2020–21 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

The 2020–21 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Paf Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, is the 3rd season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the combined top basketball division of Latvia and Estonia.

Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Season2020–21
Teams13
Dates3 October 2020 – TBA
TVBest4Sport TV, TTV, Delfi TV
2021–22 →

Competition format

It was planned, that the competition format would follow the usual double round-robin format: all the teams would play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 24 games; teams would have been ranked by total points, with the eight highest-ranked teams advancing to the quarter-finals; the quarterfinal series would have been played to two wins (best-of-three); the winning teams would determine the champion in a Final Four tournament.[1]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic risks, it was planned, that from October till 6 December teams would play only within the respective country.[2][3][4]
It was announced in 11 November, that after 6 December due to the increasing spread of coronavirus in the region teams will continue competing within their respective country (thefore, playing 3rd and 4th lap), and so no international games will be played in the Regular season.[5] Discussions on the play-off format are still ongoing.[6]

Teams
Location of the 2020–21 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League teams

13 teams, 7 from Estonia and 6 from Latvia, are contesting the league in the 2020–21 season.

Venues and locations
Team Home city Arena
Avis Utilitas Rapla Rapla Sadolin Sports Hall
Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Kalev Sports Hall
Latvijas Universitāte Rīga Elektrum Olympic Sports Center
Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center
Ogre Ogre Ogre 1st Secondary School
Pärnu Sadam Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall
Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ Tallinn Sõle Sports Center
TalTech Tallinn TalTech Sports Hall
Tartu Ülikool Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall
Valmiera Glass VIA Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center
VEF Rīga Rīga Elektrum Olympic Sports Center
Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olympic Center

Estonia

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Pärnu Sadam 12 10 2 939 891 +48 .833 Advance to Final8
2 Kalev/Cramo 10 8 2 905 703 +202 .800
3 Avis Utilitas Rapla 12 7 5 925 888 +37 .583
4 Rakvere Tarvas 10 4 6 801 804 −3 .400
5 Tartu Ülikool 10 4 6 719 799 −80 .400
6 TalTech 12 4 8 798 901 −103 .333
7 Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ 12 2 10 945 1046 −101 .167
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2020. Source: estlatbl.com

Results
Home \ Away RAP KAL PAR RAK TLU TCH TRT RAP KAL PAR RAK TLU TCH TRT
Avis Utilitas Rapla — 82–80 79–86 76–84 92–76 50–57 86–59 —
Kalev/Cramo 76–74 — 81–60 100–74 98–88 113–59 110–46 —
Pärnu Sadam 83–69 79–74 — 81–69 98–92 77–69 76–62 —
Rakvere Tarvas 81–89 15 Jan 72–76 — 82–75 82–68 16 Dec —
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ 83–89 74–92 71–74 94–93 — 85–65 73–100 —
TalTech 49–63 67–81 65–69 73–71 88–67 — 67–79 —
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 74–76 4 Feb 88–80 72–93 75–67 64–71 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2020. Source: estlatbl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Latvia

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 VEF Rīga 10 10 0 935 710 +225 1.000 Advance to Final8
2 Ventspils 10 8 2 859 814 +45 .800
3 Ogre 10 6 4 797 746 +51 .600
4 Liepāja 10 4 6 778 838 −60 .400
5 Valmiera Glass/ViA 10 2 8 777 859 −82 .200
6 Latvijas Universitāte 10 0 10 662 841 −179 .000
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2020. Source: estlatbl.com

Results
Home \ Away LIE OGR VEN LUN VLM VEF LIE OGR VEN LUN VLM VEF
Liepāja — 73–78 91–92 79–62 79–72 81–95 —
Ogre 94–77 — 76–83 83–58 82–75 63–81 —
Ventspils 73–64 82–81 — 91–85 113–90 84–97 —
Latvijas Universitāte 82–83 67–78 69–78 — 70–85 42–86 —
Valmiera Glass/ViA 86–88 67–86 65–70 83–73 — 64–93 —
VEF Rīga 104–63 83–76 96–93 95–54 105–90 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2020. Source: estlatbl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Latvian - Estonian Basketball League regulations season 2020/2021" (PDF). basket.ee. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. "Pafbet LAT-EST čempionātā piedalīsies 13 komandas". basket.lv. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. "Latvijas - Igaunijas līgā spēlēs nepāra skaits komandu". sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. "Latvijas basketbola līgas: četrkāršs starts par spīti pandēmijai un reģionālo komandu rekordskaits". basket.lv. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. "Pafbet LAT-EST līgas pamatturnīrs turpināsies bez starpvalstu spēlēm". estlatbl.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. "Eesti ja Läti korvpalliklubid Paf liiga põhiturniiril omavahel ei kohtu". delfi.ee. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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