2022–23 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Season	2022–23
Duration	30 September 2022 – 8 April 2023
Games played	254
Teams	16
TV partners	Delfi, Inspira, LTV7, Sportacentrs.com, TV4
Finals
Champions	BC Prometey
Runners-up	VEF Rīga
Third place	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
Fourth place	BC Kalev/Cramo
Finals MVP	Gian Clavell
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Matej Radunić
Rebounds	Kristaps Dārgais
Assists	Renārs Birkāns
Records
Biggest home win	BC Prometey 106–50 BC Tarvas; (16 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Valmiera GLASS VIA 58–115 BC Prometey; (7 October 2022)
Winning streak	19 games; BC Prometey
Losing streak	12 games; BC Tarvas
Highest attendance	5,050; VEF Rīga 73–92 BC Prometey; (11 February 2023)
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The 2022–23 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as the Paf Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the premier basketball competition for men's teams in Latvia and Estonia. Nine Estonian and six Latvian teams were joined by Ukrainian team BC Prometey, who went on to win the league.^[2]^[3]

Season2022–23

Duration30 September 2022 – 8 April 2023

Games played254

Teams16

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Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	Rapla	Sadolin Sports Hall	958^[6]
BC Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Kalev Sports Hall	1,700^[7]
BC Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Nord Cramo Sports Hall	980^[8]
BC Prometey	Riga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
BC Tarvas	Rakvere	Rakvere Sports Hall	2,747^[9]
BK Liepāja	Liepāja	Liepāja Olympic Center	2,542
BK Ogre	Ogre	Ogre 1st Secondary School	500
BK Ventspils	Ventspils	Ventspils Olympic Center	3,085
Keila KK	Keila	Keila Health Center	800^[10]
Latvijas Universitāte	Riga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
Pärnu Sadam	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1,820^[11]
Tallinna Kalev/Audentes	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Center	1,030^[12]
TalTech/OPTIBET	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	1,000^[13]
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	2,600^[14]
Valmiera GLASS VIA	Valmiera	Valmiera Olympic Center	1,500
VEF Rīga	Riga	Arena Riga	11,200
VEF Rīga	Riga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
Viimsi/Sportland	Haabneeme	Forus Sports Center	500^[15]

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	Arnel Dedić	Sven Kaldre	Spalding	Hepa
BC Kalev/Cramo	Heiko Rannula	Martin Dorbek	Nike	Unibet
BC Prometey	Ronen Ginzburg	Denys Lukashov	Nike	Budinvest
BC Tarvas	Vaido Rego	Renato Lindmets	Spalding	Spadematron
BK Liepāja	Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis	Renārs Birkāns	Nike	Cleanr Grupa
BK Ogre	Uldis Švēde	Kristaps Dārgais	Nike	Ogre
BK Ventspils	Gints Fogels	Andrejs Šeļakovs	Joma	Ventspils
Keila KK	Peep Pahv	Mārcis Vītols	Nike	Utilitas
Latvijas Universitāte	Gunārs Gailītis	Edvards Mežulis	Nike	University of Latvia
Pärnu Sadam	Gert Kullamäe	Mihkel Kirves	Nike	Betsafe
Tallinna Kalev/Audentes	Rauno Pehka	Kristjan Kangur	Spalding	Tallinn
TalTech/Optibet	Alar Varrak	Erik Keedus	Nike	Optibet
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Nikolajs Mazurs	Märt Rosenthal	Spalding	Maks & Moorits
Valmiera GLASS VIA	Oskars Virsis	Valters Vēveris	Spalding	Valmiera Glass
VEF Rīga	Jānis Gailītis	Artis Ate		Balta
Viimsi/Sportland	Valdo Lips	Karl Johan Lips	Nike	Sportland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	BC Prometey	30	29	1	2860	2154	+706	.967	Qualification to playoffs
2	BC Kalev/Cramo	30	25	5	2622	2191	+431	.833
3	VEF Rīga	30	24	6	2520	2084	+436	.800
4	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	30	20	10	2447	2278	+169	.667
5	BK Ventspils	30	19	11	2601	2427	+174	.633
6	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	30	18	12	2364	2238	+126	.600
7	BK Ogre	30	17	13	2371	2324	+47	.567
8	Viimsi/Sportland	30	15	15	2423	2455	−32	.500
9	TalTech/OPTIBET	30	12	18	2342	2414	−72	.400
10	BK Liepāja	30	12	18	2348	2541	−193	.400
11	Pärnu Sadam	30	12	18	2364	2383	−19	.400
12	Keila KK	30	11	19	2368	2631	−263	.367
13	Latvijas Universitāte	30	10	20	2184	2308	−124	.333
14	Tallinna Kalev/Audentes	30	7	23	2297	2447	−150	.233
15	Valmiera GLASS VIA	30	6	24	2209	2787	−578	.200
16	BC Tarvas	30	3	27	2180	2838	−658	.100

Home \ Away	RAP	KAL	BCP	TRV	BKL	OGR	BKV	KEI	LAT	PAR	TLK	TCH	TRT	VIA	VEF	VMS
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	—	67–79	73–95	98–64	75–71	81–71	78–87	67–59	77–62	73–76	74–63	83–70	71–78	96–64	71–74	103–84
BC Kalev/Cramo	77–83	—	94–80	111–65	90–94	99–68	91–72	83–56	77–68	81–70	101–64	105–69	75–71	101–73	78–66	87–74
BC Prometey	89–81	83–79	—	106–50	96–91	109–56	101–94	107–68	94–76	94–59	94–65	89–67	101–64	104–75	81–71	107–72
BC Tarvas	59–102	73–85	66–95	—	96–90	81–75	69–88	85–102	76–78	84–114	83–106	72–88	87–99	102–83	71–97	77–80
BK Liepāja	69–71	92–93	67–88	70–69	—	68–99	72–60	89–84	88–91	102–98	86–83	77–76	65–84	83–69	98–93	97–79
BK Ogre	92–75	78–100	79–86	93–66	81–68	—	88–94	97–76	85–71	81–68	72–68	80–64	75–86	88–55	80–90	88–74
BK Ventspils	82–74	76–86	83–90	98–59	102–55	78–79	—	93–86	83–71	91–84	90–76	84–71	84–99	108–63	99–92	100–90
Keila KK	71–85	66–108	69–117	96–71	75–85	81–87	75–86	—	78–80	90–92	103–100	87–71	80–75	104–96	76–88	91–87
Latvijas Universitāte	61–66	66–73	57–83	99–56	86–78	61–63	70–78	89–84	—	73–59	87–82	53–73	59–81	100–60	56–79	64–82
Pärnu Sadam	66–81	78–83	71–77	103–80	90–58	85–71	81–75	89–66	81–65	—	77–93	78–83	86–91	72–60	63–71	87–86
Tallinna Kalev/Audentes	90–73	68–78	74–83	92–59	81–83	56–63	92–96	78–82	76–75	62–97	—	79–62	72–78	76–87	61–67	81–92
TalTech/OPTIBET	83–89	84–102	82–115	107–86	84–58	79–80	91–84	85–62	84–67	85–79	78–83	—	69–81	87–60	60–73	91–77
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	73–51	67–73	73–91	98–76	89–62	65–80	65–78	69–89	82–68	79–68	72–70	83–53	—	110–79	70–77	106–86
Valmiera GLASS VIA	76–107	56–96	58–115	87–79	86–89	87–85	98–86	88–94	72–88	83–82	91–77	72–102	88–95	—	60–102	71–83
VEF Rīga	81–62	91–67	73–92	104–47	81–76	75–67	100–81	95–48	82–70	85–41	93–60	75–69	89–77	89–53	—	65–72
Viimsi/Sportland	72–77	73–70	67–98	94–72	82–67	78–70	81–91	89–60	76–73	80–70	71–69	101–75	76–87	87–59	78–102	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
BC Prometey	2–1	Viimsi/Sportland	91–69	105–107	59–57
BC Kalev/Cramo	2–0	BK Ogre	76–70	83–66
VEF Rīga	2–0	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	77–54	94–89
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	2–1	BK Ventspils	80–90	88–79	92–69

2022–23 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Competition format

Teams

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

BC Prometey vs. Viimsi/Sportland

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. BK Ogre

VEF Rīga vs. AVIS UTILITAS Rapla

Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits vs. BK Ventspils

Final Four

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Statistics

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

MVP of the Month

Final Four MVP

All-Final Four Team

Clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

25 March 2023	BC Prometey	91–69 (Series: 1–0)	Viimsi/Sportland	Riga
17:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 18–20, 21–18, 22–15
	Pts: Sydorov 15 Rebs: Lypovyy 9 Asts: Agada 6	Box Score	Pts: Harris 19 Rebs: Harris 8 Asts: Harris, Post 6	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 168 Referees: K. Konstantinovs, H. Laas, E. Tiidor

1 April 2023	Viimsi/Sportland	107–105(OT) (Series: 1–1)	BC Prometey	Haabneeme
17:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 21–18, 24–23, 16–22, Overtime: 19–17
	Pts: Lips 24 Rebs: Toppin 14 Asts: Harris 9	Box Score	Pts: Clavell 33 Rebs: Balvín 17 Asts: Clavell 10	Arena: Forus Sports Center Attendance: 593 Referees: A. Halliko, M. Rozenfelds, R. Misirovs

3 April 2023	BC Prometey	59–57 (Series: 2–1)	Viimsi/Sportland	Riga
18:30 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 10-20, 14-18, 18-9
	Pts: Balvín 18 Rebs: Balvín 12 Asts: Clavell 4	Box Score	Pts: Lips 15 Rebs: Harris 9 Asts: Harris 5	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 129 Referees: O. Lucis, M. Männiste, R. Värv

24 March 2023	BC Kalev/Cramo	76–70 (Series: 1–0)	BK Ogre	Tallinn
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 18–21, 24–10, 15–23
	Pts: Toom 25 Rebs: Toom 8 Asts: Gilbert 4	Box Score	Pts: Lasenbergs 17 Rebs: Dārgais 13 Asts: Lasenbergs 6	Arena: Kalev Sports Hall Attendance: 374 Referees: R. Peerandi, E. Tukišs, J. Brūveris

1 April 2023	BK Ogre	66–83 (Series: 0–2)	BC Kalev/Cramo	Ogre
17:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 26–24, 13–18, 12–24
	Pts: Talton 19 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Talton 8	Box Score	Pts: Hermet 23 Rebs: Kurbas, Toom 5 Asts: Dorbek, Van Beck 6	Arena: Ogre 1st Secondary School Referees: O. Lucis, M. Männiste, R. Värv

24 March 2023	VEF Rīga	77–54 (Series: 1–0)	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	Riga
19:30 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 13–13, 23–18, 15–14
	Pts: Clarence 14 Rebs: Brooks 9 Asts: Cosey 4	Box Score	Pts: Cheese 21 Rebs: Cheese 9 Asts: Kaldre, Laane 3	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 800 Referees: A. Aunkrogers, R. Värv, R. Kobin

28 March 2023	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	89–94 (Series: 0–2)	VEF Rīga	Rapla
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 14–30, 23–17, 26–19, 26–28
	Pts: Laane 23 Rebs: Niits 7 Asts: Laane 8	Box Score	Pts: Gulbis, Zoriks 19 Rebs: Brooks 7 Asts: Zoriks 7	Arena: Sadolin Sports Hall Attendance: 413 Referees: M. Uuehendrik, J. Rozenbergs, E. Kājiņš

24 March 2023	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	80–90 (Series: 0–1)	BK Ventspils	Tartu
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 19–22, 22–25, 19–18
	Pts: Rosenthal 24 Rebs: Pavelka 14 Asts: Rosenthal 4	Box Score	Pts: Ausējs 27 Rebs: Wembi 10 Asts: Jaunzems 7	Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 1,028 Referees: G. Saliņš, R. Konks, R. Helmšteins

29 March 2023	BK Ventspils	79–88 (Series: 1–1)	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Ventspils
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 20–26, 15–15, 21–23
	Pts: Sīpoliņš 19 Rebs: Sīpoliņš 14 Asts: Jaunzems 5	Box Score	Pts: Voinalovych 21 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Rosenthal 5	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1,050 Referees: O. Lucis, R. Värv, H. Laas

1 April 2023	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	92–69 (Series: 2–1)	BK Ventspils	Tartu
17:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 31–25, 13–12, 17–17, 31–17
	Pts: Gordon 23 Rebs: Pavelka 16 Asts: Böckler 7	Box Score	Pts: Sīpoliņš 15 Rebs: Jaunzems, Gandia-Rosa 7 Asts: Jaunzems, Gandia-Rosa 3	Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 1,341 Referees: R. Peerandi, A. Aunkrogers, E. Tukišs

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Matej Radunić	Keila KK	21.4
2.	Ty Gordon	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	19.8
3.	Malik Toppin	Viimsi/Sportland	18.5
4.	Tervell Beck	Valmiera GLASS VIA	18.3
5.	Kārlis Šiliņš	BK Liepāja	18.0

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	Kristaps Dārgais	BK Ogre	9.7
2.	Tomáš Pavelka	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	9.4
3.	Kristjan Kangur	Tallinna Kalev/Audentes	9.3
4.	Rokas Gadiliauskas	Tallinna Kalev/Audentes	9.0
5.	Kārlis Šiliņš	BK Liepāja	8.7

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2022
October	Kārlis Šiliņš	BK Liepāja	^[18]
November	Andrii Voinalovych	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	^[19]
December	Tadas Pažėra	Pärnu Sadam	^[20]
2023
January	Kārlis Šiliņš	BK Liepāja	^[21]
February	Matej Radunic	Keila KK	^[22]

7 April 2023	BC Prometey	89–69	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Tallinn
16:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 27–11, 22–18, 22–26
	Pts: Sydorov 20 Rebs: Balvín 13 Asts: Balvín 5	Box Score	Pts: Gordon 24 Rebs: Pavelka 9 Asts: Suurorg 5	Arena: Unibet Arena Attendance: 631 Referees: K. Konstantinovs, M. Kozlovskis, M. Männiste

7 April 2023	BC Kalev/Cramo	65–83	VEF Rīga	Tallinn
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 22–20, 13–25, 19–24
	Pts: Kovliar 18 Rebs: Konontšuk 7 Asts: Van Beck 3	Box Score	Pts: Clarance 25 Rebs: Brooks 10 Asts: three players 3	Arena: Unibet Arena Attendance: 1,246 Referees: A. Halliko, O. Lucis, H. Laas

8 April 2023	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	63–60	BC Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn
14:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 20–16, 10–21, 19–15
	Pts: Gordon 26 Rebs: Eelmäe 12 Asts: Gordon 5	Box Score	Pts: Meiers 20 Rebs: Kitsing 13 Asts: Kovliar 5	Arena: Unibet Arena Attendance: 707 Referees: M. Kozlovskis, K. Konstantinovs, H. Laas

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Renārs Birkāns	BK Liepāja	7.1
2.	Rait-Riivo Laane	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	6.3
3.	Märt Rosenthal	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	6.1
4.	Devin Harris	Viimsi/Sportland	6.0
5.	Siim-Markus Post	Viimsi/Sportland	5.9

Team	Competition	Progress
BC Prometey	EuroCup	Semifinals
VEF Rīga	Champions League	Regular season
Pärnu Sadam	Champions League	Qualifying rounds
Pärnu Sadam	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
BC Kalev/Cramo	FIBA Europe Cup	Semifinals