2011–12 Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League 2011–12 season was a basketball competition among Baltic states basketball clubs. The season started on 30 September 2011.[1]

Teams

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Elite Division

Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship)
  Lithuania (LKL) 8 BC Žalgiris^ (1) BC Lietuvos rytas^ (2) BC Rūdupis (SF) BC Juventus(SF) BC Šiauliai (QF) BC Kėdainiai Triobet (9) BC Baltai(10) BC Pieno žvaigždės (NKL 1)
  Latvia (LBL) 3 BC VEF Rīga^ (1) BK Ventspils (2) BK Liepājas Lauvas (SF)
  Estonia (KML) 2 BC Kalev/Cramo (1) University of Tartu (2)
  Russia (PBL) 1 BC Triumph Lyubertsy (10)

† Promoted from the 2010–11 Challenge Cup
^ Qualified directly to playoffs

Challenge Cup

Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship)
  Lithuania (LKL) 4 BC Neptūnas (QF) BC Lietkabelis (QF) BC Sakalai (11) BC Naglis (12)
  Latvia (LBL) 3 BK Valmiera (QF) BK Jelgava (QF) BA Turība (QF)
  Estonia (KML) 3 TTÜ KK (SF) BC Rakvere Tarvas (SF) Piimameister Otto/Rapla (QF)
  Kazakhstan (D1) 1 Barsy Atyrau (1)

Elite Division

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Regular season

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Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1   Šiauliai 36 20 16 4 1762 1646 +116 Qualified for the Playoffs
2   Triumph Lyubertsy 36 20 16 4 1667 1457 +210
3   Ventspils 32 20 12 8 1575 1482 +93
4   Kalev/Cramo 32 20 12 8 1502 1451 +51
5   Rūdupis 32 20 12 8 1673 1650 +23
6   Pieno žvaigždės 30 20 10 10 1446 1385 +61
7   Kėdainiai/Triobet 30 20 10 10 1533 1563 −10
8   Juventus 29 20 9 11 1490 1562 −72
9   University of Tartu 26 20 6 14 1584 1688 −104
10   KK Baltai 24 20 4 16 1462 1592 −130
11   Liepājas Lauvas 23 20 3 17 1435 1653 −218

Play-offs

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Quarter Finals Semifinals Finals
         
  Žalgiris 2
  Rūdupis 1
  Žalgiris 117
  Šiauliai 64
  Šiauliai 2
  Triumph Lyubertsy 1
  Žalgiris 74
  Lietuvos Rytas 70
  VEF Riga 2
  Kalev/Cramo 1
  VEF Riga 61
  Lietuvos Rytas 89
  Lietuvos Rytas 2
  Ventspils 0

Quarterfinals

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Žalgiris vs. Rūdupis

21 March
18:30
Rūdupis   97–85   Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 30–16, 24–28, 22–19
Pts: Kadžiulis 22
Rebs: Juškevičius, Orelik 5
Asts: Juškevičius 5
Pts: Jankūnas 17
Rebs: Jankūnas 7
Asts: Kalnietis 3
Prienų Arena, Prienai
Attendance: 1,350
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Ramunas Zukauskas
23 March
19:15
Žalgiris   85–67   Rūdupis
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 22–5, 21–9, 24–28
Pts: Kalnietis, Kuzminskas 12
Rebs: Javtokas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Pts: Labuckas 17
Rebs: Labuckas, Buterlevičius 5
Asts: Labuckas, Ivanauskas 3
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,840
Referees: Antanas Ramanauskas, Saulius Paskevicius, Linas Masiulis
28 March
19:15
Žalgiris   90–73   Rūdupis
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–18, 18–13, 25–24
Pts: Delininkaitis 18
Rebs: Lipkevičius 8
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Pts: Dabkus 17
Rebs: Dabkus 6
Asts: Juškevičius 4
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,841
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Andrius Maleckas, Ignas Davainis

Šiauliai vs. Triumph Lyubertsy

10 March
18:00
Triumph Lyubertsy   84–76   Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–16, 18–18, 18–21
Pts: Karasev 22
Rebs: Jefferson 12
Asts: McKee 5
Pts: Ruzgas 22
Rebs: Vasylius 13
Asts: Long 3
SH Triumph, Lyubertsy
Attendance: 1030
Referees: Oskars Lucis, Ingus Baumanis, Andris Aunkrogers
7 April
17:00
Canceled
Šiauliai   vs.   Triumph Lyubertsy
Triumph withdrew from competition[2]

VEF Riga vs. Kalev/Cramo

22 March
19:00
VEF Riga   64–56   Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 17–15, 12–8, 15–20
Pts: Kavaliauskas 17
Rebs: Millage 11
Asts: Bertāns 4
Pts: Sokk 13
Rebs: Šķēle, Fall 4
Asts: Sokk, Arbet, Šķēle 3
Saldus Sports Center, Riga
Attendance: 800
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Vilius Maciulaitis
24 March
17:00
Kalev/Cramo   79–76 (OT)   VEF Riga
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–13, 13–15, 13–17Overtime: 9–6
Pts: Arbet 17
Rebs: Dorbek 8
Asts: Sokk 4
Pts: Millage 16
Rebs: Jahovičs 11
Asts: Millage 4
Saku Suurhall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Martynas Gudas
31 March
16:00
VEF Riga   84–78   Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 18–14, 26–23, 27–19
Pts: Janičenoks 22
Rebs: Bērziņš 7
Asts: Millage 6
Pts: Arbet 16
Rebs: Fall 10
Asts: Ulyanko, Sokk 6
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Vilius Maciulaitis

Lietuvos Rytas vs. Ventspils

23 March
19:00
Lietuvos rytas   99–79   Ventspils
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 28–17, 33–25, 18–19
Pts: Seibutis 19
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Valančiūnas, Rašić, Jomantas 3
Pts: Meiers 16
Rebs: Meiers 4
Asts: Young, Gray, Abernethy 4
Lietuvos rytas Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Tanel Suslov, Mart Uuehendrik, Rain Peerandi
2 April
19:00
Ventspils   63–73   Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 5–18, 15–16, 22–22, 21–17
Pts: Gray 14
Rebs: Abernethy 8
Asts: Abernethy 5
Pts: Katelynas, Valančiūnas 14
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Babrauskas 3
Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Aare Halliko, Andres Tobi, Timo Suslov

Semifinals

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28 April
17:30
Žalgiris   117–64   Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 31–12, 31–25, 31–13, 24–12
Pts: Jankūnas 21
Rebs: Klimavičius 10
Asts: Popović, Kalnietis 6
Pts: Broadus 14
Rebs: Jucikas 5
Asts: Prekevičius 3
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 3300
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Martynas Gudas, Tanel Suslov
28 April
20:00
VEF Riga   61–89   Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 12–20, 15–24, 19–18
Pts: Bērziņš 11
Rebs: Kavaliauskas 7
Asts: Millage 6
Pts: Redikas 16
Rebs: Dilys 6
Asts: Rice 5
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2900
Referees: Andres Tobi, Juris Kokainis, Antanas Ramanauskas

Third place match

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29 April
15:00
Šiauliai   75–92   VEF Riga
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 16–30, 13–18, 22–24
Pts: Gvezdauskas 20
Rebs: Long 7
Asts: Gvezdauskas, Broadus, Long 3
Pts: Kavaliauskas 24
Rebs: Millage 6
Asts: Bērziņš, Bailey, Millage 4
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 3000
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Ingus Baumanis, Tanel Suslov

Final

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29 April
18:00
Žalgiris   74–70   Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 20–10, 17–18, 15–16
Pts: Kalnietis 19
Rebs: Jankūnas 5
Asts: Popović 6
Pts: Rice 20
Rebs: Samardžiski 8
Asts: Redikas 3
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 4200
Referees: Olegs Latisevs, Oskars Lucis, Andres Tobi

Player statistics

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Challenge Cup

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Regular season

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Group A

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Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1   BC Rakvere Tarvas 14 8 6 2 678 642 +36 Qualified for the Playoffs
2   BC Naglis 13 8 5 3 612 609 +3
3   KK Neptūnas 13 8 5 3 759 637 +122
4   Barsy Atyrau 11 8 3 5 621 653 −32
5   BK Jelgava 9 8 1 7 614 743 −129

Group B

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Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1   BC Lietkabelis 18 10 8 2 823 733 +90 Qualified for the Playoffs
2   BC Sakalai 18 10 8 2 816 650 +166
3   BK Valmiera 17 10 7 3 726 641 +85
4   TTÜ KK 13 10 3 7 710 767 −57
5   Piimameister Otto/Rapla 12 10 2 8 619 752 −133
6   BA Turība 12 10 2 8 651 802 −151

Play-offs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  BC Rakvere Tarvas90 83
 
 
 
  TTÜ KK83 62
 
  BC Rakvere Tarvas75 102
 
 
 
  BC Sakalai68 91
 
  BC Sakalai75 86
 
 
 
  KK Neptūnas79 74
 
  BC Rakvere Tarvas74 82
 
 
 
  BC Lietkabelis89 71
 
  BC Naglis63 77
 
 
 
  BK Valmiera74 53
 
  BC Naglis62 82
 
 
 
  BC Lietkabelis63 96 Third place
 
  BC Lietkabelis109 90
 
 
 
  Barsy Atyrau67 73
 
  BC Sakalai83 71
 
 
  BC Naglis67 64
 
2011/2012 BBL Challenge Cup Champions

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References

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