2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League1
Season2024–25
Duration20 September 2024 – 13 April 2025
Games played213
Teams15
TV partner(s)Delfi TV, Inspira, TV4, Best4Sport TV
Regular season
Season MVP Issuf Sanon
Finals
Champions VEF Rīga
Runners-up Rīgas Zeļļi
Third place BC Kalev/Cramo
Fourth place BK Ogre
Finals MVP Vyacheslav Bobrov
Statistical leaders
Points Javeon Jones 22.2
Rebounds Kristaps Dārgais 10.6
Assists Siim-Markus Post 8.0
Index Rating Artem Kovalov 25.5
Records
Biggest home winBC Kalev/Cramo 122–48 Keila KK (21 December 2024)
Biggest away winKeila Coolbet 60–111 BC Kalev/Cramo
(2 February 2025)
Highest scoringUtilitas Rapla 110–104 BK Ventspils
(5 November 2024)
Winning streak14 games
BC Kalev/Cramo
Losing streak11 games
Keila KK
Latvijas Universitāte
Highest attendance5,972
VEF Rīga 88–82 Rīgas Zeļļi
(13 April 2025)
Lowest attendance50
BK Ogre 76–87 Pärnu Sadam
(17 November 2024)
2025–26 →

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

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.[1] There was also some interest from different Ukrainian and Israeli teams to participate.[2]

Venues and locations

Location of teams in 2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Team Home city Arena Capacity
BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Kalev Sports Hall 1,700[3]
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[4]
Keila KK
Latvijas Universitāte Riga Rimi Olympic Sports Center 830
Pärnu Sadam Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall 1,820[5]
Rīgas Zeļļi Riga Xiaomi Arena 11,200
Daugava Sports Hall
TalTech/ALEXELA Tallinn TalTech Sports Hall 1,000[6]
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall 2,600[7]
Utilitas Rapla Rapla Sadolin Sports Hall 958[8]
Valmiera GLASS VIA Valmiera Valmiera Olympic Center 1,500
VEF Rīga Riga Rimi Olympic Sports Center 830
Viimsi Haabneeme Forus Sports Center 500[9]

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 Rīga
Viimsi Valdo Lips Aleksander Oliver Hint Nike Viimsi Keevitus

Coaching changes

Pre-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
Keila KK Peep Pahv Andres Sõber
Pärnu Sadam Gert Kullamäe Vitaly Stepanovskyy
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Gundars Vētra Aivar Kuusmaa
VEF Rīga Jānis Gailītis Mārtiņš Gulbis
In-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
BC Kalev/Cramo Heiko Rannula Indrek Reinbok
Pärnu Sadam Vitaly Stepanovskyy Kristjan Evart

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
3 Rīgas Zeļļi 28 22 6 2347 1977 +370 .786
4 BK Ogre 28 17 11 2294 2163 +131 .607
5 Valmiera GLASS VIA 28 17 11 2319 2159 +160 .607
6 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 28 17 11 2301 2270 +31 .607
7 BK Liepāja 28 15 13 2345 2290 +55 .536
8 BK Ventspils 28 14 14 2492 2375 +117 .500
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
Source: EstLatBL.com

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 —
Source: EstLatBL.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
VEF Rīga 2–1 BK Ventspils 97–84 78–85 87–74
BC Kalev/Cramo 2–0 BK Liepāja 86–76 82–81
Rīgas Zeļļi 2–1 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 86–58 84–92 78–72
BK Ogre 2–0 Valmiera GLASS VIA 83–75 77–76

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ventspils

25 March 2025 VEF Rīga 97–84
(Series: 1–0) 		BK Ventspils Riga
18:30 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 31–18, 21–20, 25–18
Pts: Bertāns 24
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Cleary 6
PIR: Bertāns, Bobrov 27 		Boxscore Pts: Randolph 13
Rebs: Mežulis 7
Asts: Randolph 6
PIR: Randolph 19 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 712
Referees: R. Helmsteins, H. Laas, R. Repelis
28 March 2025 BK Ventspils 85–78
(Series: 1–1) 		VEF Rīga Ventspils
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 21–22, 22–18, 20–21
Pts: Randolph Jr 23
Rebs: Randolph Jr 7
Asts: Randolph Jr 4 		Box Score Pts: Sanon 23
Rebs: Lawrence 8
Asts: Sanon 4 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1574
Referees: G. Saliņš, M. Uuehendrik, I. Kitsing
30 March 2025 VEF Rīga 87–74
(Series: 2–1) 		BK Ventspils Riga
16:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 24–26, 22–16, 18–15
Pts: Sanon 22
Rebs: Bobrov 7
Asts: Sydorov 7 		Box Score Pts: Randolph Jr, Lekūnas 15
Rebs: Zaķis 10
Asts: Blomgren 4 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 834
Referees: M. Kozlovskis, G. Salins, M. Männiste

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. BK Liepāja

21 March 2025 BC Kalev/Cramo 86–76
(Series: 1–0) 		BK Liepāja Tallinn
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 15–21, 20–17, 24–20
Pts: Vaaks 21
Rebs: Vaaks, Kuuba 6
Asts: Vaaks 5 		Box Score Pts: Ķilps 17
Rebs: Dubults 9
Asts: Lasenbergs 4 		Arena: Kalev Sports Hall
Attendance: 827
Referees: R. Peerandi, E. Tukiss, J. Bruveris
25 March 2025 BK Liepāja 81–82
(Series: 0–2) 		BC Kalev/Cramo Liepāja
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 24–17, 24–16, 18–26
Pts: Ķilps 28
Rebs: Mačoha 8
Asts: Ķilps 4 		Box Score Pts: Vaaks 24
Rebs: Tapé 7
Asts: Kaukiainen 8 		Arena: Liepāja Olympic Center
Attendance: 825
Referees: R. Varv, E. Binders-Coders, E. Tserr

Rīgas Zeļļi vs. Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits

22 March 2025 Rīgas Zeļļi 86–58
(Series: 1-0) 		Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Riga
20:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 16-10, 27-6, 24-23, 19-19
Pts: Lācis 14
Rebs: Ford III 10
Asts: Skuja 7 		Box Score Pts: Henry 15
Rebs: Henry 10
Asts: Flood 4 		Arena: Daugava Sports Hall
Attendance: 523
Referees: A.Aunkrogers, M.Manniste, R.Konks
26 March 2025 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 92–84
(Series: 1–1) 		Rīgas Zeļļi Tartu
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 29–29, 16–17, 24–17
Pts: Henry 24
Rebs: El-Sheikh 10
Asts: Paasoja 5 		Box Score Pts: Helmanis 22
Rebs: Helmanis,Ford III 6
Asts: Skuja 5 		Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall
Referees: A. Halliko, R. Misirovs, V. Voskis
29 March 2025 Rīgas Zeļļi 78–73
(Series: 2–1) 		Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Riga
18:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–19, 12–14, 23–21
Pts: Skuja 19
Rebs: Helmanis, Freimanis 9
Asts: Skuja 5 		Box Score Pts: Flood 28
Rebs: El-Sheikh 13
Asts: Paasoja 5 		Arena: Daugava Sports Hall
Attendance: 414
Referees: O. Latiševs, M. Männiste, R. Värv

BK Ogre vs. Valmiera GLASS VIA

22 March 2025 BK Ogre 83–75
(Series: 1–0) 		Valmiera GLASS VIA Ogre
17:00 (GMT)
Pts: Mediss, Žunda 18
Rebs: Dārgais 13
Asts: Dārgais 8 		Box Score Pts: Spear 26
Rebs: Spear 9
Asts: Smith 4 		Arena: Arēna Ogre
Attendance: 1,231
Referees: O. Latiševs, M. Kozlovskis, E. Tiidor
26 March 2025 Valmiera GLASS VIA 76–77
(Series: 0–2) 		BK Ogre Valmiera
19:00 (GMT)
Pts: Smith 22
Rebs: Spear 8
Asts: Spear 5 		Box Score Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center
Attendance: 815
Referees: R. Värv, J. Rozenbergs, H. Laas

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
VEF Rīga 2–0 BK Ogre 80–63 89–82
BC Kalev/Cramo 1–2 Rīgas Zeļļi 87–80 83–97 71–78

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ogre

3 April 2025 VEF Rīga 80–63
(Series: 1–0) 		BK Ogre Riga
20:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 20–27, 14–14, 22–9
Pts: Cleary 20
Rebs: Lawrence 9
Asts: Sydorov 7 		Box Score Pts: Rasnick 14
Rebs: Dārgais 13
Asts: Rasnick 5 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 654
Referees: E. Tukiss, I. Kitsing, R. Misirovs
6 April 2025 BK Ogre 82–89
(Series: 0–2) 		VEF Rīga Ogre
17:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 20–25, 19–18, 22–25
Pts: Dārgais 14
Rebs: Dārgais 6
Asts: Dārgais 7 		Box Score Pts: Sanon 23
Rebs: Lawrence 7
Asts: Bertāns 4 		Arena: Arēna Ogre
Attendance: 1500
Referees: M.Manniste, J.Rozenbergs, H.Laas

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. Rīgas Zeļļi

2 April 2025 BC Kalev/Cramo 87–80
(Series: 1–0) 		Rīgas Zeļļi Tallinn
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 19–22, 28–23, 21–19
Pts: Vaaks 23
Rebs: Vaaks, Kuuba 5
Asts: Kaukiainen 7 		Box Score Pts: Helmanis 20
Rebs: Helmanis 8
Asts: Ford III 8 		Arena: Nord Sports Hall
Attendance: 914
Referees: A. Halliko, R. Helmsteins, M. Senkevics
5 April 2025 Rīgas Zeļļi vs.
(Series: 1–1) 		BC Kalev/Cramo Riga
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 24–22, 29–15, 26–29
Box Score Arena: Daugava Sports Hall
Attendance: 707
Referees: A. Aunkrogers, M. Männiste, H. Laas
8 April 2025 BC Kalev/Cramo 71–78
(Series: 1–2) 		Rīgas Zeļļi Tallinn
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 27–16, 10–20, 10–21
Pts: Kaukiainen 18
Rebs: Vaaks 7
Asts: Dorbek 7 		Box Score Pts: Helmanis 17
Rebs: Helmanis 8
Asts: Skuja 9 		Arena: Nord Sports Hall
Attendance: 1,074
Referees: R.Peerandi, R.Helmšteins, R.Misirovs

Bronze medal game

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. BK Ogre

11 April 2025 BC Kalev/Cramo 92–69 BK Ogre Tallinn
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 32–18, 26–17, 16-18, 18–16
Pts: Vaaks 18
Rebs: Tapé, Hermet 6
Asts: Vaaks 6 		Box Score Pts: Žunda 19
Rebs: Dārgais 9
Asts: Rasnick, Kampuss 3 		Arena: Nord Sports Hall
Attendance: 522
Referees: A.Halliko, J.Rozenbergs, E.Bnders-Čoders

Final

BK VEF Rīga vs. Rīgas Zeļļi

13 April 2025 VEF Rīga 88–82 Rīgas Zeļļi Rīga
17:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 26-20, 20-19, 27-23, 15-20
Pts: Sanon 20
Rebs: Lawrence 8
Asts: Sanon 5 		Box Score Pts: Helmanis, Ford 18
Rebs: Ford 9
Asts: Ford 8 		Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 5972
Referees: M.Kozlovskis, G.Saliņš, R.Varv

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 VEF Rīga 2
8 BK Ventspils 1
1 VEF Rīga 2
4 BK Ogre 0
4 BK Ogre 2
5 Valmiera GLASS VIA 0
1 VEF Rīga 88
3 Rīgas Zeļļi 82
2 BC Kalev/Cramo 2
7 BK Liepāja 0
2 BC Kalev/Cramo 1 Third place
3 Rīgas Zeļļi 2
3 Rīgas Zeļļi 2 2 Kalev/Cramo 92
6 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 1 4 BK Ogre 69

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average
1 Rīgas Zeļļi 17,253 3,839 252 1,014†
2 Valmiera GLASS VIA 13,066 1,354 602 871†
3 VEF Rīga 14,969 5,972 150 831†
4 BK Ventspils 11,604 1,574 482 773†
5 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 11,538 2,113 421 769†
6 BC Kalev/Cramo 12,134 1,162 331 674†
7 Pärnu Sadam 9,279 1,718 304 662†
8 BK Ogre 9,627 1,500 50 601†
9 TalTech/ALEXELA 8,423 1,709 282 601†
10 BK Liepāja 7,250 1,050 450 486†
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 136,153 5,972 50 599†

Source: EstLatBL.com

Awards

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
2024
October Artem Kovalov Keila Coolbet
November Kahliel Spear Valmiera GLASS VIA
December Kristaps Dārgais BK Ogre
2025
January Okko Järvi Pärnu Sadam
February Artūrs Ausējs BK Ventspils

Season MVP

Player Club Ref.
Issuf Sanon VEF Rīga
[10]

Finals MVP

Player Club Ref.
Vyacheslav Bobrov VEF Rīga

All-Star Five

Pos. Player Team
PG Issuf Sanon VEF Rīga
SG Stefan Vaaks BC Kalev/Cramo
SF Vyacheslav Bobrov VEF Rīga
PF Kristaps Dārgais BK Ogre
C Krišs Helmanis Rīgas Zeļļi

Statistics

Points

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Javeon Jones Keila KK 22.18
2. Artūrs Ausējs BK Ventspils 19.41
3. Jalyn McCreary UTILITAS RAPLA 19.00
4. Artem Kovalov Keila Coolbet 18.50
5. Kahliel Spear Valmiera GLASS VIA 17.26

Rebounds

Rank Name Team RPG
1. Kristaps Dārgais BK Ogre 10.61
2. Artem Kovalov Keila Coolbet 10.55
3. Omar El-Sheikh Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 10.03
4.
Bryce Douvier		 Pärnu Sadam 9.60
5. Kahliel Spear Valmiera GLASS VIA 9.48

Assists

Rank Name Team APG
1. Siim-Markus Post TalTech 8.04
2. Javeon Jones Keila KK 6.18
3. Toms Skuja Rīgas Zeļļi 5.76
4. Patrik Peemot Keila KK 4.92
5. Severi Kaukiainen BC Kalev/Cramo 4.90

Clubs in European competitions

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

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Apvienotā līga noskaņojas 14 klubu turnīram, bet ir interese no Izraēlas un Ukrainas". Sportacentrs.com. 5 June 2024.
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  6. ^ "Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli spordihoone". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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  10. ^ @Lat_Est_League (10 April 2025). "Issuf Sanon is your Optibet Latvian-Estonian basketball league regular season MVP 2024/2025" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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