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 (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 (LBL)	3	BC VEF Rīga^ (1)	BK Ventspils (2)	BK Liepājas Lauvas (SF)
Estonia (KML)	2	BC Kalev/Cramo (1)	University of Tartu (2)
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 (LKL)	4	BC Neptūnas (QF)	BC Lietkabelis (QF)	BC Sakalai (11)	BC Naglis (12)
Latvia (LBL)	3	BK Valmiera (QF)	BK Jelgava (QF)	BA Turība (QF)
Estonia (KML)	3	TTÜ KK (SF)	BC Rakvere Tarvas (SF)	Piimameister Otto/Rapla (QF)
Kazakhstan (D1)	1	Barsy Atyrau (1)

Elite Division

Regular season

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

Play-offs

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

Quarterfinals

Žalgiris vs. Rūdupis

21 March 18:30

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Rūdupis	97–85	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 Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Ramunas Zukauskas

23 March 19:15

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Žalgiris	85–67	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 Referees: Antanas Ramanauskas, Saulius Paskevicius, Linas Masiulis

28 March 19:15

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Žalgiris	90–73	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 Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Andrius Maleckas, Ignas Davainis

Šiauliai vs. Triumph Lyubertsy

10 March 18:00

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Triumph Lyubertsy	84–76	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 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Ingus Baumanis, Andris Aunkrogers

6 April 18:00

Canceled

Šiauliai

vs.

Triumph Lyubertsy

Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai

7 April 17:00

Canceled

Šiauliai	vs.	Triumph Lyubertsy
Triumph withdrew from competition[2]

Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai

VEF Riga vs. Kalev/Cramo

22 March 19:00

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VEF Riga	64–56	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 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Vilius Maciulaitis

24 March 17:00

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Kalev/Cramo	79–76 (OT)	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 Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Martynas Gudas

31 March 16:00

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VEF Riga	84–78	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 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Vilius Maciulaitis

Lietuvos Rytas vs. Ventspils

23 March 19:00

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Lietuvos rytas	99–79	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 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Mart Uuehendrik, Rain Peerandi

2 April 19:00

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Ventspils	63–73	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

Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Aare Halliko, Andres Tobi, Timo Suslov

Semifinals

28 April 17:30

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Žalgiris	117–64	Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 31–12, 31–25, 31–13, 24–12
Pts: Jankūnas 21 Rebs: Klimavičius 10 Asts: Popović, Kalnietis 6		Pts: Broadus 14 Rebs: Jucikas 5 Asts: Prekevičius 3

Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 3300 Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Martynas Gudas, Tanel Suslov

28 April 20:00

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VEF Riga	61–89	Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 12–20, 15–24, 19–18
Pts: Bērziņš 11 Rebs: Kavaliauskas 7 Asts: Millage 6		Pts: Redikas 16 Rebs: Dilys 6 Asts: Rice 5

Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 2900 Referees: Andres Tobi, Juris Kokainis, Antanas Ramanauskas

Third place match

29 April 15:00

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Šiauliai	75–92	VEF Riga
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 16–30, 13–18, 22–24
Pts: Gvezdauskas 20 Rebs: Long 7 Asts: Gvezdauskas, Broadus, Long 3		Pts: Kavaliauskas 24 Rebs: Millage 6 Asts: Bērziņš, Bailey, Millage 4

Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 3000 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Ingus Baumanis, Tanel Suslov

Final

29 April 18:00

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Žalgiris	74–70	Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 20–10, 17–18, 15–16
Pts: Kalnietis 19 Rebs: Jankūnas 5 Asts: Popović 6		Pts: Rice 20 Rebs: Samardžiski 8 Asts: Redikas 3

Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 4200 Referees: Olegs Latisevs, Oskars Lucis, Andres Tobi

Player statistics

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

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

Rebounds Pos. Name Team RPG 1 David James McLure Kėdainiai Triobet 9.3 2 Jonas Valančiūnas Lietuvos Rytas 9.0 3 Gatis Jahovics BK VEF Rīga 8.3 4 Denzel Bowles Šiauliai 7.4 5 Lawrence Roberts Lietuvos Rytas 7.0

Assists Pos. Name Team APG 1 Mantas Kalnietis Žalgiris Kaunas 4.7 2 Rashaun Broadus Šiauliai 4.6 3 Janis Strelnieks Ventspils 4.3 4 Gediminas Maceina Juventus 4.2 5 Curtis Millage BK VEF Rīga 4.0

Challenge Cup

Regular season

Group A

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

Group B

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

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	BC Rakvere Tarvas	90 83
	TTÜ KK	83 62
					BC Rakvere Tarvas	75 102
					BC Sakalai	68 91
	BC Sakalai	75 86
	KK Neptūnas	79 74
									BC Rakvere Tarvas	74 82
									BC Lietkabelis	89 71
	BC Naglis	63 77
	BK Valmiera	74 53
					BC Naglis	62 82
					BC Lietkabelis	63 96			Third place
	BC Lietkabelis	109 90
	Barsy Atyrau	67 73
									BC Sakalai	83 71
									BC Naglis	67 64

2011/2012 BBL Challenge Cup Champions
BC Lietkabelis First Title

References

1. Third Quarter Rout Gives Ventspils Opening Win Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine BBL, 2011-09-30
2. Triumph withdraw from BBL quarter finals

External links

• Official website
• Eurobasket.com League Page