# 2022–23 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

The 2022–23 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as the Paf Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the premier basketball competition for men's teams in Latvia and Estonia. Nine Estonian and six Latvian teams were joined by Ukrainian team BC Prometey, who went on to win the league.

## Competition format

The regular season consisted of two rounds, followed by the quarter-finals and the Final Four.

## Teams

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, teams from Ukraine started looking for opportunities to join leagues abroad. On 17 June 2022, it was announced that the 2020–21 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague champions BC Prometey will join Latvian-Estonian Basketball League for the 2022–23 season. The team was to play its home games in Riga.
On 21 July 2022, Keila KK joined the league after finishing third in the second division of the Estonian league system.
16 teams was the highest number of teams participating in the league since its establishment.

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 958 |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 1,700 |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Nord Cramo Sports Hall | 980 |
| BC Prometey | Riga | Rimi Olympic Sports Center | 830 |
| BC Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere Sports Hall | 2,747 |
| BK Liepāja | Liepāja | Liepāja Olympic Center | 2,542 |
| BK Ogre | Ogre | Ogre 1st Secondary School | 500 |
| BK Ventspils | Ventspils | Ventspils Olympic Center | 3,085 |
| Keila KK | Keila | Keila Health Center | 800 |
| Latvijas Universitāte | Riga | Rimi Olympic Sports Center | 830 |
| Pärnu Sadam | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 1,820 |
| Tallinna Kalev/Audentes | Tallinn | Audentes Sports Center | 1,030 |
| TalTech/OPTIBET | Tallinn | TalTech Sports Hall | 1,000 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 2,600 |
| Valmiera GLASS VIA | Valmiera | Valmiera Olympic Center | 1,500 |
| VEF Rīga | Riga | Arena Riga | 11,200 |
| VEF Rīga | Riga | Rimi Olympic Sports Center | 830 |
| Viimsi/Sportland | Haabneeme | Forus Sports Center | 500 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | Arnel Dedić | Sven Kaldre | Spalding | Hepa |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Heiko Rannula | Martin Dorbek | Nike | Unibet |
| BC Prometey | Ronen Ginzburg | Denys Lukashov | Nike | Budinvest |
| BC Tarvas | Vaido Rego | Renato Lindmets | Spalding | Spadematron |
| BK Liepāja | Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis | Renārs Birkāns | Nike | Cleanr Grupa |
| BK Ogre | Uldis Švēde | Kristaps Dārgais | Nike | Ogre |
| BK Ventspils | Gints Fogels | Andrejs Šeļakovs | Joma | Ventspils |
| Keila KK | Peep Pahv | Mārcis Vītols | Nike | Utilitas |
| Latvijas Universitāte | Gunārs Gailītis | Edvards Mežulis | Nike | University of Latvia |
| Pärnu Sadam | Gert Kullamäe | Mihkel Kirves | Nike | Betsafe |
| Tallinna Kalev/Audentes | Rauno Pehka | Kristjan Kangur | Spalding | Tallinn |
| TalTech/Optibet | Alar Varrak | Erik Keedus | Nike | Optibet |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Nikolajs Mazurs | Märt Rosenthal | Spalding | Maks & Moorits |
| Valmiera GLASS VIA | Oskars Virsis | Valters Vēveris | Spalding | Valmiera Glass |
| VEF Rīga | Jānis Gailītis | Artis Ate | | Balta |
| Viimsi/Sportland | Valdo Lips | Karl Johan Lips | Nike | Sportland |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | BC Prometey | 30 | 29 | 1 | 2860 | 2154 | +706 | .967 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 30 | 25 | 5 | 2622 | 2191 | +431 | .833 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | VEF Rīga | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2520 | 2084 | +436 | .800 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2447 | 2278 | +169 | .667 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | BK Ventspils | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2601 | 2427 | +174 | .633 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2364 | 2238 | +126 | .600 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | BK Ogre | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2371 | 2324 | +47 | .567 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Viimsi/Sportland | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2423 | 2455 | −32 | .500 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | TalTech/OPTIBET | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2342 | 2414 | −72 | .400 | |
| 10 | BK Liepāja | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2348 | 2541 | −193 | .400 | |
| 11 | Pärnu Sadam | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2364 | 2383 | −19 | .400 | |
| 12 | Keila KK | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2368 | 2631 | −263 | .367 | |
| 13 | Latvijas Universitāte | 30 | 10 | 20 | 2184 | 2308 | −124 | .333 | |
| 14 | Tallinna Kalev/Audentes | 30 | 7 | 23 | 2297 | 2447 | −150 | .233 | |
| 15 | Valmiera GLASS VIA | 30 | 6 | 24 | 2209 | 2787 | −578 | .200 | |
| 16 | BC Tarvas | 30 | 3 | 27 | 2180 | 2838 | −658 | .100 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | RAP | KAL | BCP | TRV | BKL | OGR | BKV | KEI | LAT | PAR | TLK | TCH | TRT | VIA | VEF | VMS |
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | — | 67–79 | 73–95 | 98–64 | 75–71 | 81–71 | 78–87 | 67–59 | 77–62 | 73–76 | 74–63 | 83–70 | 71–78 | 96–64 | 71–74 | 103–84 |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | 77–83 | — | 94–80 | 111–65 | 90–94 | 99–68 | 91–72 | 83–56 | 77–68 | 81–70 | 101–64 | 105–69 | 75–71 | 101–73 | 78–66 | 87–74 |
| BC Prometey | 89–81 | 83–79 | — | 106–50 | 96–91 | 109–56 | 101–94 | 107–68 | 94–76 | 94–59 | 94–65 | 89–67 | 101–64 | 104–75 | 81–71 | 107–72 |
| BC Tarvas | 59–102 | 73–85 | 66–95 | — | 96–90 | 81–75 | 69–88 | 85–102 | 76–78 | 84–114 | 83–106 | 72–88 | 87–99 | 102–83 | 71–97 | 77–80 |
| BK Liepāja | 69–71 | 92–93 | 67–88 | 70–69 | — | 68–99 | 72–60 | 89–84 | 88–91 | 102–98 | 86–83 | 77–76 | 65–84 | 83–69 | 98–93 | 97–79 |
| BK Ogre | 92–75 | 78–100 | 79–86 | 93–66 | 81–68 | — | 88–94 | 97–76 | 85–71 | 81–68 | 72–68 | 80–64 | 75–86 | 88–55 | 80–90 | 88–74 |
| BK Ventspils | 82–74 | 76–86 | 83–90 | 98–59 | 102–55 | 78–79 | — | 93–86 | 83–71 | 91–84 | 90–76 | 84–71 | 84–99 | 108–63 | 99–92 | 100–90 |
| Keila KK | 71–85 | 66–108 | 69–117 | 96–71 | 75–85 | 81–87 | 75–86 | — | 78–80 | 90–92 | 103–100 | 87–71 | 80–75 | 104–96 | 76–88 | 91–87 |
| Latvijas Universitāte | 61–66 | 66–73 | 57–83 | 99–56 | 86–78 | 61–63 | 70–78 | 89–84 | — | 73–59 | 87–82 | 53–73 | 59–81 | 100–60 | 56–79 | 64–82 |
| Pärnu Sadam | 66–81 | 78–83 | 71–77 | 103–80 | 90–58 | 85–71 | 81–75 | 89–66 | 81–65 | — | 77–93 | 78–83 | 86–91 | 72–60 | 63–71 | 87–86 |
| Tallinna Kalev/Audentes | 90–73 | 68–78 | 74–83 | 92–59 | 81–83 | 56–63 | 92–96 | 78–82 | 76–75 | 62–97 | — | 79–62 | 72–78 | 76–87 | 61–67 | 81–92 |
| TalTech/OPTIBET | 83–89 | 84–102 | 82–115 | 107–86 | 84–58 | 79–80 | 91–84 | 85–62 | 84–67 | 85–79 | 78–83 | — | 69–81 | 87–60 | 60–73 | 91–77 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 73–51 | 67–73 | 73–91 | 98–76 | 89–62 | 65–80 | 65–78 | 69–89 | 82–68 | 79–68 | 72–70 | 83–53 | — | 110–79 | 70–77 | 106–86 |
| Valmiera GLASS VIA | 76–107 | 56–96 | 58–115 | 87–79 | 86–89 | 87–85 | 98–86 | 88–94 | 72–88 | 83–82 | 91–77 | 72–102 | 88–95 | — | 60–102 | 71–83 |
| VEF Rīga | 81–62 | 91–67 | 73–92 | 104–47 | 81–76 | 75–67 | 100–81 | 95–48 | 82–70 | 85–41 | 93–60 | 75–69 | 89–77 | 89–53 | — | 65–72 |
| Viimsi/Sportland | 72–77 | 73–70 | 67–98 | 94–72 | 82–67 | 78–70 | 81–91 | 89–60 | 76–73 | 80–70 | 71–69 | 101–75 | 76–87 | 87–59 | 78–102 | — |

## Playoffs

Playoffs started on 24 March 2023. On 9 March, it was announced that the Final Four tournament will take place in Tallinn on 7 and 8 April.

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| BC Prometey | 2–1 | Viimsi/Sportland | 91–69 | 105–107 | 59–57 |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | 2–0 | BK Ogre | 76–70 | 83–66 |
| VEF Rīga | 2–0 | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 77–54 | 94–89 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 2–1 | BK Ventspils | 80–90 | 88–79 | 92–69 |

#### Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits vs. BK Ventspils
## Final Four

Final Four was held from 7 to 8 April at Unibet Arena in Tallinn, Estonia.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | BC Prometey | 89 | | | |
| 4 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 67 | | | |
| 4 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 67 | 1 | BC Prometey | 77 |
| | | | 3 | VEF Rīga | 62 |
| 2 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 65 | 3 | VEF Rīga | 62 |
| 3 | VEF Rīga | 83 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 4 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 63 |
| | | | 2 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 60 |

### Final
## Statistics

As of 9 April 2023.

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
| 1. | Matej Radunić | Keila KK | 21.4 |
| 2. | Ty Gordon | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 19.8 |
| 3. | Malik Toppin | Viimsi/Sportland | 18.5 |
| 4. | Tervell Beck | Valmiera GLASS VIA | 18.3 |
| 5. | Kārlis Šiliņš | BK Liepāja | 18.0 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
| 1. | Kristaps Dārgais | BK Ogre | 9.7 |
| 2. | Tomáš Pavelka | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 9.4 |
| 3. | Kristjan Kangur | Tallinna Kalev/Audentes | 9.3 |
| 4. | Rokas Gadiliauskas | Tallinna Kalev/Audentes | 9.0 |
| 5. | Kārlis Šiliņš | BK Liepāja | 8.7 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
| 1. | Renārs Birkāns | BK Liepāja | 7.1 |
| 2. | Rait-Riivo Laane | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 6.3 |
| 3. | Märt Rosenthal | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 6.1 |
| 4. | Devin Harris | Viimsi/Sportland | 6.0 |
| 5. | Siim-Markus Post | Viimsi/Sportland | 5.9 |

## Awards
### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| 2022 ||||
| October | Kārlis Šiliņš | BK Liepāja |
| November | Andrii Voinalovych | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits |
| December | Tadas Pažėra | Pärnu Sadam |
| 2023 ||||
| January | Kārlis Šiliņš | BK Liepāja |
| February | Matej Radunic | Keila KK |

### Final Four MVP

Gian Clavell ( BC Prometey)

### All-Final Four Team

* Gian Clavell ( BC Prometey)
* Kristers Zoriks ( VEF Rīga)
* Ty Gordon ( Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits)
* Oleksandr Kovliar ( BC Kalev/Cramo)
* Ondřej Balvín ( BC Prometey)

## Clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| BC Prometey | EuroCup | Semifinals |
| VEF Rīga | Champions League | Regular season |
| Pärnu Sadam | Champions League | Qualifying rounds |
| Pärnu Sadam | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | FIBA Europe Cup | Semifinals |