2015–16 Baltic Basketball League

2015–16 Baltic Basketball League
Teams 17
Games played 116
Duration October 13, 2015 – April 7, 2016
Top seed Šiauliai
TV Viasat Sport Baltic, Delfi TV

The 2015–16 Triobet Baltic Basketball League is the 12th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the first under the title sponsorship of Triobet.[1]

This season’s competition will include 6 teams from Estonia, 5 teams from Latvia and Lithuania and one team from Kazakhstan, that will play all its games away.[2] For the regular season the teams were divided into two groups of seven teams and competed in a round-robin competition system, with each team facing their opponent twice. The teams qualified for the eight-finals based on their ranking after the regular season Out of the five teams who participated in FIBA Europe Cup competition – Ventspils, Juventus, Šiauliai, Tartu Ülikool/Rock and Pieno žvaigždės – the latter three didn't qualify for the FIBA Europe Cup playoffs and thus begin their journey at the start of the BBL play-offs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season’s results.[3] All play-off games are played in home-and-away series.

Teams

 Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Top 16 Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2014–15 national championship)
Estonia Estonia (KML) 6 TÜ/Rock (1) AVIS Rapla (3) Rakvere Tarvas (4) Pärnu Sadam (5) TTÜ (7) TLÜ/Kalev (8)
Latvia Latvia (LBL) 5 Jēkabpils (3) Liepāja/Triobet (4) Jūrmala/Fēnikss (5) Barons/LDz (6) Valmiera/ORDO (7)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 5 Pieno žvaigždės (4) Šiauliai (7) Lietkabelis (8) Vytautas (9) Nevėžis (10)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (KBC) 1 Barsy Atyrau (-)

Team information

Regular Season

The Regular season ran from October 13, 2015 to January 27, 2016.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PFPAPDPts Qualification
1.Lithuania Lietkabelis 12 10 2 1026 888 +138 22 Playoffs
2.Latvia Valmiera/ORDO 12 9 3 941 865 +76 21
3.Estonia AVIS Rapla 12 7 5 838 897 –59 19
4.Estonia TLÜ/Kalev 12 6 6 895 916 –21 18
5.Lithuania Nevėžis 12 4 8 889 909 –20 16
6.Latvia Barons/LDz 12 4 8 910 941 –31 16
7.Estonia Pärnu Sadam 12 2 10 899 982 –83 14

Last updated: February 4, 2016.
Source: BBL Homepage

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PFPAPDPts Qualification
1.Lithuania Vytautas 12 11 1 1005 894 +111 23 Playoffs
2.Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 12 8 4 939 909 +30 20
3.Latvia Jēkabpils 12 7 5 921 914 +7 19
4.Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 12 6 6 914 891 +23 18
5.Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss 12 5 7 884 870 +14 17
6.Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 12 3 9 900 970 –70 15
7.Estonia TTÜ 12 2 10 845 960 –115 14 Eliminated

Last updated: February 4, 2016.
Source: BBL Homepage

Playoffs

Bracket

  Eightfinals
February 8, 2016 – February 25, 2016		 Quarterfinals
March 1, 2016 – March 10, 2016		 Semifinals
March 15, 2016 – March 24, 2016		 Finals
March 29, 2016 – April 7, 2016
                                                     
1  Lithuania Šiauliai 101  
16  Estonia Pärnu Sadam 61  
     
     
8  Latvia Jēkabpils 65
9  Estonia AVIS Rapla 79  
     
     
4  Lithuania Vytautas 83  
13  Lithuania Nevėžis 78  
   
     
5  Lithuania Lietkabelis 88
12  Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss 88  
   
   
2  Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock 105 99 204  
15  Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 77 74 151  
  2  Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock
     
7  Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 74
10  Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 50  
   
     
3  Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 110  
14  Latvia Barons/LDz 84  
   
     
6  Latvia Valmiera/ORDO 84
11  Estonia TLÜ/Kalev 66  

Awards

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2015United States Andrew Warren Estonia Pärnu Sadam
November 2015Lithuania Paulius Petrilevicius Estonia Pärnu Sadam
December 2015Lithuania Laimonas Kisielius Lithuania Vytautas
January 2016Lithuania Ronaldas Rutkauskas Latvia Jēkabpils
February 2016

Last updated: February 3, 2016.
Source: BBL Homepage

References

  1. ↑ "BBL signs three-year partnership with Triobet". Baltic Basketball League. October 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Format of 2015-16 BBL season confirmed". Baltic Basketball League. September 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Triobet BBL Play-Off pairs confirmed". Baltic Basketball League. February 3, 2016.

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