2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League¹
Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League1
Season	2024–25
Duration	20 September 2024 – 13 April 2025
Games played	213
Teams	15
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
Points	Javeon Jones
Rebounds	Kristaps Dārgais
Assists	Siim-Markus Post
Index Rating	Artem Kovalov
Records
Biggest home win	BC Kalev/Cramo 122–48 Keila KK (21 December 2024)
Biggest away win	Keila Coolbet 60–111 BC Kalev/Cramo; (2 February 2025)
Highest scoring	Utilitas Rapla 110–104 BK Ventspils; (5 November 2024)
Winning streak	14 games; BC Kalev/Cramo
Losing streak	11 games; Keila KK; Latvijas Universitāte
Highest attendance	5,972; VEF Rīga 88–82 Rīgas Zeļļi; (13 April 2025)
Lowest attendance	50; BK Ogre 76–87 Pärnu Sadam; (17 November 2024)
	← 2023–24 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.

Quick Facts Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League1, Season ...

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	Keila	Keila Health Center	800^[4]
Latvijas Universitāte	Riga	Rimi Olympic Sports Center	830
Pärnu Sadam	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1,820^[5]
Rīgas Zeļļi	Riga	Xiaomi Arena	11,200
Rīgas Zeļļi	Riga	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]

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

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

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

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	—

2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Teams

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ventspils

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. BK Liepāja

Rīgas Zeļļi vs. Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits

BK Ogre vs. Valmiera GLASS VIA

Semifinals

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ogre

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. Rīgas Zeļļi

Bronze medal game

BC Kalev/Cramo vs. BK Ogre

Final

BK VEF Rīga vs. Rīgas Zeļļi

Bracket

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Awards

MVP of the Month

Season MVP

Finals MVP

All-Star Five

Statistics

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Clubs in European competitions

See also

References

External links

Wikiwand - on

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

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