2011–12 Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League 2011–12 season was a basketball competition among Baltic states basketball clubs. The season started on 30 September 2011.[1]

Teams

Elite Division

Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 8 BC Žalgiris^ (1) BC Lietuvos rytas^ (2) BC Rūdupis (SF) BC Juventus† (SF) BC Šiauliai (QF) BC Kėdainiai Triobet (9) BC Baltai† (10) BC Pieno žvaigždės (NKL 1)
Latvia Latvia (LBL) 3 BC VEF Rīga^ (1) BK Ventspils (2) BK Liepājas Lauvas (SF)
Estonia Estonia (KML) 2 BC Kalev/Cramo (1) University of Tartu (2)
Russia Russia (PBL) 1 BC Triumph Lyubertsy (10)

† Promoted from the 2010–11 Challenge Cup
^ Qualified directly to playoffs

Challenge Cup

Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 4 BC Neptūnas (QF) BC Lietkabelis (QF) BC Sakalai (11) BC Naglis (12)
Latvia Latvia (LBL) 3 BK Valmiera (QF) BK Jelgava (QF) BA Turība (QF)
Estonia Estonia (KML) 3 TTÜ KK (SF) BC Rakvere Tarvas (SF) Piimameister Otto/Rapla (QF)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (D1) 1 Barsy Atyrau (1)

Elite Division

Regular season

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1Lithuania Šiauliai 36 20 16 4 1762 1646 +116 Qualified for the Playoffs
2Russia Triumph Lyubertsy 36 20 16 4 1667 1457 +210
3Latvia Ventspils 32 20 12 8 1575 1482 +93
4Estonia Kalev/Cramo 32 20 12 8 1502 1451 +51
5Lithuania Rūdupis 32 20 12 8 1673 1650 +23
6Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 30 20 10 10 1446 1385 +61
7Lithuania Kėdainiai/Triobet 30 20 10 10 1533 1563 −10
8Lithuania Juventus 29 20 9 11 1490 1562 −72
9Estonia University of Tartu 26 20 6 14 1584 1688 −104
10Lithuania KK Baltai 24 20 4 16 1462 1592 −130
11Latvia Liepājas Lauvas 23 20 3 17 1435 1653 −218

Play-offs

Quarter Finals Semifinals Finals
         
Lithuania Žalgiris 2
Lithuania Rūdupis 1
Lithuania Žalgiris 117
Lithuania Šiauliai 64
Lithuania Šiauliai 2
Russia Triumph Lyubertsy 1
Lithuania Žalgiris 74
Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 70
Latvia VEF Riga 2
Estonia Kalev/Cramo 1
Latvia VEF Riga 61
Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 89
Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 2
Latvia Ventspils 0

Quarterfinals

Žalgiris vs. Rūdupis

21 March
18:30
Rūdupis Lithuania 97–85 Lithuania Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 30–16, 24–28, 22–19
Pts: Kadžiulis 22
Rebs: Juškevičius, Orelik 5
Asts: Juškevičius 5		 Pts: Jankūnas 17
Rebs: Jankūnas 7
Asts: Kalnietis 3
Prienų Arena, Prienai
Attendance: 1,350
23 March
19:15
Žalgiris Lithuania 85–67 Lithuania Rūdupis
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 22–5, 21–9, 24–28
Pts: Kalnietis, Kuzminskas 12
Rebs: Javtokas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 6		 Pts: Labuckas 17
Rebs: Labuckas, Buterlevičius 5
Asts: Labuckas, Ivanauskas 3
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,840
28 March
19:15
Žalgiris Lithuania 90–73 Lithuania Rūdupis
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–18, 18–13, 25–24
Pts: Delininkaitis 18
Rebs: Lipkevičius 8
Asts: Kalnietis 5		 Pts: Dabkus 17
Rebs: Dabkus 6
Asts: Juškevičius 4
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,841

Šiauliai vs. Triumph Lyubertsy

10 March
18:00
Triumph Lyubertsy Russia 84–76 Lithuania Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–16, 18–18, 18–21
Pts: Karasev 22
Rebs: Jefferson 12
Asts: McKee 5		 Pts: Ruzgas 22
Rebs: Vasylius 13
Asts: Long 3
SH Triumph, Lyubertsy
Attendance: 1030
7 April
17:00
Canceled
Šiauliai Lithuania vs. Russia Triumph Lyubertsy
Triumph withdrew from competition[2]

VEF Riga vs. Kalev/Cramo

22 March
19:00
VEF Riga Latvia 64–56 Estonia Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 17–15, 12–8, 15–20
Pts: Kavaliauskas 17
Rebs: Millage 11
Asts: Bertāns 4		 Pts: Sokk 13
Rebs: Šķēle, Fall 4
Asts: Sokk, Arbet, Šķēle 3
Saldus Sports Center, Riga
Attendance: 800
24 March
17:00
Kalev/Cramo Estonia 79–76 (OT) Latvia VEF Riga
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–13, 13–15, 13–17, Overtime: 9–6
Pts: Arbet 17
Rebs: Dorbek 8
Asts: Sokk 4		 Pts: Millage 16
Rebs: Jahovičs 11
Asts: Millage 4
Saku Suurhall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,800
31 March
16:00
VEF Riga Latvia 84–78 Estonia Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 18–14, 26–23, 27–19
Pts: Janičenoks 22
Rebs: Bērziņš 7
Asts: Millage 6		 Pts: Arbet 16
Rebs: Fall 10
Asts: Ulyanko, Sokk 6
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 1,300

Lietuvos Rytas vs. Ventspils

23 March
19:00
Lietuvos rytas Lithuania 99–79 Latvia Ventspils
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 28–17, 33–25, 18–19
Pts: Seibutis 19
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Valančiūnas, Rašić, Jomantas 3		 Pts: Meiers 16
Rebs: Meiers 4
Asts: Young, Gray, Abernethy 4
Lietuvos rytas Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 1,050
2 April
19:00
Ventspils Latvia 63–73 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 5–18, 15–16, 22–22, 21–17
Pts: Gray 14
Rebs: Abernethy 8
Asts: Abernethy 5		 Pts: Katelynas, Valančiūnas 14
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Babrauskas 3

Semifinals

Third place match

29 April
15:00
Loser of Seminal 1 Lithuania vs. Loser of Seminal 1

Final

29 April
18:00
Winner of Seminal 1 Lithuania vs. Winner of Semifinal 2

Player Statistics

Efficiency

Pos. Name Team EFF
1 United States Denzel Bowles Lithuania Šiauliai 21.3
2 Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 21.0
3 United States David James McLure Lithuania Kėdainiai Triobet 19.0
4 Lithuania Valdas Vasylius Lithuania Šiauliai 18.6
5 United States Bill Amis Latvia Tartu Ülikool 17.5

Points

Pos. Name Team PPG
1 United States Denzel Bowles Lithuania Šiauliai 19.3
2 United States Joshua Mayo Latvia Liepājas Lauvas 16.2
3 United States Bill Amis Estonia Tartu Ülikool 16.1
4 Lithuania Renaldas Seibutis Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 16.0
5 Lithuania Antanas Kavaliauskas Latvia BK VEF Rīga 15.0

Challenge Cup

Regular season

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1Estonia BC Rakvere Tarvas 14 8 6 2 678 642 +36 Qualified for the Playoffs
2Lithuania BC Naglis 13 8 5 3 612 609 +3
3Lithuania KK Neptūnas 13 8 5 3 759 637 +122
4Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 11 8 3 5 621 653 −32
5Latvia BK Jelgava 9 8 1 7 614 743 −129

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1Lithuania BC Lietkabelis 18 10 8 2 823 733 +90 Qualified for the Playoffs
2Lithuania BC Sakalai 18 10 8 2 816 650 +166
3Latvia BK Valmiera 17 10 7 3 726 641 +85
4Estonia TTÜ KK 13 10 3 7 710 767 −57
5Estonia Piimameister Otto/Rapla 12 10 2 8 619 752 −133
6Latvia BA Turība 12 10 2 8 651 802 −151

Play-offs

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Estonia BC Rakvere Tarvas  90 83
 
 Estonia TTÜ KK  83 62  
 Estonia BC Rakvere Tarvas  75 102
 
   Lithuania BC Sakalai  68 91  
 Lithuania BC Sakalai  75 86
 
 Lithuania KK Neptūnas  79 74  
 Estonia BC Rakvere Tarvas  74 82
 
   Lithuania BC Lietkabelis  89 71
 Lithuania BC Naglis  63 77
 
 Latvia BK Valmiera  74 53  
 Lithuania BC Naglis  62 82 Third place
 
   Lithuania BC Lietkabelis  63 96  
 Lithuania BC Lietkabelis  109 90  Lithuania BC Sakalai  83 71
 Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau  67 73    Lithuania BC Naglis  67 64
 
2011/2012 BBL Challenge Cup Champions

BC Lietkabelis
First Title

References

  1. ↑ Third Quarter Rout Gives Ventspils Opening Win BBL, 2011-09-30
  2. ↑ Triumph withdraw from BBL quarter finals

External links

2011–12 European international basketball competitions
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Continental competitions
Level A national and regional leagues
Level B national and regional leagues
Level C national and regional leagues
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