2025–26 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League¹
Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League1
Season	2025–26
Duration	30 September 2025 – 8 April 2026
Teams	14
TV partners	Delfi TV, Inspira, TV4, Best4Sport TV
Regular season
Season MVP	Karl Johan Lips
Finals
Champions	Valmiera Glass VIA
Runners-up	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
Third place	VEF Rīga
Fourth place	Kalev/Cramo
Finals MVP	Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones
Records
Biggest home win	Kalev/Cramo 123–65 Keila Coolbet (15 November 2025)
Biggest away win	Viimsi 69–108 TalTech/ALEXELA; (2 November 2025)
Highest scoring	Keila KK 119–115 Latvijas Universitāte; (7 March 2026)
Highest attendance	3,123; Rīgas Zeļļi 90–74 Viimsi; (10 January 2026)
Lowest attendance	70; Latvijas Universitāte 91–77 Viimsi; (14 March 2026)
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The 2025–26 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Optibet Latvian-Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, is the eight season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the premier basketball competition for men's teams in Latvia and Estonia.

Season2025–26

Duration30 September 2025 – 8 April 2026

Teams14

TV partnersDelfi TV, Inspira, TV4, Best4Sport TV

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Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
BK Liepāja	Liepāja	Liepāja Olympic Center	2,542
BK Ogre	Ogre	Arēna Ogre	1,700
BK Ventspils	Ventspils	Ventspils Olympic Center	3,085
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Tondiraba Sports Center	7,700^[2]
		Kalev Sports Hall	1,700^[3]
		Nord Sports Hall	1,066
Keila Coolbet	Keila	Keila Health Center	800^[4]
Keila KK	Keila	Keila Health Center	800^[4]
Latvijas Universitāte	Riga	O. Kalpaka RTDP	258
Rīgas Zeļļi	Riga	Latvian Team Sports Hall	3,000
TalTech/ALEXELA	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	1,000^[5]
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	2,600^[6]
Transcom Pärnu	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1,820^[7]
Valmiera Glass VIA	Valmiera	Valmiera Olympic Center	1,500
VEF Rīga	Riga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
Viimsi	Haabneeme	Forus Sports Center	500^[8]

Pre-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach
Valmiera Glass VIA	Nikolajs Mazurs	Kaspars Vecvagars
Latvijas Universitāte	Gunārs Gailītis	Marts Ozolinkēvičs
In-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach
Kalev/Cramo	Indrek Reinbok	Anton Mirolybov
Rīgas Zeļļi	Juris Umbraško	Dāvis Čoders

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	26	21	5	2226	2047	+179	.808	Qualification to play-offs
2	VEF Rīga	26	21	5	2334	2025	+309	.808
3	Valmiera Glass VIA	26	20	6	2422	2102	+320	.769
4	Kalev/Cramo	26	20	6	2505	2108	+397	.769
5	Rīgas Zeļļi	26	20	6	2374	2072	+302	.769
6	TalTech/ALEXELA	26	17	9	2199	2121	+78	.654
7	BK Ventspils	26	17	9	2348	2199	+149	.654
8	Transcom Pärnu	26	11	15	2055	2066	−11	.423
9	BK Ogre	26	11	15	2149	2126	+23	.423
10	Viimsi	26	7	19	1942	2308	−366	.269
11	BK Liepāja	26	5	21	2085	2294	−209	.192
12	Keila KK	26	5	21	2140	2491	−351	.192
13	Latvijas Universitāte	26	4	22	2132	2536	−404	.154
14	Keila Coolbet	26	3	23	2048	2464	−416	.115

Home \ Away	BKL	OGR	BKV	KAL	KCB	KEI	LAT	ZEL	TCH	TRT	PRN	VAL	VEF	VMS
BK Liepāja	—	80–83	82–89	94–97	96–89	82–86	84–103	77–79	71–80	81–87	83–90	78–83	74–86	80–83
BK Ogre	76–83	—	70–71	111–101	95–66	112–99	101–106	65–87	76–78	78–83	71–60	90–77	92–94	77–67
BK Ventspils	104–69	83–85	—	84–109	95–83	117–93	105–88	100–95	80–84	75–85	80–71	85–99	78–87	113–88
Kalev/Cramo	99–73	104–93	92–99	—	123–65	117–70	95–58	72–100	91–78	68–80	100–81	99–87	92–88	110–73
Keila Coolbet	88–91	71–97	80–81	68–111	—	93–83	91–81	88–102	79–90	65–95	64–81	74–110	89–99	62–75
Keila KK	79–89	74–90	80–84	73–98	96–90	—	119–115	69–91	79–81	93–96	70–97	74–96	80–105	82–77
Latvijas Universitāte	83–102	68–81	96–118	67–102	101–96	75–103	—	65–109	61–81	83–119	73–97	70–98	73–89	91–77
Rīgas Zeļļi	109–76	90–83	81–90	70–92	94–83	108–73	99–77	—	96–65	76–78	83–75	82–80	80–77	90–74
TalTech/ALEXELA	95–76	80–77	86–80	84–98	86–63	110–82	109–92	86–95	—	77–82	86–78	83–91	75–102	86–55
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	87–77	65–59	71–106	72–85	90–79	89–83	103–86	83–80	76–78	—	83–71	86–81	95–78	89–57
Transcom Pärnu	85–69	85–71	73–82	78–86	98–82	76–72	72–71	76–83	76–83	70–91	—	62–78	62–72	88–75
Valmiera Glass VIA	95–81	86–65	93–99	90–79	97–80	86–81	114–94	121–103	96–78	99–79	92–85	—	110–77	90–64
VEF Rīga	83–71	90–74	76–69	90–85	105–62	122–74	87–78	88–97	98–72	76–67	90–80	85–74	—	83–60
Viimsi	76–71	78–77	83–81	82–100	92–98	95–73	85–77	64–95	69–108	86–93	76–88	69–99	62–107	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	2–0	Transcom Pärnu	80–71	89–88 (OT)
VEF Rīga	2–1	BK Ventspils	77–54	69–72	90–71
Valmiera GLASS VIA	2–0	TalTech/ALEXELA	105–80	83–74
Kalev/Cramo	2–1	Rīgas Zeļļi	69–83	93–86	102–100 (OT)

2025–26 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Teams

Venues and locations

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits vs. Transcom Pärnu

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ventspils

Valmiera Glass VIA vs. TalTech/ALEXELA

Kalev/Cramo vs. Rīgas Zeļļi

Semi-finals

Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits vs. Kalev/Cramo

VEF Rīga vs. Valmiera Glass Via

Bronze medal game

VEF Rīga vs. Kalev/Cramo

Final

Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits vs. Valmiera Glass VIA

Bracket

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Finals MVP

All-Star Five

MVP of the Month

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Clubs in European competitions

See also

References

External links

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20 March 2025	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	80–71 (Series: 1–0)	Transcom Pärnu	Tartu
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 25–20, 22–13, 21–17
	Pts: Bernard 23 Rebs: Lips 16 Asts: Bernard 8 PIR: Bernard 32	Boxscore	Pts: Harris 23 Rebs: Eelmäe 7 Asts: Harris 5 PIR: Harris 25	Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 1,667 Referees: I. Kitsing, R. Baumanis, R. Konks

23 March 2025	Transcom Pärnu	88–89(OT) (Series: 0–2)	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Pärnu
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 15–13, 20–23, 19–22, Overtime: 14–15
	Pts: Harris, Mohamed 23 Rebs: Eelmäe 8 Asts: Harris 7 PIR: Mohamed 26	Boxscore	Pts: Ilver 29 Rebs: Bernard 10 Asts: Bernard 7 PIR: Bernard 35	Arena: Pärnu Sports Hall Attendance: 888 Referees: G. Salinš, R. Helmšteins, A. Mohov

18 March 2025	VEF Rīga	77–54 (Series: 1–0)	BK Ventspils	Riga
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 23–13, 11–10, 24–13
	Pts: Ķilps 14 Rebs: Huffman 10 Asts: Stokes 5 PIR: Hollis, Huffman 18	Boxscore	Pts: Cash 13 Rebs: Thomas 9 Asts: Birkāns 7 PIR: Cash 12	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 595 Referees: H. Laas, J. Rozenbergs, R. Repelis

22 March 2025	BK Ventspils	72–69 (Series: 1–1)	VEF Rīga	Ventspils
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 11–24, 23–15, 15–12
	Pts: Shelton 19 Rebs: Thomas 10 Asts: Zaķis 5 PIR: Thomas 26	Boxscore	Pts: Ķilps 15 Rebs: Ročak 9 Asts: Hollis, Stokes 4 PIR: Huffman 18	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 612 Referees: M. Kozlovskis, M. Uuehendrik, A. Mohov

24 March 2025	VEF Rīga	90–71 (Series: 2–1)	BK Ventspils	Riga
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 19–27, 19–5, 23–16
	Pts: Hollis, Huffman 19 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: four players 4 PIR: Hollis 30	Boxscore	Pts: Shelton 16 Rebs: Shelton 10 Asts: Shelton 6 PIR: Shelton 27	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 667 Referees: G. Salins, M. Kozlovskis, I. Kitsing

18 March 2025	Valmiera Glass VIA	105–80 (Series: 1–0)	TalTech/ALEXELA	Valmiera
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 33–21, 19–19, 31–21
	Pts: Kohs 19 Rebs: Kohs 7 Asts: Stenionis PIR: Kohs 30	Boxscore	Pts: Post 16 Rebs: Metsalu 6 Asts: Metsalu 5 PIR: Metsalu 21	Arena: Valmiera Olympic Center Attendance: 882 Referees: M. Uuehendrik, M. Rozenfelds, I. Kitsing

23 March 2025	TalTech/ALEXELA	74–83 (Series: 0–2)	Valmiera Glass VIA	Tallinn
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–17, 20–22, 14–17
	Pts: Pehka 18 Rebs: Jurkatamm 10 Asts: Välb 5 PIR: Sutt 15	Boxscore	Pts: Pacher 28 Rebs: four players 7 Asts: Vītols 7 PIR: Pacher 37	Arena: TalTech Sports Hall Attendance: 496 Referees: A. Aunkroger, R. Värv, A. Petrovs

20 March 2025	Kalev/Cramo	69–83 (Series: 0–1)	Rīgas Zeļļi	Tallinn
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 16–18, 18–26, 14–23
	Pts: Toom 18 Rebs: Toom 8 Asts: Kaukiainen 5 PIR: Toom 17	Boxscore	Pts: Fidler 26 Rebs: Anigwe 11 Asts: Lukashov 6 PIR: Fidler 35	Arena: Nord Sports Hall Attendance: 826 Referees: R. Värv, E. Tukiss, J. Bruveris

22 March 2025	Rīgas Zeļļi	86–93 (Series: 1–1)	Kalev/Cramo	Riga
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 22–26, 23–17, 20–23
	Pts: Fidler 21 Rebs: Mačoha 8 Asts: Fidler 6 PIR: Mačoha 23	Boxscore	Pts: Rosenthal 22 Rebs: Toom 7 Asts: Rosenthal 7 PIR: Rosenthal 29	Arena: Daugava Sports Hall Attendance: 579 Referees: O. Latisevs, H. Laas, R. Konks

25 March 2025	Kalev/Cramo	102–100(OT) (Series: 2–1)	Rīgas Zeļļi	Tallinn
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 23–26, 20–22, 20–18, Overtime: 15–13
	Pts: Toom 22 Rebs: Jelks 8 Asts: Kaukiainen 7 PIR: Miška 21	Boxscore	Pts: Fidler 25 Rebs: Fidler 12 Asts: Lukashov, Shabazz 5 PIR: Fidler 29	Arena: Nord Sports Hall Attendance: 1,014 Referees: R. Värv, R. Helmšteins, R. Repelis

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	24,841	2,865	746	1,461^†
2	Rīgas Zeļļi	14,493	3,123	323	1,035^†
3	Transcom Pärnu	11,524	1,580	485	823^†
4	Valmiera Glass VIA	12,241	1,416	504	816^†
5	Kalev/Cramo	11,637	1,482	373	727^†
6	TalTech/ALEXELA	9,802	2,128	426	700^†
7	BK Ventspils	9,188	1,078	457	656^†
8	VEF Rīga	9,651	938	268	536^†
9	BK Ogre	6,932	1,234	350	533^†
10	BK Liepāja	5,697	900	167	438^†
11	Viimsi	4,472	507	241	344^†
12	Keila KK	4,299	671	178	330^†
13	Keila Coolbet	4,177	853	160	321^†
14	Latvijas Universitāte	2,076	315	70	159^†
	League total	131,030	3,123	70	634^†

28 March 2025	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	98–85 (Series: 1–0)	Kalev/Cramo	Tartu
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 26–29, 27–26, 23–11
	Pts: Ilver 25 Rebs: Lips 15 Asts: Lips 7 PIR: Ilver 38	Boxscore	Pts: Kaukiainen 17 Rebs: Rosenthal 8 Asts: Kaukiainen 4 PIR: Acuff 20	Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 2,118 Referees: O. Latisevs, R. Konks, A. Mohov

1 April 2025	Kalev/Cramo	86–83 (Series: 1–1)	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Tallinn
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 21–22, 20–30, 21—16
	Pts: Makke 18 Rebs: Miška 10 Asts: Rosenthal 5 PIR: Miška 16	Boxscore	Pts: Lips 25 Rebs: Lips 14 Asts: Paasoja, Lips 4 PIR: Lips 44	Arena: Nord Sports Hall Attendance: 1,093 Referees: M. Männiste, M. Volskis, M. Senkevičs

3 April 2025	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	89–81 (Series: 2–1)	Kalev/Cramo	Tartu
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–30, 28–16, 26–16, 20–19
	Pts: Painter 29 Rebs: Lips 13 Asts: Bernard 5 PIR: Painter 47	Boxscore	Pts: Toom 24 Rebs: Jelks 12 Asts: Rosenthal 6 PIR: Toom 26	Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 2,707 Referees: M. Männiste, M. Rozenfelds, R. Konks

29 March 2025	VEF Rīga	79–67 (Series: 1–0)	Valmiera Glass VIA	Riga
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 20–20, 23–18, 15–11
	Pts: Hollis 17 Rebs: Huffman 16 Asts: Stokes 6 PIR: Huffman 33	Boxscore	Pts: Pajić 14 Rebs: Pajić 10 Asts: Stenionis 8 PIR: Kohs 18	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 926 Referees: A. Aunkrogers, I. Kitsing, E. Binders-Coders

1 April 2025	Valmiera Glass VIA	97–83 (Series: 1–1)	VEF Rīga	Valmiera
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 23–22, 33–18, 25–17
	Pts: Stenionis 25 Rebs: Pajić 12 Asts: Vītols, Stenionis 5 PIR: Stenionis 35	Boxscore	Pts: Ročak 19 Rebs: Huffman 7 Asts: Stokes 4 PIR: Ročak 19	Arena: Valmiera Olympic Center Attendance: 1,416 Referees: H. Laas, J. Rozenbergs, M. Uuehendrik

3 April 2025	VEF Rīga	87–89 (Series: 1–2)	Valmiera Glass VIA	Riga
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 29–13, 20–20, 23–28
	Pts: Huffman 25 Rebs: Huffman 16 Asts: Būmeisters 6 PIR: Huffman 45	Boxscore	Pts: three players 16 Rebs: Tait-Jones 7 Asts: Stenionis 8 PIR: Stenionis, Tait-Jones 22	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 938 Referees: G. Saliņš, I. Kitsing, R. Helmšteins

7 April 2026	VEF Rīga	87–72	Kalev/Cramo	Riga
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 22–18, 22–10, 24–22
	Pts: Huffman 23 Rebs: Huffman 10 Asts: Andževs 4 PIR: Hollis, Huffman 32	Boxscore	Pts: Miška 15 Rebs: Jelks 7 Asts: Makke, Miška 4 PIR: Miška 18	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 418 Referees: E. Binders-Coders, R. Konks, A. Mohov

8 April 2026	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	95–100	Valmiera Glass VIA	Tartu
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 17–29, 34–22, 18–23
	Pts: McBride 25 Rebs: Lips 10 Asts: Bernard, Lips 6 PIR: Lips 23	Boxscore	Pts: Tait-Jones 27 Rebs: Tait-Jones 13 Asts: Stenionis 7 PIR: Tait-Jones 35	Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 2,865 Referees: R. Helmšteins, M. Uuehendrik, E. Tukišs

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Dominykas Stenionis	Valmiera Glass VIA
SF	Hugo Toom	Kalev/Cramo
PF	Karl Johan Lips	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
PF	Markus Ilver	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
C	Brandon Huffman	VEF Rīga

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
October	Dominykas Stenionis	Valmiera Glass VIA	^[10]
November	Frankie Fidler	Rīgas Zeļļi	^[11]
December	Cameron Shelton	BK Ventspils	^[12]
January	Anrijs Miška	Kalev/Cramo	^[13]
February	Karl Johan Lips	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	^[14]

Team	Competition	Progress
VEF Rīga	Champions League	Regular season
Kalev/Cramo	Champions League	Qualifying round
Kalev/Cramo	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits		Regular season
Transcom Pärnu		Qualifying round

Team	Competition	Progress
Rīgas Zeļļi	European North Basketball League	Quarter-finals
TalTech/ALEXELA		Round of 16
Valmiera Glass VIA		Round of 16
Keila Coolbet		Regular season