87–78
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ 76–84 74–81 89–99 94–74 0 72–82 102–99 89–76 — 98–77 73–68 86−75 98–79 96–99 84–105
TalTech 90–98 76–73 61–102 85–73 85–78 80–83 94–83 79–78 97–116 — 81–85 20−0 100–103 91–122 83–95
Tartu Ülikool 80–70 77–80 71–94 80–65 0 76–97 82–73 84–66 96–80 100–66 — − 65–63 56–83 70–99
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits 75−86 65−87 60−112 66−81 84−76 − − 74−87 0−20 83−90 84−90 — 88−98 57−97 73−112
Valmiera Glass/ViA 68–73 74–87 80–87 86–72 94–59 68–114 76–75 74–87 90–98 104–106 0 100−86 — 74–87 74–98
VEF Rīga 91–85 99–71 69–70 88–58 76–70 82–71 85–74 80–69 76–70 74–69 107–57 − 102–84 — 98–80
Ventspils 96–74 79–55 85–86 97–76 109–80 89–93 124–91 0 97–61 0 93–38 109−71 107–72 72–79 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: estlatbl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Estonian championship

The national play-off was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ranking (no champion, no medallists) was set:[2][4]

  1. Kalev/Cramo
  2. Avis Utilitas Rapla
  3. Pärnu Sadam
  4. Tartu Ülikool
  5. Rakvere Tarvas
  6. Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
  7. TalTech

DQ Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits

Latvian championship

The national play-off was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The classification was made based on overall results in 2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League as of 13 March:[5][6]

  1. VEF Rīga
  2. Ogre
  3. Ventspils
  4. SilJa1
  5. Valmiera Glass/ViA
  6. Latvijas Universitāte
  7. Liepāja

1 The club Jūrmala Betsafe changed its name to SilJa in mid-March.[7]

References

  1. ^ "News - Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is suspended". www.estlatbl.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Korvpalliliit sel hooajal Eesti meistritiitleid välja ei jaga". basket.ee. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "News - The new name sponsor of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is Paf". www.estlatbl.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  4. ^ "Eesti korvpallimeistreid tänavu ei selgu, medalid jäävad välja andmata". delfi.ee. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ "LBS valde apstiprinājusi Latvijas čempionātu rezultātus – septītais tituls "VEF Rīga"". basket.lv. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Par Latvijas čempioniem basketbolā tiek pasludināti VEF un TTT". sportacentrs.com. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ Andrejs Siliņš (26 March 2020). ""SilJa" pārtrauc darbību, apgalvojot, ka Jūrmalas dome piekrāpj komandu" (in Latvian). sportacents.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.