# 2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

The 2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Optibet Latvian-Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, is the seventh season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the premier basketball competition for men's teams in Latvia and Estonia.

## Teams

The number of participating teams was reduced from 16 to 15, due to BC Prometey and Tallinn Kalev/SNABB leaving the league. However, another team from Keila joined. There was also some interest from different Ukrainian and Israeli teams to participate.

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 1,700 |
| BK Liepāja | Liepāja | Liepāja Olympic Center | 2,542 |
| BK Ogre | Ogre | Arēna Ogre | 1,700 |
| BK Ventspils | Ventspils | Ventspils Olympic Center | 3,085 |
| Keila Coolbet | Keila | Keila Health Center | 800 |
| Keila KK | Keila | Keila Health Center | 800 |
| Latvijas Universitāte | Riga | Rimi Olympic Sports Center | 830 |
| Pärnu Sadam | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 1,820 |
| Rīgas Zeļļi | Riga | Xiaomi Arena | 11,200 |
| Rīgas Zeļļi | Riga | Daugava Sports Hall | |
| TalTech/ALEXELA | Tallinn | TalTech Sports Hall | 1,000 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 2,600 |
| Utilitas Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 958 |
| Valmiera GLASS VIA | Valmiera | Valmiera Olympic Center | 1,500 |
| VEF Rīga | Riga | Rimi Olympic Sports Center | 830 |
| Viimsi | Haabneeme | Forus Sports Center | 500 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Indrek Reinbok | Martin Dorbek | Nike | Cramo |
| BK Liepāja | Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis | Roberts Freimanis | Nike | Cleanr Grupa |
| BK Ogre | Uldis Švēde | Kristaps Dārgais | Nike | |
| BK Ventspils | Gints Fogels | Artūrs Ausējs | Joma | Kurekss |
| Keila Coolbet | Peep Pahv | Kaido Saks | Nike | Utilitas |
| Keila KK | Andres Sõber | Sven Kaldre | Nike | |
| Latvijas Universitāte | Gunārs Gailītis | Edvards Lucis | Nike | |
| Pärnu Sadam | Kristjan Evart | Ivo Van Tamm | Nike | Transcom |
| Rīgas Zeļļi | Juris Umbraško | Uģis Pinete | Nike | LVBet |
| TalTech/ALEXELA | Alar Varrak | Oliver Metsalu | Nike | Alexela |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Aivar Kuusmaa | Martin Paasoja | Ballzy | Maks & Moorits |
| Utilitas Rapla | Brett Nõmm | Hendrik Eelmäe | Ballzy | Hepa |
| Valmiera GLASS VIA | Nikolajs Mazurs | Edmunds Elksnis | Nike | Vaks |
| VEF Rīga | Mārtiņš Gulbis | Dairis Bertāns | Adidas | Riga |
| Viimsi | Valdo Lips | Aleksander Oliver Hint | Nike | Viimsi Keevitus |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | VEF Rīga | 28 | 25 | 3 | 2370 | 1956 | +414 | .893 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2478 | 2079 | +399 | .857 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Rīgas Zeļļi | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2347 | 1977 | +370 | .786 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | BK Ogre | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2294 | 2163 | +131 | .607 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Valmiera GLASS VIA | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2319 | 2159 | +160 | .607 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2301 | 2270 | +31 | .607 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | BK Liepāja | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2345 | 2290 | +55 | .536 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | BK Ventspils | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2492 | 2375 | +117 | .500 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | TalTech/ALEXELA | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2259 | 2326 | −67 | .500 | |
| 10 | Utilitas Rapla | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2312 | 2288 | +24 | .500 | |
| 11 | Pärnu Sadam | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2273 | 2385 | −112 | .393 | |
| 12 | Keila Coolbet | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2149 | 2378 | −229 | .286 | |
| 13 | Viimsi | 28 | 5 | 23 | 2019 | 2407 | −388 | .179 | |
| 14 | Keila KK | 28 | 4 | 24 | 2068 | 2533 | −465 | .143 | |
| 15 | Latvijas Universitāte | 28 | 3 | 25 | 1954 | 2394 | −440 | .107 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | KAL | BKL | OGR | BKV | KCB | KEI | LAT | PAR | ZEL | TCH | TRT | RAP | VAL | VEF | VMS |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | — | 90–74 | 87–80 | 89–81 | 86–56 | 122–48 | 81–76 | 103–78 | 79–67 | 79–78 | 79–84 | 82–77 | 84–83 | 63–84 | 99–61 |
| BK Liepāja | 88–92 | — | 80–75 | 79–98 | 90–75 | 83–82 | 78–71 | 98–84 | 78–82 | 97–92 | 63–66 | 81–99 | 76–63 | 89–80 | 87–54 |
| BK Ogre | 69–95 | 91–96 | — | 95–75 | 85–82 | 99–91 | 90–74 | 76–87 | 76–72 | 86–66 | 79–86 | 71–57 | 87–67 | 59–81 | 93–80 |
| BK Ventspils | 85–93 | 101–81 | 81–95 | — | 93–68 | 116–78 | 90–70 | 95–92 | 85–84 | 96–86 | 92–93 | 90–76 | 91–95 | 84–89 | 106–57 |
| Keila Coolbet | 60–111 | 77–78 | 80–75 | 82–75 | — | 83–72 | 83–75 | 96–98 | 60–84 | 79–86 | 81–102 | 80–77 | 85–90 | 80–89 | 75–72 |
| Keila KK | 60–93 | 90–77 | 83–96 | 71–77 | 84–79 | — | 89–78 | 68–98 | 42–89 | 66–77 | 63–90 | 63–86 | 71–94 | 78–90 | 85–77 |
| Latvijas Universitāte | 65–75 | 56–95 | 65–97 | 87–89 | 71–69 | 77–68 | — | 80–97 | 66–83 | 66–75 | 84–82 | 70–91 | 72–92 | 59–78 | 84–94 |
| Pärnu Sadam | 62–75 | 81–91 | 57–92 | 100–90 | 72–87 | 91–82 | 77–53 | — | 51–87 | 77–74 | 87–90 | 78–80 | 83–78 | 83–96 | 74–80 |
| Rīgas Zeļļi | 84–70 | 90–80 | 88–71 | 79–78 | 87–80 | 102–84 | 87–59 | 89–76 | — | 82–62 | 79–65 | 73–58 | 72–61 | 91–88 | 100–71 |
| TalTech/ALEXELA | 75–109 | 100–97 | 72–70 | 93–87 | 86–82 | 101–88 | 97–51 | 71–94 | 76–113 | — | 67–84 | 85–81 | 92–84 | 80–93 | 86–66 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 81–85 | 81–80 | 66–68 | 82–99 | 96–66 | 89–85 | 88–74 | 94–91 | 77–71 | 76–103 | — | 90–84 | 69–84 | 67–93 | 84–81 |
| Utilitas Rapla | 75–87 | 99–111 | 76–84 | 110–104 | 87–83 | 100–73 | 79–60 | 113–76 | 66–96 | 93–91 | 92–80 | — | 91–86 | 71–86 | 82–64 |
| Valmiera GLASS VIA | 78–76 | 80–63 | 88–92 | 91–77 | 93–89 | 90–54 | 98–67 | 102–79 | 68–91 | 78–48 | 89–87 | 80–65 | — | 61–68 | 79–49 |
| VEF Rīga | 85–96 | 74–58 | 78–73 | 71–63 | 94–55 | 94–71 | 85–67 | 75–70 | 80–59 | 82–52 | 74–71 | 84–62 | 92–73 | — | 89–52 |
| Viimsi | 85–98 | 67–97 | 53–70 | 89–94 | 70–77 | 85–79 | 87–77 | 70–80 | 70–66 | 70–88 | 77–81 | 80–85 | 89–94 | 69–98 | — |

## Playoffs
### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| VEF Rīga | 0–0 | BK Ventspils | 25 Mar | 28 Mar |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | 0–0 | BK Liepāja | 21 Mar | 25 Mar |
| Rīgas Zeļļi | 0–0 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 22 Mar | 26 Mar |
| BK Ogre | 0–0 | Valmiera GLASS VIA | 22 Mar | 26 Mar |

#### BK Ogre vs. Valmiera GLASS VIA
## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| 1 | VEF Rīga | 0 |
| 8 | BK Ventspils | 0 |
| 4 | BK Ogre | 0 |
| 5 | Valmiera GLASS VIA | 0 |
| 2 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 0 |
| 7 | BK Liepāja | 0 |
| 3 | Rīgas Zeļļi | 0 |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 0 |

## Attendances to arenas
### Average attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average |
| 1 | Rīgas Zeļļi | 15,609 | 3,839 | 252 | 1,114$^†$ |
| 2 | Valmiera GLASS VIA | 12,251 | 1,354 | 602 | 875$^†$ |
| 3 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 10,931 | 2,113 | 421 | 780$^†$ |
| 4 | BK Ventspils | 10,030 | 1,017 | 482 | 716$^†$ |
| 5 | Pärnu Sadam | 9,279 | 1,718 | 304 | 662$^†$ |
| 6 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 8,797 | 1,162 | 331 | 628$^†$ |
| 7 | TalTech/ALEXELA | 8,423 | 1,709 | 282 | 601$^†$ |
| 8 | BK Ogre | 6,896 | 922 | 50 | 492$^†$ |
| 9 | VEF Rīga | 6,797 | 711 | 150 | 485$^†$ |
| 10 | BK Liepāja | 6,465 | 1,050 | 450 | 461$^†$ |
| 11 | Utilitas Rapla | 5,454 | 547 | 296 | 389$^†$ |
| 12 | Keila Coolbet | 4,496 | 700 | 202 | 321$^†$ |
| 13 | Viimsi | 4,288 | 406 | 164 | 306$^†$ |
| 14 | Keila KK | 3,647 | 689 | 128 | 260$^†$ |
| 15 | Latvijas Universitāte | 3,085 | 580 | 103 | 220$^†$ |
| | League total | 116,448 | 3,839 | 50 | 554$^†$ |
Source: EstLatBL.com

## Awards
### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| 2024 ||||
| October | Artem Kovalov | Keila Coolbet |
| November | Kahliel Spiers | Valmiera GLASS VIA |
| December | Kristaps Dārgais | BK Ogre |
| 2025 ||||
| January | Okko Järvi | Pärnu Sadam |

## Clubs in European competitions

FIBA competitions :
| Team | Competition | Progress |
| VEF Rīga | Champions League | Regular season |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Champions League | Qualifying |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
| Pärnu Sadam | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
Regional competitions :
| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Keila Coolbet | European North Basketball League | Regular season |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | European North Basketball League | Regular season |
| Valmiera GLASS VIA | European North Basketball League | Quarterfinals |