# 2021–22 KML season

The 2021–22 Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) season, also known as PAF Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, was the 96th season of the top-tier basketball league in Estonia. The regular season began on 1 October 2021 and finished on 24 April 2022. The play-offs started on 26 April and finished on 26 May with Pärnu Sadam winning their first KML title.

## Teams
### 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 |
| KK Viimsi/Sportland | Haabneeme | Forus Sports Centre | 500 |
| Pärnu Sadam | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 1,820 |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere Sports Hall | 2,747 |
| Tallinna Kalev | Tallinn | Nord Cramo Sports Hall | 980 |
| Tallinna Kalev | Tallinn | Sõle Sports Centre | 153 |
| TalTech/OPTIBET | Tallinn | TalTech Sports Hall | 1,000 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 2,600 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | Lluís Riera | Sven Kaldre | Spalding | Hepa |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Roberts Štelmahers | Martin Dorbek | Nike | Unibet |
| KK Viimsi/Sportland | Valdo Lips | Rain Veideman | Nike | Sportland |
| Pärnu Sadam | Heiko Rannula | Mihkel Kirves | Nike | Betsafe |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Martin Müürsepp | Sten Saaremäel | Spalding | Rakvere |
| Tallinna Kalev | Brett Nõmm | Mario Paiste | Nike | Tallinn |
| TalTech/OPTIBET | Alar Varrak | Tanel Sokk | Nike | |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Nikolajs Mazurs | Adomas Drungilas | Spalding | Maks & Moorits |

### Coaching changes

| Team | 2020–21 season | 2021–22 season |
| Off-season |||
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | Toomas Annuk | Lluís Riera |
| KK Viimsi/Sportland | Martin Toomas | Valdo Lips |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Juris Umbraško | Martin Müürsepp |
| Tallinna Kalev | Valdo Lips | Brett Nõmm |
| TalTech/OPTIBET | Kris Killing | Alar Varrak |
| In-season |||
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Toomas Kandimaa | Nikolajs Mazurs |

## Regular season

In the regular season, teams played against each other once, with all results from the regular season of the 2021–22 Estonian-Latvian Basketball League being carried over.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 33 | 28 | 5 | 2824 | 2174 | +650 | .848 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 2 | TalTech/OPTIBET | 33 | 22 | 11 | 2701 | 2528 | +173 | .667 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 3 | KK Viimsi/Sportland | 33 | 21 | 12 | 2609 | 2575 | +34 | .636 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Pärnu Sadam | 33 | 20 | 13 | 2762 | 2541 | +221 | .606 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 5 | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 33 | 14 | 19 | 2687 | 2770 | −83 | .424 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 33 | 14 | 19 | 2521 | 2630 | −109 | .424 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Tallinna Kalev | 33 | 7 | 26 | 2323 | 2921 | −598 | .212 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rakvere Tarvas | 33 | 5 | 28 | 2403 | 2970 | −567 | .152 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | RAP | KAL | VMS | PÄR | TRV | TLK | TCH | TRT |
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | — | — | 66–88 | — | 79–69 | — | — | 77–76 |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | 85–78 | — | — | — | 95–60 | 108–77 | — | — |
| KK Viimsi/Sportland | — | 71–85 | — | 92–85 | — | — | 77–62 | — |
| Pärnu Sadam | 79–72 | 64–91 | — | — | — | 107–76 | 90–73 | — |
| Rakvere Tarvas | — | — | 82–93 | 62–109 | — | — | — | 89–98 |
| Tallinna Kalev | 84–64 | — | 87–81 | — | 88–69 | — | — | 80–92 |
| TalTech/OPTIBET | 89–87 | 78–84 | — | — | 93–72 | 74–68 | — | 84–80 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | — | 58–87 | 83–87 | 89–91 | — | — | — | — |

## Playoffs

Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Kalev/Cramo | | | | | | | |
| | none | | | | | | | |
| | none | | 1 | Kalev/Cramo | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Pärnu Sadam | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Pärnu Sadam | 3 | 4 | Pärnu Sadam | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Avis Utilitas Rapla | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Avis Utilitas Rapla | 1 | | | | 4 | Pärnu Sadam | 3 |
| | | | | | | 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 0 |
| 2 | TalTech/Optibet | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 0 |
| 7 | Tallinna Kalev | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Tallinna Kalev | 1 | 2 | TalTech/Optibet | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 3 |
| 3 | Viimsi/Sportland | 1 | 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 3 | 1 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 3 | | | | 2 | TalTech/Optibet | 0 |