# 2022 LBL Play-offs

The 2022 LBL Play-offs was the tournament to determine the Latvian Basketball League champions for the 2021–22 season. All participating teams spent the regular season in Latvian-Estonian Basketball League, with the top six Latvian teams advancing to the LBL play-offs. The play-offs began on 13 April.

## Format

All six Latvian teams participated in 2021–22 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League regular season, determining seeding for the play-offs. Top two teams qualified for semi-finals, but other four teams started the play-off with quarterfinal series. Ouarterfinal, semifinal and bronze medal series are played in the best-of-five format, but final is played in the best-of-seven series.

## Teams
### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| BK Ogre | Ogre | Ogre's Secondary School No.1 | 500 |
| Latvijas Universitāte | Rīga | OSC | 830 |
| Liepāja | Liepāja | Liepāja Olympic Center | 2542 |
| Valmiera Glass ViA | Valmiera | Vidzeme Olympic Center | 1500 |
| VEF Rīga | Rīga | Arena Riga | 11 200 |
| VEF Rīga | Rīga | OSC | 830 |
| Ventspils | Ventspils | Ventspils Olympic Center | 3085 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| BK Ogre | Uldis Švēde | Rinalds Sirsniņš | Erreà |
| Latvijas Universitāte | Guntis Endzels | Alberts Putāns | Nike |
| Liepāja | Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis | Roberts Krastiņš | Nike |
| Valmiera Glass ViA | Edmunds Valeiko | Ervīns Jonāts | Spalding |
| VEF Rīga | Jānis Gailītis | Artis Ate | |
| Ventspils | Gints Fogels | Andrejs Šeļakovs | Joma |

## Seeding

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VEF Rīga | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2346 | 1808 | +538 | .885 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Ventspils | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2163 | 1909 | +254 | .808 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Ogre | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2125 | 2011 | +114 | .615 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Valmiera Glass VIA | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1925 | 2101 | −176 | .308 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Latvijas Universitāte | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1809 | 2047 | −238 | .231 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Liepāja | 26 | 5 | 21 | 1973 | 2186 | −213 | .192 | Advance to quarterfinals |

## Play-off bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | VEF Rīga | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Valmiera Glass VIA | 2 | 5 | Latvijas Universitāte | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Latvijas Universitāte | 3 | | | | 1 | VEF Rīga | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Ventspils | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Ventspils | 3 |
| 3 | Ogre | 3 | 3 | Ogre | 2 |
| 6 | Liepāja | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | 5 | Latvijas Universitāte | 0 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Ogre | 3 |

## Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals are best-of-five series.

### Ogre vs. Liepāja
## Semi-finals

The semi-finals are best-of-five series.

### VEF Rīga vs. Latvijas Universitāte
## Bronze serie

The bronze medal serie is best-of-five series.

### Ogre vs. Latvijas Universitāte
## Final

The Final is best-of-seven series.

### VEF vs. Ventspils
## Statistics

As of May 19, 2022.

### Efficiency

| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
| 1. | Kristers Zoriks | VEF Rīga | 21.38 |
| 2. | Zigmārs Raimo | Liepāja | 21.00 |
| 3. | Kristaps Dārgais | Ogre | 20.45 |
| 4. | Alexander Madsen | VEF Rīga | 17.88 |
| 5. | Dāvids Vīksne | Latvijas Universitāte | 16.36 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
| 1. | Kristers Zoriks | VEF Rīga | 17.50 |
| 2. | Dāvids Vīksne | Latvijas Universitāte | 16.09 |
| 3. | Andreii Voinalovych | Valmiera Glass ViA | 14.80 |
| 4. | Jānis Kaufmanis | Valmiera Glass ViA | 14.00 |
| 5. | Jalen Riley | VEF Rīga | 13.88 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
| 1. | Kristaps Dārgais | Ogre | 11.37 |
| 2. | Alexander Madsen | VEF Rīga | 7.75 |
| 3. | Zigmārs Raimo | Liepāja | 7.67 |
| 4. | Klāvs Dubults | Valmiera Glass ViA | 7.33 |
| 5. | Kārlis Apsītis | Valmiera Glass ViA | 6.20 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
| 1. | Kristers Zoriks | VEF Rīga | 6.50 |
| 2. | Rinalds Sirsniņš | Ogre | 5.78 |
| 3. | Zigmārs Raimo | Liepāja | 4.67 |
| 4. | Kristaps Dārgais | BK Ogre | 4.64 |
| 5. | Artūrs Ausējs | BK Ventspils | 4.30 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | VEF Rīga | 7–1 |
| | BK Ventspils | 4–6 |
| | BK Ogre | 8–3 |
| 4th | Latvijas Universitāte | 3–8 |
| 5th | Valmiera Glass ViA | 2–3 |
| 6th | BK Liepāja | 0–3 |