2017–18 Latvian Basketball League

The 2017–18 Latvian Basketball League was the 27th and last season of the top basketball league of Latvia. VEF Rīga was the defending champions. Eventually, Rīga lost the final to Ventspils by 2–4.

Olybet LBL1
Season2017–18
Teams10
TVLTV7
Final positions
ChampionsVentspils (10th title)
Runners-upVEF Rīga
SemifinalistsJūrmala
Ogre
2018–19 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Olybet.

Competition format

The same ten teams from the previous season will join the league. The two first qualified teams will join directly the semifinals while teams between third and sixth will qualify to the quarterfinals.

Teams

Barons withdrew from the competition.

Team Home city Arena
Betsafe/Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center
Jēkabpils Jēkabpils Jēkabpils Sporta nams
Jūrmala/Fēnikss Jūrmala Taurenītis
Latvijas Universitāte Rīga OSC
Ogre Ogre Ogre's Secondary School No.1
Valka/Valga Valga, Estonia Valga Sports Hall
Valmiera Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center
VEF Rīga Rīga Arena Riga
Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olympic Center

Regular season

Table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Ventspils 29 26 3 2503 2005 +498 .897 Qualified for the semifinals
2 VEF Rīga 23 19 4 1963 1534 +429 .826
3 Jūrmala 29 22 7 2374 2128 +246 .759 Qualified for the quarterfinals
4 Ogre 29 20 9 2419 2203 +216 .690
5 Valka/Valga 16 6 10 1126 1241 115 .375
6 Latvijas Universitāte 29 8 21 2132 2339 207 .276
7 Jēkabpils 29 8 21 2005 2246 241 .276
8 Betsafe/Liepāja 29 8 21 2109 2454 345 .276
9 Valmiera/ORDO 29 4 25 2067 2548 481 .138
Source: LBL

Playoffs

The playoffs were played with a best-of-five games format, except for the finals, that were played in seven games. Seeded teams played games 1, 3 and 5 at home, except in the finals where the seeded team played at home games 1, 2, 5 and 7.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ventspils987710581
 
 
 
Ogre77849379
 
Ogre949385
 
 
 
Valka/Valga798151
 
Ventspils947166899681
 
 
VEF Rīga878176837378
 
 
 
 
 
VEF Rīga919980
 
 
 
Jūrmala746962
 
Jūrmala777693
 
 
Latvijas Universitāte756749
 
 
Third place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Jūrmala779980
 
 
Ogre718367
 

References

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