Korvpalli Meistriliiga
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Founded | 1925 |
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First season | 1925 |
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Confederation | FIBA Europe Cup |
Number of teams | 8 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | I Liiga |
Domestic cup(s) | Estonian Cup |
Current champions | Kalev/Cramo (10th title) |
Most championships | University of Tartu (26 titles) |
CEO | Jaak Salumets |
Website | basket.ee |
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The Korvpalli Meistriliiga (English: Basketball Champions League), known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Estonia, and is controlled by the Estonian Basketball Association.
The first Estonian Basketball Championship tournament was held in 1925. During the Soviet occupation (1941–1991) the league was called the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Championship. After Estonia regained its independence in 1991, the league was reformed as the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). The KML, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 9 teams. The current KML champions are Kalev/Cramo who won their 10th Estonian Championship in the 2017–18 KML season.
Since 2013, the league has been sponsored by Alexela, an Estonian energy company.
Format
During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 28 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:
- G4S Noorteliiga will play 2 rounds (1 round at home and 1 round away in total).
Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.[1]
Current clubs
Venues and locations
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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G4S Noorteliiga | Tallinn | Audentes Sports Centre | 1,030[2] |
Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 1,870[3] |
Saku Suurhall | 7,200[4] | ||
Port of Pärnu | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 1,820[5] |
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 818[6] |
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 1,870[3] |
TTÜ | Tallinn | TTÜ Sports Hall | 1,000[7] |
University of Tartu | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 1,650[8] |
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | Valga | Valga Sports Hall | 561[9] |
Title holders
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Titles by club
Team | Winners | Winning years |
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University of Tartu | 26 | 1938, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015 |
Tallinna Kalev | 18 | 1927, 1930, 1931, 1943, 1944 (w)‡, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003 |
Kalev/Cramo | 10 | 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
TTÜ | 8 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1984, 1985 |
Standard | 8 | 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 |
Tallinna Russ | 4 | 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933 |
TTÜ-A. Le Coq | 4 | 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999 |
Tartu NMKÜ | 3 | 1934, 1936, 1937 |
EMÜ | 2 | 1957, 1960 |
Harju KEK | 2 | 1974, 1979 |
Tallinna Sport | 1 | 1925 |
Tallinna NMKÜ | 1 | 1935 |
Tallinna Dünamo | 1 | 1941 |
Tartu Kalev | 1 | 1944 (s)‡ |
Metallist | 1 | 1981 |
‡ Note: In the 1944 season two championship tournaments were held (s – summer tournament; w – winter tournament).
KML Finals
Awards
See also
References
- ↑ "Korvpalli Meistriliiga võistlusjuhend hooajaks 2017/2018" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ↑ "Audentese Spordikeskuse spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
- 1 2 "Kalevi Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.
- ↑ "Saku Suurhall". Spordiregister.ee.
- ↑ "Pärnu Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.
- ↑ "Sadolin Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
- ↑ "Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
- ↑ "Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
- ↑ "Valga Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
External links
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- Official website (in Estonian)