2008–09 Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League 2008–09 was the fifth edition of Baltic Basketball League.

Teams for the Baltic Basketball League 2008–09

Country	Teams	Teams
Lithuania	4	BC Lietuvos Rytas	BC Žalgiris	Šiauliai	Nevėžis Kedainiai
Latvia	4	ASK Riga	BK Ventspils	Barons LMT	SK Valmiera
Estonia	2	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	BC Kalev/Cramo

Teams for the Baltic Basketball League Challenge Cup 2008–09

Country	Teams	Teams
Lithuania	7	BC Aisčiai	BC Alytus	Kaunas TRIOBET	KK Neptūnas	BC Sakalai	BC Arvi-Sūduva	BC Techasas
Latvia	5	ASK/Buki	BK Ķeizarmežs	BK Liepājas lauvas	BK VEF Rīga	BK Zemgale
Estonia	3	Tallinna Kalev	TTÜ KK	Valga Welg
Sweden	1	Dolphins Norrköping

Elite Division

Regular season standings

	Team	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	BC Lietuvos Rytas	14	4	1604	1438	+166
2	Žalgiris Kaunas	13	5	1465	1329	+136
3	BC Kalev/Cramo	12	6	1420	1331	+ 89
4	ASK Riga	12	6	1429	1369	+ 60
5	Šiauliai	10	8	1435	1463	– 28
6	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	8	10	1398	1430	– 32
7	BK Ventspils	7	11	1336	1448	−112
8	Barons LMT	7	11	1368	1385	– 17
9	SK Valmiera	5	13	1436	1550	−114
10	Nevėžis Kedainiai	2	16	1285	1433	−148

Quarterfinals

ASK Riga vs BC Šiauliai

LTV7

March 24
19:50

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ASK Riga	75–76	BC Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 18-13, 17-24, 17-23, 23-16
Pts: Grafs 18 Rebs: Grafs 6 Asts: Vītols 4		Pts: Vileita 14 Rebs: Kuzminskas 7 Asts: Kuzminskas 4
0-1

Arena Riga
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Atso Matsalu
Virginijus Dovidavicius
Juris Kokainis

LTV & LTV7

March 28
16:05

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BC Šiauliai	44–61	ASK Riga
Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 13-12, 10-14, 7-16
Pts: Two players 12 Rebs: Praškevičius 8 Asts: Two players 2		Pts: Kalve 15 Rebs: Grafs 11 Asts: Two players 4
1-1

Šiauliai Arena
Attendance: 3250
Referees: Aare Halliko
Tomas Jasevicius
Oskars Lucis

Viasat Sport Baltic

April 1
19:05

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ASK Riga	83–70	BC Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 20-9, 25-15, 18-24, 20-22
Pts: Helmanis 24 Rebs: Kalve 7 Asts: Mažutis 6		Pts: Kadžiulis 20 Rebs: Maceina 10 Asts: Three players 4
2-1

Arena Riga
Attendance: 2500
Referees: Atso Matsalu
Kestutis Pilipauskas
Ingus Baumanis

BC Kalev/Cramo vs Tartu Ülikool/Rock

ETV

March 24
19:05

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BC Kalev/Cramo	70–76	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Scoring by quarter: 15-26, 19-13, 18-22, 18-15
Pts: Linehan 19 Rebs: Linehan 7 Asts: Linehan 5		Pts: Sanikidze 19 Rebs: Talts 9 Asts: Tein 4
0-1

Saku Suurhall
Attendance: 5500
Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas
Tanel Suslov
Mindaugas Vecerskis

ETV

March 28
16:00

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Tartu Ülikool/Rock	56–84	BC Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 14-20, 9-29, 21-17, 12-18
Pts: Kullamäe 16 Rebs: Talts 7 Asts: Sokk 2		Pts: Linehan 20 Rebs: Kangur 8 Asts: Fox 5
1-1

Tartu University Sports Hall
Attendance: 3000
Referees: Olegs Latisevs
Andres Tobi
Ingus Baumanis

ETV

April 1
18:50

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BC Kalev/Cramo	68–71 (OT)	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 12-14, 26-12, 8-14, Overtime: 9-12
Pts: Linehan 15 Rebs: Kangur 13 Asts: Fox 3		Pts: Beard 17 Rebs: Beard 11 Asts: Tsintsadze 7
1-2

Saku Suurhall
Attendance: 6000
Referees: Juris Kokainis
Martynas Gudas
Jurgis Laurinavicius

Semifinals

LTV7 & LTV

April 24
16:30

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BC Lietuvos Rytas	85–76	ASK Riga
Scoring by quarter: 22-12, 28-21, 19-23, 16-20
Pts: Bjelica 19 Rebs: Petravičius 8 Asts: Lukauskis 4		Pts: Kalve 22 Rebs: Kalve 9 Asts: Runkauskas 3

Tartu University Sports Hall
Attendance: 3000
Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas
Juris Kokainis
Aare Halliko

ETV

April 24
19:00

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BC Žalgiris	83–74	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Scoring by quarter: 19-28, 25-16, 19-17, 20-13
Pts: Šalenga 22 Rebs: Jankūnas 8 Asts: Two players 3		Pts: Beard 20 Rebs: Two players 6 Asts: Two players 4

Tartu University Sports Hall
Attendance: 4000
Referees: Atso Matsalu
Virginijus Dovidavicius
Olegs Latisevs

Third place game

ETV & LTV7

April 25
16:00

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ASK Riga	68–77	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Scoring by quarter: 29-11, 10-26, 11-19, 18-21
Pts: Kalve 15 Rebs: Grafs 11 Asts: Helmanis 2		Pts: Beard 20 Rebs: Sanikidze 11 Asts: Tsintsadze 6

Tartu University Sports Hall
Attendance: 3000
Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas
Juris Kokainis
Aare Halliko

Final

LTV & LTV7 & ETV2

April 25
18:30

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BC Lietuvos Rytas	97–74	BC Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 26-25, 26-24, 22-6, 23-19
Pts: Eidson 41 Rebs: Eidson 8 Asts: Eidson 8		Pts: Šalenga 26 Rebs: Klimavičius 9 Asts: Two players 3

Tartu University Sports Hall
Attendance: 2500
Referees: Atso Matsalu
Virginijus Dovidavicius
Olegs Latisevs

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



BC Lietuvos Rytas	-

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		BC Lietuvos Rytas	85

		ASK Riga	76
ASK Riga	2

Šiauliai	1
				BC Lietuvos Rytas	97

				Žalgiris Kaunas	74
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	2

BC Kalev/Cramo	1
		Tartu Ülikool/Rock	74

		Žalgiris Kaunas	83	Third place
Žalgiris Kaunas	-

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				ASK Riga	68

				Tartu Ülikool/Rock	77