2021–22 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

The 2021–22 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Paf Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the 4th season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the combined top basketball division of Latvia and Estonia.

Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Award ceremony after final
Season	2021–22
Duration	1 October 2021 – 10 April 2022
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	TV4 (Previously Sportacentrs.com TV, all games to semi-final), LTV7 (Only final), Delfi TV
Regular season
Season MVP	Kristaps Dārgais
Finals
Champions	VEF Rīga
Runners-up	Viimsi/Sportland
Third place	PärnuSadam
Fourth place	Ogre
Finals MVP	Jalen Riley
Statistical leaders
Points Brandon Childress 23,9 Rebounds Demajeo Wiggins 10,6 Assists Jaron Martin 7,3 Index Rating Brandon Childress +23,4
Records
Biggest home win	Kalev/Cramo 113–55 Tallinna Kalev (19 January 2022)
Biggest away win	Rakvere Tarvas 58–110 VEF Rīga (11 February 2022)
Highest scoring	Liepāja 105–100 Rakvere Tarvas (2 October 2021)
Winning streak	17 games VEF Rīga
Losing streak	17 games Tallinna Kalev
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The season began on 1 October 2021. Regular season ended on 26 March 2022. The play-off quarterfinal series were being played after the regular season but the champion was crowned in a Final Four tournament.^[1]

Competition format

The regular season includes two rounds, followed by the quarter-finals and Final 4. The league’s management followed the development of the epidemiological situation in both countries and if necessary, the playoff system may be changed.^[2] However, no changes were applied, except for some rescheduled regular season games.

Teams

14 teams, 8 from Estonia and 6 from Latvia, contested the league in the 2021–22 season.

Venues and locations

Kalev
Kalev/TLÜ
TalTech

Pärnu

Rapla

Tartu Ülikool

Ventspils

LU
VEF Rīga

Liepāja

Ogre

Valmiera

Rakvere

Viimsi

Location of the 2021–22 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League teams

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Avis Utilitas Rapla	Rapla	Sadolin Sports Hall	1000
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Kalev Sports Hall	1870
		Saku Suurhall	7200
Latvijas Universitāte	Rīga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
Liepāja	Liepāja	Liepāja Olympic Center	2542
Ogre	Ogre	Ogre 1st Secondary School	500
Pärnu Sadam	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1820
Rakvere Tarvas	Rakvere	Rakvere Sports Hall	2747
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Sõle Sports Centre
		Nord Cramo Sports Hall	980
TalTech	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	1000
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	2600
Viimsi/Sportland	Viimsi	Karulaugu Spordikeskus	500
Valmiera Glass VIA	Valmiera	Vidzeme Olympic Center	1500
VEF Rīga	Rīga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
		Arena Riga	11 200
Ventspils	Ventspils	Ventspils Olympic Center	3085

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Avis Utilitas Rapla	Lluis Riera	Sven Kaldre	Spalding
Kalev/Cramo	Roberts Štelmahers	Martin Dorbek	Nike
Latvijas Universitāte	Guntis Endzels	Edvards Mežulis	Nike
Liepāja	Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis	Roberts Krastiņš	Nike
Ogre	Uldis Švēde	Rinalds Sirsniņš	Erreà
Pärnu Sadam	Heiko Rannula	Mihkel Kirves	Nike
Rakvere Tarvas	Martin Müürsepp	Sten Saaremäel	Spalding
Tallinna Kalev	Brett Nõmm	Mario Paiste	Nike
TalTech	Alar Varrak	Oliver Metsalu	Nike
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Nikolajs Mazurs	Adomas Drungilas	Spalding
KK Viimsi	Valdo Lips	Rain Veideman	Nike
Valmiera Glass VIA	Edmunds Valeiko	Ervīns Jonāts	Spalding
VEF Rīga	Jānis Gailītis	Artis Ate
Ventspils	Gints Fogels	Andrejs Šeļakovs	Joma

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	VEF Rīga	26	23	3	2346	1808	+538	.885	Advance to playoffs
2	Kalev/Cramo	26	21	5	2189	1688	+501	.808
3	Ventspils	26	21	5	2163	1909	+254	.808
4	TalTech	26	18	8	2148	1970	+178	.692
5	Ogre	26	16	10	2125	2011	+114	.615
6	Viimsi	26	16	10	2020	2025	−5	.615
7	Pärnu Sadam	26	15	11	2137	1986	+151	.577
8	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	26	12	14	1945	2035	−90	.462
9	Avis Utilitas Rapla	26	12	14	2164	2200	−36	.462
10	Valmiera Glass VIA	26	8	18	1925	2101	−176	.308
11	Latvijas Universitāte	26	6	20	1809	2047	−238	.231
12	Liepāja	26	5	21	1973	2186	−213	.192
13	Rakvere Tarvas	26	5	21	1900	2315	−415	.192
14	Tallinna Kalev	26	4	22	1763	2326	−563	.154

Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: estlatbl.com

Results

Home \ Away	KAL	LIE	LUN	OGR	PAR	RAK	RAP	TCH	TLU	TRT	VEF	VEN	VII	VLM
Kalev/Cramo	—	87–62	69–67	94–69	66–79	94–65	92–66	93–63	113–55	86–36	76–93	81–55	80–67	97–66
Liepāja	59–78	—	72–77	94–83	84–70	105–100	61–63	80–81	79–80	83–86	77–83	73–98	66–74	80–82
Latvijas Universitāte	58–68	89–68	—	63–82	79–99	64–61	61–92	79–89	92–64	80–77	72–94	71–94	57–67	68–60
Ogre	76–64	90–76	93–79	—	74–71	95–75	107–84	77–65	106–80	85–66	59–83	69–78	100–77	81–87
Pärnu Sadam	78–79	79–68	80–56	83–78	—	105–74	78–83	60–61	98–72	76–66	77–80	94–79	74–82	94–71
Rakvere Tarvas	65–93	79–86	91–79	57–72	61–95	—	88–91	62–92	91–83	91–89	58–110	67–99	69–89	86–81
Avis Utilitas Rapla	61–85	105–69	84–74	86–88	107–79	90–85	—	95–78	87–96	78–83	52–99	82–94	95–97	93–77
TalTech	53–71	87–81	94–62	103–73	91–73	106–60	82–73	—	92–67	92–76	88–102	102–90	70–88	78–76
Tallinna Kalev	62–90	74–97	74–67	52–97	57–84	80–81	64–78	53–84	—	73–81	66–93	64–103	75–97	89–69
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	64–92	78–71	67–53	75–81	82–77	70–67	94–98	68–81	77–62	—	64–95	83–63	65–82	75–61
VEF Rīga	86–84	102–71	79–59	96–84	92–95	94–52	96–69	83–75	97–51	86–93	—	93–57	94–60	73–55
Ventspils	75–68	94–71	68–59	77–57	81–72	89–67	91–81	86–71	93–54	69–62	87–81	—	100–70	83–80
Viimsi	49–97	81–69	85–74	67–74	82–83	84–73	91–84	71–76	87–62	88–75	64–87	67–80	—	73–70
Valmiera Glass VIA	59–92	86–71	76–70	79–75	81–84	80–75	91–87	71–94	93–54	65–93	63–75	70–80	76–81	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: estlatbl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Play-offs

In quarter-finals teams play against each other must win two games to win the series. Quarter-finals started on 29 March and ended on 4 April, with three of four winners being teams without home-court advantage. Semi-finals and final in a Final Four format was held on 9–10 April at the Arēna Rīga in Rīga, Latvia.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VEF Rīga	2–0	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	91–57	88–85 OT
Kalev/Cramo	0–2	Pärnu Sadam	60–67	57–76
BK Ventspils	0–2	KK Viimsi	63–70	77–79 OT
TalTech/Optibet	0–2	BK Ogre	77–89	69–85

Games

29 March 2022	Kalev/Cramo	60–67	Pärnu Sadam	Tallinn
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 13–18, 13–14, 10–13
	Pts: Siliņš 25 Rebs: Murphy 9 Asts: Jackson 6	Box Score	Pts: Barnies 18 Rebs: Kirves 13 Asts: Post 2	Arena: Kalev Sports Hall Attendance: 354 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Mihkel Männiste, Rainis Värv

Kalev/Cramo v Pärnu Sadam

29 March 2022	VEF Rīga	91–57	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	Rīga
19:30 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 19–11, 23–16, 26–11
	Pts: Madsen 23 Rebs: Gromovs 9 Asts: Zoriks 7	Box Score	Pts: Drungilas 14 Rebs: Drungilas 6 Asts: Rosenthal 4	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 600 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš

VEF Rīga v Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits

30 March 2022	TalTech/Optibet	77–89	BK Ogre	Tallinn
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 27–21, 15–19, 16–23
	Pts: Childress 18 Rebs: Metsalu 9 Asts: Childress, Sokk, Ilves 3	Box Score	Pts: Sirsniņš 22 Rebs: Dārgais 13 Asts: Sirsniņš 7	Arena: TalTech Sports Hall Attendance: 461 Referees: Mihkel Männiste, Mart Uuehendrik, Hendrik Laas

TalTech/Optibet v BK Ogre

31 March 2022	BK Ventspils	63–70	Viimsi/Sportland	Ventspils
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 16–15, 23–22, 8–15
	Pts: Majauskas 19 Rebs: Sīpoliņš 11 Asts: Thomas 6	Box Score	Pts: Robersons 15 Rebs: Zaķis 11 Asts: Harris 5	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1100 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Einārs Tukišs, Elvis Binders-Čoders

BK Ventspils v Viimsi/Sportland

1 April 2022	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	85–880(OT)	VEF Rīga	Tartu
18:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 36–19, 7–19, 19–20, 18–22, Overtime: 5–8
	Pts: Huggins 19 Rebs: Wembi 8 Asts: Wembi, Elksnis 5	Box Score	Pts: Madsen 24 Rebs: Gromovs 9 Asts: Curry 6	Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 721 Referees: Aare Halliko, Rain Peerandi, Aleksei Mohov

Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits v VEF Rīga

2 April 2022	Pärnu Sadam	76–57	Kalev/Cramo	Pärnu
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 23–16, 18–6, 22–17
	Pts: Gilbert 18 Rebs: Kirves 12 Asts: Gilbert 6	Box Score	Pts: Hermet 13 Rebs: Nurger 7 Asts: Dorbek 7	Arena: Pärnu Sports Hall Attendance: 850 Referees: Aare Halliko, Alex Talisainen, Ivo Kitsing

Pärnu Sadam v Kalev/Cramo

2 April 2022	BK Ogre	85–69	TalTech/Optibet	Ogre
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 25–13, 22–12, 19–24
	Pts: Jucikas, Zēbergs 13 Rebs: Jucikas 10 Asts: Sirsniņš 9	Box Score	Pts: Metsalu 17 Rebs: Keedus, Metsalu, Kajupank 5 Asts: Ilves 5	Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Mārcis Senkēvičs

BK Ogre v TalTech/Optibet

3 April 2022	Viimsi/Sportland	79–770(OT)	BK Ventspils	Viimsi
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 133–18, 21–15, 17–18, Overtime: 9–7
	Pts: Zaķis 20 Rebs: Lips 9 Asts: Harris, Veideman 4	Box Score	Pts: Ausējs 18 Rebs: Sīpoliņš 8 Asts: Thomas, Ķilps 3	Arena: Karulaugu Spordikeskus Attendance: 700 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Mart Uuehendrik, Ranno Konks

Viimsi/Sportland v BK Ventspils

Final Four

Final game between VEF Rīga and Viimsi/Sportland

Final Four was held on 9–10 April at the Arēna Rīga in Rīga, Latvia.

	Semifinals 9 April					Final April 10
	1	VEF Rīga	116
	5	BK Ogre	55
						1	VEF Rīga	95
						6	Viimsi/Sportland	64
	7	Pärnu Sadam	81
	6	Viimsi/Sportland	83			Bronze medal game April 10
						5	BK Ogre	77
						7	Pärnu Sadam	84

Semi-finals

9 April 2022	VEF Rīga	116–55	Ogre	Rīga, Latvia
16:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 31–19, 31–4, 28–23
	Pts: Riley 23 Rebs: Hammonds 6 Asts: Zotov 8	Box Score	Pts: Antrops 9 Rebs: Blaus 5 Asts: Sirsniņš, Zēbergs, Blaus 2	Arena: Arēna Rīga Attendance: 1257 Referees: Aare Halliko, Tanel Suslov, Ritvars Helmšteins

VEF Rīga v Ogre

9 April 2022	Viimsi	83–81	Pärnu Sadam	Rīga, Latvia
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 24–24, 13–16, 29–23
	Pts: Roberson 19 Rebs: Lips 13 Asts: Veideman 7		Pts: Barnies 19 Rebs: Barnies 8 Asts: Alterique Gilbert 6	Arena: Arēna Rīga Attendance: 1056 Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Einārs Tukišs

Viimsi v Pärnu Sadam

Third place game

10 April 2022	Ogre	77–84	Pärnu Sadam	Rīga, Latvia
14:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 18–27, 20–14, 23–22
	Pts: Nixon 20 Rebs: Zēbergs, Dārgais 6 Asts: Sirsniņš 8	Box Score	Pts: Valge 30 Rebs: Valeika 7 Asts: Post 6	Arena: Arēna Rīga Attendance: 1698 Referees: Aare Halliko, Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Tanel Suslov

Ogre v Pärnu Sadam

Final

10 April 2022	VEF Rīga	95–64	Viimsi/Sportland	Rīga, Latvia
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 23–20, 17–20, 28–12
	Pts: Riley 20 Rebs: Madsen 9 Asts: Zoriks 6		Pts: Jurkatamm, Roberson 17 Rebs: Roberson 11 Asts: Laane, Harris 4	Arena: Arēna Rīga Attendance: 3972 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Rauno Peerandi, Kristaps Konstantinovs

VEF Rīga v Viimsi/Sportland

Statistics

As of April 10, 2022.^[3]

Points

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Brandon Childress	TalTech/Optibet	23.9
2.	Jaron Martin	Avis Utilitas Rapla	20.6
3.	Demajeo Wiggins	Avis Utilitas Rapla	15.9
4.	Darryl Tucker	Avis Utilitas Rapla	15.9
5.	Jānis Kaufmanis	Valmiera Glass ViA	15.6

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	Demajeo Wiggins	Avis Utilitas Rapla	10.6
2.	Darryl Tucker	Avis Utilitas Rapla	9.5
3.	Kristaps Dārgais	BK Ogre	9.4
4.	Emmanuel Wembi	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits	8.9
5.	Zigmārs Raimo	Liepāja	8.7

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Jaron Martin	Avis Utilitas Rapla	7.3
2.	Brandon Childress	TalTech/Optibet	6.6
3.	Aleksa Nikolić	Rakvere Tarvas	6.2
4.	Rinalds Sirsniņš	BK Ogre	6.0
5.	Kristers Zoriks	VEF Rīga	5.7

Awards

Regular season MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Kristaps Dārgais	BK Ogre	[4]

Final Four MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Jalen Riley	VEF Rīga	[5]

Final Four All Star Five

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Jalen Riley	VEF Rīga
PG	Vitaliy Zotov	VEF Rīga
SG	Robert Valge	Pärnu Sadam
PF	Alexander Madsen	VEF Rīga
C	Tyler Roberson	Viimsi/Sportland

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2021
October	Mikk Jurkatamm	TalTech/Optibet	[6]
November	Ronalds Zaķis	Viimsi/Sportland	[7]
December	Jaron Martin	Avis Utilitas Rapla	[8]
2022
January	Jānis Kaufmanis	Valmiera Glass ViA	[9]
February	Brandon Childress	TalTech/Optibet	[10]
March	Kristaps Dārgais	BK Ogre	[11]

Estonian and Latvian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
VEF Rīga	Champions League	Regular season (2–4) & Play-in (0–2)
Kalev/Cramo	Champions League	Regular season (2–4)
Pärnu Sadam	FIBA Europe Cup	Qualifying Round (1–1)

Local Leagues

After the conclusion of season, each country played its own national championship play-offs. On May 19, VEF Rīga won its 9th Latvian championship. On May 26, Pärnu Sadam won their first ever Estonian championship

See also

• 2021–22 KML season

References

1. "Ziņas – Final 4 turnīrs notiks 9. un 10. aprīlī "Arēnā Rīga"; basket.lv sākas biļešu tirdzniecība". www.estlatbl.com.
2. "14 teams have applied for the 4th Pafbet Latvian-Estonian Basketball League Championship". estlatbl.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. "Players TOP". www.estlatbl.com.
4. "Paf League – 🔵⚪️ Kristaps Dārgais – your fans got you! We asked our fans to vote for the regular season MVP and BK Ogre leader had the majority out of three more candidates!👑 Dārgais averaged 10.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists with efficiency 20! | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
5. "VEF pārliecinoši uzveic "Viimsi", ar trešo piegājienu triumfējot LAT-EST līgā". 10 April 2022.
6. "MIKK JURKATAMM – MVP of October 2021". Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. 4 November 2021.
7. "RONALDS ZAKIS – MVP of November 2021". Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. 7 December 2021.
8. "JARON MARTIN – MVP of December 2021". Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. 10 January 2022.
9. "Most Valuable Player in January – VALMIERA GLASS VIA Basketbols leader Janis Kaufmanis!". Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. 8 February 2022.
10. "BRANDON CHILDRESS – MVP of February 2022". Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. 10 March 2022.
11. "MVP of March – Mr. Slam-dunk King Kristaps Dārgais himself". Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. 1 April 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Estonian Basketball Association (in Estonian)
• Latvian Basketball Association (in Latvian)