2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

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

Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Competition details
Season 2019–20
Teams 15
Dates 27 September 2019 – TBA
TV Best4Sport TV, TTV, Delfi TV
2020–21 →

On 12 March 2020, the league was suspended until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

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. [2]

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

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 VEF Rīga 25 23 2 2157 1799 +358 .920 Qualification for Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
2 Ogre 25 22 3 2286 1974 +312 .880 Qualification for Champions League qualifying rounds
3 Kalev/Cramo 23 20 3 2120 1606 +514 .870 Qualification for Champions League[lower-alpha 2]
4 Ventspils 24 18 6 2255 1789 +466 .750
5 Avis Utilitas Rapla 24 12 12 1856 1909 −53 .500
6 Jūrmala Betsafe 22 11 11 1702 1664 +38 .500
7 Pärnu Sadam 25 12 13 2046 2100 −54 .480
8 Tartu Ülikool 24 10 14 1783 1972 −189 .417
9 Rakvere Tarvas 24 10 14 1899 2032 −133 .417
10 Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ 24 8 16 2019 2110 −91 .333
11 Valmiera Glass/ViA 24 7 17 1927 2154 −227 .292
12 TalTech 25 7 18 2035 2295 −260 .280
13 Latvijas Universitāte 24 5 19 1684 1981 −297 .208
14 Liepāja 23 3 20 1773 2157 −384 .130
15 Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits[lower-alpha 3] (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. Kalev/Cramo qualifies for the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League as highest-ranked Estonian team.
  2. VEF Rīga qualifies for the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League as highest-ranked Latvian team. Kalev/Cramo qualifies for the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League as highest-ranked Estonian team.
  3. 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 — 66–73 69–91
Jūrmala Betsafe 70–52 — 68–56 91–53 81–80 90–87 78–80 76–75 93–57 87–88 93−75 92–100 62–72 62–69
Kalev/Cramo 92–68 — 73–50 100–70 92–95 109–60 104–77 111–65 108–82 87–62 93−67 96–61 77–95
Latvijas Universitāte 66–69 49–85 — 102–92 76–88 70–88 78–86 83–80 71–63 65–59 83−74 64–70 61–98
Liepāja 87–92 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 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 58–107 126–80 75–81 — 94–75 93–89 94–82 85–77 73−71 89–64 79–76 76–110
Rakvere Tarvas 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 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 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 80–87 86–72 68–114 76–75 104–106 100−86 — 74–87
VEF Rīga 91–85 99–71 69–70 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 97–76 109–80 124–91 97–61 93–38 109−71 72–79 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: estlatbl.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "News - Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is suspended". www.estlatbl.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "News - The new name sponsor of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is Paf". www.estlatbl.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
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