2011–12 Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League 2011–12 season was a basketball competition among Baltic states basketball clubs. The season started on 30 September 2011.[1]

Teams

Elite Division

Country (League)TeamsTeams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship)
Lithuania (LKL)8BC Žalgiris^ (1)BC Lietuvos rytas^ (2)BC Rūdupis (SF)BC Juventus(SF)BC Šiauliai (QF)BC Kėdainiai Triobet (9)BC Baltai(10)BC Pieno žvaigždės (NKL 1)
Latvia (LBL)3BC VEF Rīga^ (1)BK Ventspils (2)BK Liepājas Lauvas (SF)
Estonia (KML)2BC Kalev/Cramo (1)University of Tartu (2)
Russia (PBL)1BC Triumph Lyubertsy (10)

† Promoted from the 2010–11 Challenge Cup
^ Qualified directly to playoffs

Challenge Cup

Country (League)TeamsTeams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship)
Lithuania (LKL)4BC Neptūnas (QF)BC Lietkabelis (QF)BC Sakalai (11)BC Naglis (12)
Latvia (LBL)3BK Valmiera (QF)BK Jelgava (QF)BA Turība (QF)
Estonia (KML)3TTÜ KK (SF)BC Rakvere Tarvas (SF)Piimameister Otto/Rapla (QF)
Kazakhstan (D1)1Barsy Atyrau (1)

Elite Division

Regular season

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiffQualification
1 Šiauliai362016417621646+116Qualified for the Playoffs
2 Triumph Lyubertsy362016416671457+210
3 Ventspils322012815751482+93
4 Kalev/Cramo322012815021451+51
5 Rūdupis322012816731650+23
6 Pieno žvaigždės3020101014461385+61
7 Kėdainiai/Triobet3020101015331563−10
8 Juventus292091114901562−72
9 University of Tartu262061415841688−104
10 KK Baltai242041614621592−130
11 Liepājas Lauvas232031714351653−218

Play-offs

Quarter FinalsSemifinalsFinals
         
Žalgiris2
Rūdupis1
Žalgiris117
Šiauliai64
Šiauliai2
Triumph Lyubertsy1
Žalgiris74
Lietuvos Rytas70
VEF Riga2
Kalev/Cramo1
VEF Riga61
Lietuvos Rytas89
Lietuvos Rytas2
Ventspils0

Quarterfinals

Žalgiris vs. Rūdupis

21 March
18:30
Rūdupis 97–85 Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 30–16, 24–28, 22–19
Pts: Kadžiulis 22
Rebs: Juškevičius, Orelik 5
Asts: Juškevičius 5
Pts: Jankūnas 17
Rebs: Jankūnas 7
Asts: Kalnietis 3
Prienų Arena, Prienai
Attendance: 1,350
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Ramunas Zukauskas
23 March
19:15
Žalgiris 85–67 Rūdupis
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 22–5, 21–9, 24–28
Pts: Kalnietis, Kuzminskas 12
Rebs: Javtokas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Pts: Labuckas 17
Rebs: Labuckas, Buterlevičius 5
Asts: Labuckas, Ivanauskas 3
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,840
Referees: Antanas Ramanauskas, Saulius Paskevicius, Linas Masiulis
28 March
19:15
Žalgiris 90–73 Rūdupis
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–18, 18–13, 25–24
Pts: Delininkaitis 18
Rebs: Lipkevičius 8
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Pts: Dabkus 17
Rebs: Dabkus 6
Asts: Juškevičius 4
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,841
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Andrius Maleckas, Ignas Davainis

Šiauliai vs. Triumph Lyubertsy

10 March
18:00
Triumph Lyubertsy 84–76 Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–16, 18–18, 18–21
Pts: Karasev 22
Rebs: Jefferson 12
Asts: McKee 5
Pts: Ruzgas 22
Rebs: Vasylius 13
Asts: Long 3
SH Triumph, Lyubertsy
Attendance: 1030
Referees: Oskars Lucis, Ingus Baumanis, Andris Aunkrogers
7 April
17:00
Canceled
Šiauliai vs. Triumph Lyubertsy
Triumph withdrew from competition[2]

VEF Riga vs. Kalev/Cramo

22 March
19:00
VEF Riga 64–56 Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 17–15, 12–8, 15–20
Pts: Kavaliauskas 17
Rebs: Millage 11
Asts: Bertāns 4
Pts: Sokk 13
Rebs: Šķēle, Fall 4
Asts: Sokk, Arbet, Šķēle 3
Saldus Sports Center, Riga
Attendance: 800
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Vilius Maciulaitis
24 March
17:00
Kalev/Cramo 79–76 (OT) VEF Riga
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–13, 13–15, 13–17Overtime: 9–6
Pts: Arbet 17
Rebs: Dorbek 8
Asts: Sokk 4
Pts: Millage 16
Rebs: Jahovičs 11
Asts: Millage 4
Saku Suurhall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Martynas Gudas
31 March
16:00
VEF Riga 84–78 Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 18–14, 26–23, 27–19
Pts: Janičenoks 22
Rebs: Bērziņš 7
Asts: Millage 6
Pts: Arbet 16
Rebs: Fall 10
Asts: Ulyanko, Sokk 6
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Vilius Maciulaitis

Lietuvos Rytas vs. Ventspils

23 March
19:00
Lietuvos rytas 99–79 Ventspils
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 28–17, 33–25, 18–19
Pts: Seibutis 19
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Valančiūnas, Rašić, Jomantas 3
Pts: Meiers 16
Rebs: Meiers 4
Asts: Young, Gray, Abernethy 4
Lietuvos rytas Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Tanel Suslov, Mart Uuehendrik, Rain Peerandi
2 April
19:00
Ventspils 63–73 Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 5–18, 15–16, 22–22, 21–17
Pts: Gray 14
Rebs: Abernethy 8
Asts: Abernethy 5
Pts: Katelynas, Valančiūnas 14
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Babrauskas 3
Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Aare Halliko, Andres Tobi, Timo Suslov

Semifinals

28 April
17:30
Žalgiris 117–64 Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 31–12, 31–25, 31–13, 24–12
Pts: Jankūnas 21
Rebs: Klimavičius 10
Asts: Popović, Kalnietis 6
Pts: Broadus 14
Rebs: Jucikas 5
Asts: Prekevičius 3
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 3300
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Martynas Gudas, Tanel Suslov
28 April
20:00
VEF Riga 61–89 Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 12–20, 15–24, 19–18
Pts: Bērziņš 11
Rebs: Kavaliauskas 7
Asts: Millage 6
Pts: Redikas 16
Rebs: Dilys 6
Asts: Rice 5
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2900
Referees: Andres Tobi, Juris Kokainis, Antanas Ramanauskas

Third place match

29 April
15:00
Šiauliai 75–92 VEF Riga
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 16–30, 13–18, 22–24
Pts: Gvezdauskas 20
Rebs: Long 7
Asts: Gvezdauskas, Broadus, Long 3
Pts: Kavaliauskas 24
Rebs: Millage 6
Asts: Bērziņš, Bailey, Millage 4
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 3000
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Ingus Baumanis, Tanel Suslov

Final

29 April
18:00
Žalgiris 74–70 Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 20–10, 17–18, 15–16
Pts: Kalnietis 19
Rebs: Jankūnas 5
Asts: Popović 6
Pts: Rice 20
Rebs: Samardžiski 8
Asts: Redikas 3
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 4200
Referees: Olegs Latisevs, Oskars Lucis, Andres Tobi

Player statistics

Challenge Cup

Regular season

Group A

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiffQualification
1 BC Rakvere Tarvas14862678642+36Qualified for the Playoffs
2 BC Naglis13853612609+3
3 KK Neptūnas13853759637+122
4 Barsy Atyrau11835621653−32
5 BK Jelgava9817614743−129

Group B

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiffQualification
1 BC Lietkabelis181082823733+90Qualified for the Playoffs
2 BC Sakalai181082816650+166
3 BK Valmiera171073726641+85
4 TTÜ KK131037710767−57
5 Piimameister Otto/Rapla121028619752−133
6 BA Turība121028651802−151

Play-offs

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
BC Rakvere Tarvas90 83
 
 
 
TTÜ KK83 62
 
BC Rakvere Tarvas75 102
 
 
 
BC Sakalai68 91
 
BC Sakalai75 86
 
 
 
KK Neptūnas79 74
 
BC Rakvere Tarvas74 82
 
 
 
BC Lietkabelis89 71
 
BC Naglis63 77
 
 
 
BK Valmiera74 53
 
BC Naglis62 82
 
 
 
BC Lietkabelis63 96Third place
 
BC Lietkabelis109 90
 
 
 
Barsy Atyrau67 73
 
BC Sakalai83 71
 
 
BC Naglis67 64
 
2011/2012 BBL Challenge Cup Champions

BC Lietkabelis
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