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)	Teams	Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship)
Lithuania (LKL)	8	BC 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)	3	BC VEF Rīga^ (1)	BK Ventspils (2)	BK Liepājas Lauvas (SF)
Estonia (KML)	2	BC Kalev/Cramo (1)	University of Tartu (2)
Russia (PBL)	1	BC Triumph Lyubertsy (10)

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

Challenge Cup

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

Elite Division

Regular season

	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Qualification
1	Šiauliai	36	20	16	4	1762	1646	+116	Qualified for the Playoffs
2	Triumph Lyubertsy	36	20	16	4	1667	1457	+210
3	Ventspils	32	20	12	8	1575	1482	+93
4	Kalev/Cramo	32	20	12	8	1502	1451	+51
5	Rūdupis	32	20	12	8	1673	1650	+23
6	Pieno žvaigždės	30	20	10	10	1446	1385	+61
7	Kėdainiai/Triobet	30	20	10	10	1533	1563	−10
8	Juventus	29	20	9	11	1490	1562	−72
9	University of Tartu	26	20	6	14	1584	1688	−104
10	KK Baltai	24	20	4	16	1462	1592	−130
11	Liepājas Lauvas	23	20	3	17	1435	1653	−218

Play-offs

Quarter Finals			Semifinals			Finals

	Žalgiris	2

	Rūdupis	1
				Žalgiris	117

				Šiauliai	64
	Šiauliai	2

	Triumph Lyubertsy	1
							Žalgiris	74

							Lietuvos Rytas	70
	VEF Riga	2

	Kalev/Cramo	1
				VEF Riga	61

				Lietuvos Rytas	89
	Lietuvos Rytas	2

	Ventspils	0

Quarterfinals

Žalgiris vs. Rūdupis

21 March
18:30

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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

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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

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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

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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

6 April
18:00

Canceled

Šiauliai

vs.

Triumph Lyubertsy

Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai

7 April
17:00

Canceled

Šiauliai	vs.	Triumph Lyubertsy
Triumph withdrew from competition[2]

Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai

VEF Riga vs. Kalev/Cramo

22 March
19:00

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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

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Kalev/Cramo	79–76 (OT)	VEF Riga
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–13, 13–15, 13–17, Overtime: 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Efficiency

Pos.	Name	Team	EFF
1	Denzel Bowles	Šiauliai	21.3
2	Jonas Valančiūnas	Lietuvos Rytas	21.0
3	David James McLure	Kėdainiai Triobet	19.0
4	Valdas Vasylius	Šiauliai	18.6
5	Bill Amis	Tartu Ülikool	17.5

Points

Pos.	Name	Team	PPG
1	Denzel Bowles	Šiauliai	19.3
2	Joshua Mayo	Liepājas Lauvas	16.2
3	Bill Amis	Tartu Ülikool	16.1
4	Renaldas Seibutis	Lietuvos Rytas	16.0
5	Antanas Kavaliauskas	BK VEF Rīga	15.0

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	Team	RPG
1	David James McLure	Kėdainiai Triobet	9.3
2	Jonas Valančiūnas	Lietuvos Rytas	9.0
3	Gatis Jahovics	BK VEF Rīga	8.3
4	Denzel Bowles	Šiauliai	7.4
5	Lawrence Roberts	Lietuvos Rytas	7.0

Assists

Pos.	Name	Team	APG
1	Mantas Kalnietis	Žalgiris Kaunas	4.7
2	Rashaun Broadus	Šiauliai	4.6
3	Janis Strelnieks	Ventspils	4.3
4	Gediminas Maceina	Juventus	4.2
5	Curtis Millage	BK VEF Rīga	4.0

Challenge Cup

Regular season

Group A

	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Qualification
1	BC Rakvere Tarvas	14	8	6	2	678	642	+36	Qualified for the Playoffs
2	BC Naglis	13	8	5	3	612	609	+3
3	KK Neptūnas	13	8	5	3	759	637	+122
4	Barsy Atyrau	11	8	3	5	621	653	−32
5	BK Jelgava	9	8	1	7	614	743	−129

Group B

	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Qualification
1	BC Lietkabelis	18	10	8	2	823	733	+90	Qualified for the Playoffs
2	BC Sakalai	18	10	8	2	816	650	+166
3	BK Valmiera	17	10	7	3	726	641	+85
4	TTÜ KK	13	10	3	7	710	767	−57
5	Piimameister Otto/Rapla	12	10	2	8	619	752	−133
6	BA Turība	12	10	2	8	651	802	−151

Play-offs

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



BC Rakvere Tarvas	90 83

TTÜ KK	83 62
		BC Rakvere Tarvas	75 102

		BC Sakalai	68 91
BC Sakalai	75 86

KK Neptūnas	79 74
				BC Rakvere Tarvas	74 82

				BC Lietkabelis	89 71
BC Naglis	63 77

BK Valmiera	74 53
		BC Naglis	62 82

		BC Lietkabelis	63 96	Third place
BC Lietkabelis	109 90

Barsy Atyrau	67 73
				BC Sakalai	83 71

				BC Naglis	67 64

2011/2012 BBL Challenge Cup Champions
BC Lietkabelis First Title

References

Third Quarter Rout Gives Ventspils Opening Win Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine BBL, 2011-09-30
Triumph withdraw from BBL quarter finals

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[1] Third Quarter Rout Gives Ventspils Opening Win Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine BBL, 2011-09-30

[triumph-2] Triumph withdraw from BBL quarter finals