Latvijas Basketbola līga

Latvian Basketball League
Latvijas Basketbola līga (LBL)

Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Latvian Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1992
No. of teams	10
Country	Latvia
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Valmiera (1st title)
Most titles	Ventspils (9 titles)
TV partner(s)	LTV7, Best4Sport TV, Sportacentrs TV
Level on pyramid	1st tier
Official website	basket.lv

Latvian Basketball League (Latvian: Latvijas Basketbola līga or LBL) (also known as the Aldaris LBL for sponsorship reasons) is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK Ventspils won again in 2009, beating Barons/LMT in a thriller 4–3. Barons would return to the final the following year, this time against VEF Rīga, and win by the same 4–3 margin. The 2011 final again went to 7 games, with VEF Rīga defeating Ventspils.

Teams for the 2016–17 season

Ventspils'

VEF Rīga
Latvijas Universitāte
Barons kvartāls

Liepāja/Triobet

Jūrmala/Fēnikss

Jelgava

Valmiera

Jēkabpils

Saldus

Location of clubs in the 2014-15 Latvian Basketball League

• VEF Rīga
• Ventspils
• Liepāja Triobet
• Valmiera
• Jūrmala Fēnikss
• Jēkabpils
• Latvijas Universitāte
• Barons kvartāls
• BK Ogre/Kumho Tyres
• Valka/Valga

Title holders

......1992 Brocēni Parair 1992–93 Brocēni 1993–94 SWH Brocēni 1994–95 SWH Brocēni 1995–96 ASK Brocēni 1996–97 ASK Brocēni LMT 1997–98 ASK Brocēni LMT 1998–99 Brocēni LMT 1999–00 Ventspils 2000–01 Ventspils

2001–02 Ventspils 2002–03 Ventspils 2003–04 Ventspils 2004–05 Ventspils 2005–06 Ventspils 2006–07 ASK Riga 2007–08 Barons LMT 2008–09 Ventspils 2009–10 Barons LMT 2010–11 VEF Rīga

2011–12 VEF Rīga 2012–13 VEF Rīga 2013–14 Ventspils 2014–15 VEF Rīga 2015–16 Valmiera Ordo

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Ventspils	9	7	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014
Brocēni	8	1	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
VEF Rīga	4	3	2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Barons	2	4	2008, 2010
ASK Riga	1	1	2007
Valmiera	1	0	2016
Bonus	0	4
Skonto	0	3
Metropole	0	1
Liepājas Lauvas	0	1

The finals

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2016	Valmiera Ordo	VEF Rīga	4–3
2015	VEF Rīga	Ventspils	4–2
2014	Ventspils	VEF Rīga	4–1
2013	VEF Rīga	Ventspils	4–1
2012	VEF Rīga	Ventspils	4–1
2011	VEF Rīga	Ventspils	4–3
2010	Barons LMT	VEF Rīga	4–3
2009	Ventspils	Barons LMT	4–3
2008	Barons LMT	ASK Riga	4–1
2007	ASK Riga	Ventspils	4–2
2006	Ventspils	Barons	4–0
2005	Ventspils	Barons	4–0
2004	Ventspils	Skonto	4–0
2003	Ventspils	Skonto	4–1
2002	Ventspils	Skonto	4–0
2001	Ventspils	Barons	4–1
2000	Ventspils	Brocēni LMT	4–3
1999	Brocēni LMT	Ventspils	4–2
1998	ASK Brocēni LMT	Ventspils	4–1
1997	ASK Brocēni LMT	Liepājas Baltika	4–0
1996	ASK Brocēni	Metropole	4–2
1995	SWH Brocēni	Bonus	4–3
1994	SWH Brocēni	Bonus	3–0
1993	Brocēni	Bonus	3–0
1992	Brocēni Parair	Bonus	2–0

External links

• Official Website
• Eurobasket.com League Page