2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League¹
Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League1
Season	2024–25
Duration	20 September 2024 – 13 April 2025
Games played	213
Teams	15
TV partners	Delfi TV, Inspira, TV4, Best4Sport TV
Regular season
Season MVP	Issuf Sanon
Finals
Champions	VEF Rīga
Runners-up	Rīgas Zeļļi
Third place	BC Kalev/Cramo
Fourth place	BK Ogre
Finals MVP	Vyacheslav Bobrov
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Javeon Jones
Rebounds	Kristaps Dārgais
Assists	Siim-Markus Post
Index Rating	Artem Kovalov
Records
Biggest home win	BC Kalev/Cramo 122–48 Keila KK (21 December 2024)
Biggest away win	Keila Coolbet 60–111 BC Kalev/Cramo; (2 February 2025)
Highest scoring	Utilitas Rapla 110–104 BK Ventspils; (5 November 2024)
Winning streak	14 games; BC Kalev/Cramo
Losing streak	11 games; Keila KK; Latvijas Universitāte
Highest attendance	5,972; VEF Rīga 88–82 Rīgas Zeļļi; (13 April 2025)
Lowest attendance	50; BK Ogre 76–87 Pärnu Sadam; (17 November 2024)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Optibet Latvian-Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the premier basketball competition for men's teams in Latvia and Estonia. VEF Rīga won its second championship.

Season2024–25

Duration20 September 2024 – 13 April 2025

Games played213

Teams15

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Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
BC Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Kalev Sports Hall	1,700^[3]
BK Liepāja	Liepāja	Liepāja Olympic Center	2,542
BK Ogre	Ogre	Arēna Ogre	1,700
BK Ventspils	Ventspils	Ventspils Olympic Center	3,085
Keila Coolbet	Keila	Keila Health Center	800^[4]
Keila KK	Keila	Keila Health Center	800^[4]
Latvijas Universitāte	Riga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
Pärnu Sadam	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1,820^[5]
Rīgas Zeļļi	Riga	Xiaomi Arena	11,200
Rīgas Zeļļi	Riga	Daugava Sports Hall
TalTech/ALEXELA	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	1,000^[6]
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	2,600^[7]
Utilitas Rapla	Rapla	Sadolin Sports Hall	958^[8]
Valmiera GLASS VIA	Valmiera	Valmiera Olympic Center	1,500
VEF Rīga	Riga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
Viimsi	Haabneeme	Forus Sports Center	500^[9]

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
BC Kalev/Cramo	Indrek Reinbok	Martin Dorbek	Nike	Cramo
BK Liepāja	Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis	Roberts Freimanis	Nike	Cleanr Grupa
BK Ogre	Uldis Švēde	Kristaps Dārgais	Nike
BK Ventspils	Gints Fogels	Artūrs Ausējs	Joma	Kurekss
Keila Coolbet	Peep Pahv	Kaido Saks	Nike	Utilitas
Keila KK	Andres Sõber	Sven Kaldre	Nike
Latvijas Universitāte	Gunārs Gailītis	Edvards Lucis	Nike
Pärnu Sadam	Kristjan Evart	Ivo Van Tamm	Nike	Transcom
Rīgas Zeļļi	Juris Umbraško	Uģis Pinete	Nike	LVBet
TalTech/ALEXELA	Alar Varrak	Oliver Metsalu	Nike	Alexela
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Aivar Kuusmaa	Martin Paasoja	Ballzy	Maks & Moorits
Utilitas Rapla	Brett Nõmm	Hendrik Eelmäe	Ballzy	Hepa
Valmiera GLASS VIA	Nikolajs Mazurs	Edmunds Elksnis	Nike	Vaks
VEF Rīga	Mārtiņš Gulbis	Dairis Bertāns	Adidas	Rīga
Viimsi	Valdo Lips	Aleksander Oliver Hint	Nike	Viimsi Keevitus

Pre-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach
Keila KK	Peep Pahv	Andres Sõber
Pärnu Sadam	Gert Kullamäe	Vitaly Stepanovskyy
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Gundars Vētra	Aivar Kuusmaa
VEF Rīga	Jānis Gailītis	Mārtiņš Gulbis
In-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach
BC Kalev/Cramo	Heiko Rannula	Indrek Reinbok
Pärnu Sadam	Vitaly Stepanovskyy	Kristjan Evart

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	VEF Rīga	28	25	3	2370	1956	+414	.893	Qualification to playoffs
2	BC Kalev/Cramo	28	24	4	2478	2079	+399	.857
3	Rīgas Zeļļi	28	22	6	2347	1977	+370	.786
4	BK Ogre	28	17	11	2294	2163	+131	.607
5	Valmiera GLASS VIA	28	17	11	2319	2159	+160	.607
6	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	28	17	11	2301	2270	+31	.607
7	BK Liepāja	28	15	13	2345	2290	+55	.536
8	BK Ventspils	28	14	14	2492	2375	+117	.500
9	TalTech/ALEXELA	28	14	14	2259	2326	−67	.500
10	Utilitas Rapla	28	14	14	2312	2288	+24	.500
11	Pärnu Sadam	28	11	17	2273	2385	−112	.393
12	Keila Coolbet	28	8	20	2149	2378	−229	.286
13	Viimsi	28	5	23	2019	2407	−388	.179
14	Keila KK	28	4	24	2068	2533	−465	.143
15	Latvijas Universitāte	28	3	25	1954	2394	−440	.107

Home \ Away	KAL	BKL	OGR	BKV	KCB	KEI	LAT	PAR	ZEL	TCH	TRT	RAP	VAL	VEF	VMS
BC Kalev/Cramo	—	90–74	87–80	89–81	86–56	122–48	81–76	103–78	79–67	79–78	79–84	82–77	84–83	63–84	99–61
BK Liepāja	88–92	—	80–75	79–98	90–75	83–82	78–71	98–84	78–82	97–92	63–66	81–99	76–63	89–80	87–54
BK Ogre	69–95	91–96	—	95–75	85–82	99–91	90–74	76–87	76–72	86–66	79–86	71–57	87–67	59–81	93–80
BK Ventspils	85–93	101–81	81–95	—	93–68	116–78	90–70	95–92	85–84	96–86	92–93	90–76	91–95	84–89	106–57
Keila Coolbet	60–111	77–78	80–75	82–75	—	83–72	83–75	96–98	60–84	79–86	81–102	80–77	85–90	80–89	75–72
Keila KK	60–93	90–77	83–96	71–77	84–79	—	89–78	68–98	42–89	66–77	63–90	63–86	71–94	78–90	85–77
Latvijas Universitāte	65–75	56–95	65–97	87–89	71–69	77–68	—	80–97	66–83	66–75	84–82	70–91	72–92	59–78	84–94
Pärnu Sadam	62–75	81–91	57–92	100–90	72–87	91–82	77–53	—	51–87	77–74	87–90	78–80	83–78	83–96	74–80
Rīgas Zeļļi	84–70	90–80	88–71	79–78	87–80	102–84	87–59	89–76	—	82–62	79–65	73–58	72–61	91–88	100–71
TalTech/ALEXELA	75–109	100–97	72–70	93–87	86–82	101–88	97–51	71–94	76–113	—	67–84	85–81	92–84	80–93	86–66
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	81–85	81–80	66–68	82–99	96–66	89–85	88–74	94–91	77–71	76–103	—	90–84	69–84	67–93	84–81
Utilitas Rapla	75–87	99–111	76–84	110–104	87–83	100–73	79–60	113–76	66–96	93–91	92–80	—	91–86	71–86	82–64
Valmiera GLASS VIA	78–76	80–63	88–92	91–77	93–89	90–54	98–67	102–79	68–91	78–48	89–87	80–65	—	61–68	79–49
VEF Rīga	85–96	74–58	78–73	71–63	94–55	94–71	85–67	75–70	80–59	82–52	74–71	84–62	92–73	—	89–52
Viimsi	85–98	67–97	53–70	89–94	70–77	85–79	87–77	70–80	70–66	70–88	77–81	80–85	89–94	69–98	—

2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Teams

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ventspils

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. BK Liepāja

Rīgas Zeļļi vs. Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits

BK Ogre vs. Valmiera GLASS VIA

Semifinals

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ogre

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. Rīgas Zeļļi

Bronze medal game

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. BK Ogre

Final

BK VEF Rīga vs. Rīgas Zeļļi

Bracket

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Awards

MVP of the Month

Regular season MVP

Finals MVP

All-Star Five

Statistics

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Clubs in European competitions

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
VEF Rīga	2–1	BK Ventspils	97–84	78–85	87–74
BC Kalev/Cramo	2–0	BK Liepāja	86–76	82–81
Rīgas Zeļļi	2–1	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	86–58	84–92	78–72
BK Ogre	2–0	Valmiera GLASS VIA	83–75	77–76

25 March 2025	VEF Rīga	97–84 (Series: 1–0)	BK Ventspils	Riga
18:30 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 31–18, 21–20, 25–18
	Pts: Bertāns 24 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Cleary 6 PIR: Bertāns, Bobrov 27	Boxscore	Pts: Randolph 13 Rebs: Mežulis 7 Asts: Randolph 6 PIR: Randolph 19	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 712 Referees: R. Helmsteins, H. Laas, R. Repelis

28 March 2025	BK Ventspils	85–78 (Series: 1–1)	VEF Rīga	Ventspils
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 21–22, 22–18, 20–21
	Pts: Randolph Jr 23 Rebs: Randolph Jr 7 Asts: Randolph Jr 4	Box Score	Pts: Sanon 23 Rebs: Lawrence 8 Asts: Sanon 4	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1574 Referees: G. Saliņš, M. Uuehendrik, I. Kitsing

30 March 2025	VEF Rīga	87–74 (Series: 2–1)	BK Ventspils	Riga
16:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 24–26, 22–16, 18–15
	Pts: Sanon 22 Rebs: Bobrov 7 Asts: Sydorov 7	Box Score	Pts: Randolph Jr, Lekūnas 15 Rebs: Zaķis 10 Asts: Blomgren 4	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 834 Referees: M. Kozlovskis, G. Salins, M. Männiste

21 March 2025	BC Kalev/Cramo	86–76 (Series: 1–0)	BK Liepāja	Tallinn
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 15–21, 20–17, 24–20
	Pts: Vaaks 21 Rebs: Vaaks, Kuuba 6 Asts: Vaaks 5	Box Score	Pts: Ķilps 17 Rebs: Dubults 9 Asts: Lasenbergs 4	Arena: Kalev Sports Hall Attendance: 827 Referees: R. Peerandi, E. Tukiss, J. Bruveris

25 March 2025	BK Liepāja	81–82 (Series: 0–2)	BC Kalev/Cramo	Liepāja
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 24–17, 24–16, 18–26
	Pts: Ķilps 28 Rebs: Mačoha 8 Asts: Ķilps 4	Box Score	Pts: Vaaks 24 Rebs: Tapé 7 Asts: Kaukiainen 8	Arena: Liepāja Olympic Center Attendance: 825 Referees: R. Varv, E. Binders-Coders, E. Tserr

22 March 2025	Rīgas Zeļļi	86–58 (Series: 1-0)	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Riga
20:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 16-10, 27-6, 24-23, 19-19
	Pts: Lācis 14 Rebs: Ford III 10 Asts: Skuja 7	Box Score	Pts: Henry 15 Rebs: Henry 10 Asts: Flood 4	Arena: Daugava Sports Hall Attendance: 523 Referees: A.Aunkrogers, M.Manniste, R.Konks

26 March 2025	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	92–84 (Series: 1–1)	Rīgas Zeļļi	Tartu
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 29–29, 16–17, 24–17
	Pts: Henry 24 Rebs: El-Sheikh 10 Asts: Paasoja 5	Box Score	Pts: Helmanis 22 Rebs: Helmanis,Ford III 6 Asts: Skuja 5	Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Referees: A. Halliko, R. Misirovs, V. Voskis

29 March 2025	Rīgas Zeļļi	78–73 (Series: 2–1)	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Riga
18:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–19, 12–14, 23–21
	Pts: Skuja 19 Rebs: Helmanis, Freimanis 9 Asts: Skuja 5	Box Score	Pts: Flood 28 Rebs: El-Sheikh 13 Asts: Paasoja 5	Arena: Daugava Sports Hall Attendance: 414 Referees: O. Latiševs, M. Männiste, R. Värv

22 March 2025	BK Ogre	83–75 (Series: 1–0)	Valmiera GLASS VIA	Ogre
17:00 (GMT)
	Pts: Mediss, Žunda 18 Rebs: Dārgais 13 Asts: Dārgais 8	Box Score	Pts: Spear 26 Rebs: Spear 9 Asts: Smith 4	Arena: Arēna Ogre Attendance: 1,231 Referees: O. Latiševs, M. Kozlovskis, E. Tiidor

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Rīgas Zeļļi	17,253	3,839	252	1,014^†
2	Valmiera GLASS VIA	13,066	1,354	602	871^†
3	VEF Rīga	14,969	5,972	150	831^†
4	BK Ventspils	11,604	1,574	482	773^†
5	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	11,538	2,113	421	769^†
6	BC Kalev/Cramo	12,134	1,162	331	674^†
7	Pärnu Sadam	9,279	1,718	304	662^†
8	BK Ogre	9,627	1,500	50	601^†
9	TalTech/ALEXELA	8,423	1,709	282	601^†
10	BK Liepāja	7,250	1,050	450	486^†
11	Utilitas Rapla	5,454	547	296	389^†
12	Keila Coolbet	4,496	700	202	321^†
13	Viimsi	4,288	406	164	306^†
14	Keila KK	3,647	689	128	260^†
15	Latvijas Universitāte	3,085	580	103	220^†
	League total	136,153	5,972	50	599^†

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Javeon Jones	Keila KK	22.18
2.	Artūrs Ausējs	BK Ventspils	19.41
3.	Jalyn McCreary	UTILITAS RAPLA	19.00
4.	Artem Kovalov	Keila Coolbet	18.50
5.	Kahliel Spear	Valmiera GLASS VIA	17.26

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Siim-Markus Post	TalTech	8.04
2.	Javeon Jones	Keila KK	6.18
3.	Toms Skuja	Rīgas Zeļļi	5.76
4.	Patrik Peemot	Keila KK	4.92
5.	Severi Kaukiainen	BC Kalev/Cramo	4.90

FIBA competitions
Team	Competition	Progress
VEF Rīga	Champions League	Regular season
BC Kalev/Cramo	Champions League	Qualifying
BC Kalev/Cramo	FIBA Europe Cup	Second round
Pärnu Sadam	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season

26 March 2025	Valmiera GLASS VIA	76–77 (Series: 0–2)	BK Ogre	Valmiera
19:00 (GMT)
	Pts: Smith 22 Rebs: Spear 8 Asts: Spear 5	Box Score		Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center Attendance: 815 Referees: R. Värv, J. Rozenbergs, H. Laas

3 April 2025	VEF Rīga	80–63 (Series: 1–0)	BK Ogre	Riga
20:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 20–27, 14–14, 22–9
	Pts: Cleary 20 Rebs: Lawrence 9 Asts: Sydorov 7	Box Score	Pts: Rasnick 14 Rebs: Dārgais 13 Asts: Rasnick 5	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 654 Referees: E. Tukiss, I. Kitsing, R. Misirovs

6 April 2025	BK Ogre	82–89 (Series: 0–2)	VEF Rīga	Ogre
17:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 20–25, 19–18, 22–25
	Pts: Dārgais 14 Rebs: Dārgais 6 Asts: Dārgais 7	Box Score	Pts: Sanon 23 Rebs: Lawrence 7 Asts: Bertāns 4	Arena: Arēna Ogre Attendance: 1500 Referees: M.Manniste, J.Rozenbergs, H.Laas

2 April 2025	BC Kalev/Cramo	87–80 (Series: 1–0)	Rīgas Zeļļi	Tallinn
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 19–22, 28–23, 21–19
	Pts: Vaaks 23 Rebs: Vaaks, Kuuba 5 Asts: Kaukiainen 7	Box Score	Pts: Helmanis 20 Rebs: Helmanis 8 Asts: Ford III 8	Arena: Nord Sports Hall Attendance: 914 Referees: A. Halliko, R. Helmsteins, M. Senkevics

5 April 2025	Rīgas Zeļļi	97–83 (Series: 1–1)	BC Kalev/Cramo	Riga
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 24–22, 29–15, 26–29
	Pts: Skuja 20 Rebs: Freimanis, Viksne 6 Asts: Berzins 5	Box Score	Pts: Vaaks 22 Rebs: Kuuba, Miška 6 Asts: Kaukiainen	Arena: Daugava Sports Hall Attendance: 707 Referees: A. Aunkrogers, M. Männiste, H. Laas

8 April 2025	BC Kalev/Cramo	71–78 (Series: 1–2)	Rīgas Zeļļi	Tallinn
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 27–16, 10–20, 10–21
	Pts: Kaukiainen 18 Rebs: Vaaks 7 Asts: Dorbek 7	Box Score	Pts: Helmanis 17 Rebs: Helmanis 8 Asts: Skuja 9	Arena: Nord Sports Hall Attendance: 1,074 Referees: R.Peerandi, R.Helmšteins, R.Misirovs

11 April 2025	BC Kalev/Cramo	92–69	BK Ogre	Tallinn
19:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 32–18, 26–17, 16-18, 18–16
	Pts: Vaaks 18 Rebs: Tapé, Hermet 6 Asts: Vaaks 6	Box Score	Pts: Žunda 19 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Rasnick, Kampuss 3	Arena: Nord Sports Hall Attendance: 522 Referees: A.Halliko, J.Rozenbergs, E.Bnders-Čoders

13 April 2025	VEF Rīga	88–82	Rīgas Zeļļi	Rīga
17:00 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 26-20, 20-19, 27-23, 15-20
	Pts: Sanon 20 Rebs: Lawrence 8 Asts: Sanon 5	Box Score	Pts: Helmanis, Ford 18 Rebs: Ford 9 Asts: Ford 8	Arena: Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 5972 Referees: M.Kozlovskis, G.Saliņš, R.Varv

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Finals

1	VEF Rīga	2

8	BK Ventspils	1
			1	VEF Rīga	2

			4	BK Ogre	0
4	BK Ogre	2

5	Valmiera GLASS VIA	0
						1	VEF Rīga	88

						3	Rīgas Zeļļi	82
2	BC Kalev/Cramo	2

7	BK Liepāja	0
			2	BC Kalev/Cramo	1	Third place

			3	Rīgas Zeļļi	2
3	Rīgas Zeļļi	2				2	Kalev/Cramo	92

6	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	1				4	BK Ogre	69

Month	Player	Team
2024
October	Artem Kovalov	Keila Coolbet
November	Kahliel Spear	Valmiera GLASS VIA
December	Kristaps Dārgais	BK Ogre
2025
January	Okko Järvi	Pärnu Sadam
February	Artūrs Ausējs	BK Ventspils

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Issuf Sanon	VEF Rīga
SG	Stefan Vaaks	BC Kalev/Cramo
SF	Vyacheslav Bobrov	VEF Rīga
PF	Kristaps Dārgais	BK Ogre
C	Krišs Helmanis	Rīgas Zeļļi

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	Kristaps Dārgais	BK Ogre	10.61
2.	Artem Kovalov	Keila Coolbet	10.55
3.	Omar El-Sheikh	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	10.03
4.	Bryce Douvier	Pärnu Sadam	9.60
5.	Kahliel Spear	Valmiera GLASS VIA	9.48

Team	Competition	Progress
Keila Coolbet	European North Basketball League	Regular season
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits		Regular season
Valmiera GLASS VIA		Quarterfinals