2019 KML Playoffs
The 2019 KML Play-offs was the tournament to determine the Korvpalli Meistriliiga champions for the 2018–19 season. This season saw the introduction of the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League, replacing the KML regular season, with the top six Estonian teams advancing to the KML play-offs. The play-offs began on 9 April and concluded on 22 May with Kalev/Cramo defeating Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ 3 games to 0 in the finals to win their 11th Estonian Championship.[1][2]
| KML Play-offs | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 April – 22 May 2019 |
| Number of games | 20 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Kalev/Cramo (11th title) |
| Runners-up | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ |
| Third place | Pärnu Sadam |
| Fourth place | TalTech |
| Finals MVP |  Branko Mirković |
← 2018 2021 → | |
Teams
Venues and locations
Locations of the 2019 KML Play-offs teams
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avis Utilitas Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 818[3] |
| Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 1,700[4] |
| Pärnu Sadam | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 1,820[5] |
| Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tallinn | Sõle Sports Centre | 153[6] |
| TalTech | Tallinn | TalTech Sports Hall | 1,000[7] |
| Tartu Ülikool | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 2,600[8] |
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avis Utilitas Rapla |  Toomas Annuk | Indrek Kajupank | Spalding | Fenikss Casino |
| Kalev/Cramo |  Donaldas Kairys | Kristjan Kangur | Nike | Cramo |
| Pärnu Sadam | Heiko Rannula | Rannar Raap | Nike | Port of Pärnu |
| Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Martin Müürsepp | Mario Paiste | Nike | City of Tallinn |
| TalTech | Rait Käbin | Jaan Puidet | Nike | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Tartu Ülikool | Priit Vene | Julius Kazakauskas | Nike | University of Tartu |
Play-off bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Avis Utilitas Rapla | 1 | 5 | Pärnu Sadam | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Pärnu Sadam | 3 | 1 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | TalTech | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tartu Ülikool | 1 | 6 | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 2 | TalTech | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Pärnu Sadam | 3 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals are best-of-five series.
Tartu Ülikool vs. Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
| 9 April | Tartu Ülikool | 78–73 (Series: 1–0) |
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tartu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 19–23, 17–20, 25–13 | |||
| Pts: Velička 32 Rebs: Kazakauskas 10 Asts: Velička 6 PIR: Velička 42 |
Boxscore | Pts: Nofflet 25 Rebs: Buchanan 18 Asts: Nofflet 5 PIR: Buchanan 35 |
Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 450 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Rain Peerandi, Janek Saluse |
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| 13 April | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 87–70 (Series: 1–1) |
Tartu Ülikool | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 26–15, 22–17, 25–22 | |||
| Pts: McGhee 25 Rebs: Buchanan 11 Asts: Buchanan, McGhee 3 PIR: McGhee 33 |
Boxscore | Pts: Hermet 17 Rebs: Hermet, Kazakauskas 6 Asts: Velička 7 PIR: Hermet 17 |
Arena: Sõle Sports Centre Attendance: 160 Referees: Mihkel Männiste, Ranno Konks, Alex Talisainen |
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| 17 April | Tartu Ülikool | 77–83 (Series: 1–2) |
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tartu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 18–19, 13–25, 23–19 | |||
| Pts: Kazakauskas 30 Rebs: Kazakauskas 9 Asts: Velička 13 PIR: Kazakauskas 39 |
Boxscore | Pts: Lips 20 Rebs: Buchanan 8 Asts: McGhee 6 PIR: Harrison 15 |
Arena: University of Tartu Sports Hall Attendance: 400 Referees: Rain Peerandi, Janek Saluse, Jegor Mitrofanski |
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| 19 April | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 97–96(OT) (Series: 3–1) |
Tartu Ülikool | Viimsi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 23–21, 27–17, 18–22, Overtime: 13–12 | |||
| Pts: Harrison 23 Rebs: Buchanan 13 Asts: McGhee 6 PIR: Buchanan 30 |
Boxscore | Pts: Velička 29 Rebs: Kazakauskas 7 Asts: Velička 7 PIR: Velička 36 |
Arena: Karulaugu Sports Centre Attendance: 200 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Ranno Konks, Alex Talisainen |
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Avis Utilitas Rapla vs. Pärnu Sadam
| 10 April | Avis Utilitas Rapla | 60–83 (Series: 0–1) |
Pärnu Sadam | Rapla |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 12–21, 15–23, 13–31 | |||
| Pts: Kaldre, Williams 16 Rebs: Mickelson 13 Asts: Kaldre 4 PIR: Kaldre 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kirves 15 Rebs: Alston 10 Asts: Raap 7 PIR: Raap 17 |
Arena: Sadolin Sports Hall Referees: Aare Halliko, Mihkel Männiste, Alex Talisainen |
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| 14 April | Pärnu Sadam | 82–57 (Series: 2–0) |
Avis Utilitas Rapla | Pärnu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 24–18, 21–9, 22–16 | |||
| Pts: Rivers 21 Rebs: Alston, Kirves 10 Asts: Post 5 PIR: Kirves 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Mickelson 13 Rebs: Jonāts, Kajupank 6 Asts: Ilves 4 PIR: Kaldre 14 |
Arena: Pärnu Sports Hall Referees: Tanel Suslov, Ranno Konks, Jegor Mitrofanski |
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| 16 April | Avis Utilitas Rapla | 82–80 (Series: 1–2) |
Pärnu Sadam | Rapla |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 15–24, 15–19, 31–17 | |||
| Pts: Kaldre 21 Rebs: Jonāts 11 Asts: Ilves 8 PIR: Jonāts 27 |
Boxscore | Pts: Alston, Kirves 18 Rebs: Wade-Chatman 6 Asts: Post, Wade-Chatman 9 PIR: Kirves 22 |
Arena: Sadolin Sports Hall Referees: Rain Peerandi, Janek Saluse, Alex Talisainen |
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| 20 April | Pärnu Sadam | 88–76 (Series: 3–1) |
Avis Utilitas Rapla | Pärnu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 19–19, 21–17, 20–19 | |||
| Pts: Kirves 26 Rebs: Kirves 8 Asts: Post 9 PIR: Kirves 36 |
Boxscore | Pts: Williams 19 Rebs: Hawkins 6 Asts: Kaldre 5 PIR: Williams 18 |
Arena: Pärnu Sports Hall Attendance: 700 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Jegor Mitrofanski, Ranno Konks |
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Semi-finals
The semi-finals are best-of-five series.
Kalev/Cramo vs. Pärnu Sadam
| 26 April | Kalev/Cramo | 91–85 (Series: 1–0) |
Pärnu Sadam | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 21–20, 30–13, 21–31 | |||
| Pts: Moultrie 30 Rebs: Kangur 8 Asts: Wroten 8 PIR: Moultrie 36 |
Boxscore | Pts: Wade-Chatman 31 Rebs: Alston 10 Asts: Post 5 PIR: Wade-Chatman 29 |
Arena: Kalev Sports Hall Attendance: 350 Referees: Aare Halliko, Mihkel Männiste, Alex Talisainen |
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| 29 April | Pärnu Sadam | 62–102 (Series: 0–2) |
Kalev/Cramo | Pärnu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–25, 15–27, 12–28 | |||
| Pts: Rivers 21 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Kirves, Raap 4 PIR: Kirves 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Lewis 18 Rebs: Salash 8 Asts: Wroten 8 PIR: Wroten 22 |
Arena: Pärnu Sports Hall Attendance: 530 Referees: Rain Peerandi, Tanel Suslov, Janek Saluse |
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| 30 April | Kalev/Cramo | 89–72 (Series: 3–0) |
Pärnu Sadam | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 | Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 21–17, 30–16, 15–22 | |||
| Pts: Lynch 17 Rebs: Moultrie 9 Asts: Wroten 9 PIR: Lynch 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Wade-Chatman 14 Rebs: Kirves 8 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Wade-Chatman 15 |
Arena: Kalev Sports Hall Attendance: 232 Referees: Aare Halliko, Mart Uuehendrik, Ranno Konks |
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TalTech vs. Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
| 25 April | TalTech | 75–78 (Series: 0–1) |
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 16–17, 20–23, 18–23 | |||
| Pts: Metsalu, Puidet 16 Rebs: Puidet 7 Asts: Käbin, Puidet 7 PIR: Puidet 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Harrison 24 Rebs: Talts 7 Asts: Lips 4 PIR: Harrison 26 |
Arena: TalTech Sports Hall Attendance: 640 Referees: Rain Peerandi, Mart Uuehendrik, Janek Saluse |
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| 27 April | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 94–86 (Series: 2–0) |
TalTech | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 24–23, 17–24, 31–21 | |||
| Pts: McGhee 27 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: three players 3 PIR: McGhee 30 |
Boxscore | Pts: Metsalu 19 Rebs: Giese 7 Asts: Käbin, Puidet 4 PIR: Raadik 16 |
Arena: Nord Cramo Sports Hall Attendance: 225 Referees: Aare Halliko, Mihkel Männiste, Ranno Konks |
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| 30 April | TalTech | 92–97 (Series: 0–3) |
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 21–22, 32–17, 12–29 | |||
| Pts: Arbet, Puidet 18 Rebs: Giese, Puidet 9 Asts: Käbin 9 PIR: Puidet 19 |
Boxscore | Pts: McGhee 25 Rebs: Buchanan 9 Asts: McGhee, Talts 3 PIR: Buchanan 33 |
Arena: TalTech Sports Hall Attendance: 612 Referees: Rain Peerandi, Mihkel Männiste, Jegor Mitrofanski |
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Third place games
The third place games are best-of-five series.
TalTech vs. Pärnu Sadam
| 5 May | TalTech | 68–75 (Series: 0–1) |
Pärnu Sadam | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 11–17, 20–21, 17–21 | |||
| Pts: Giese 16 Rebs: Raadik 9 Asts: Käbin 3 PIR: Giese 17 |
Boxscore | Pts: Rivers 21 Rebs: Kirves 11 Asts: Sutt, Wade-Chatman 4 PIR: Rivers 29 |
Arena: TalTech Sports Hall Attendance: 485 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Mart Uuehendrik, Ranno Konks |
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| 8 May | Pärnu Sadam | 79–73(OT) (Series: 2–0) |
TalTech | Pärnu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 18–22, 13–15, 22–18, Overtime: 13–7 | |||
| Pts: Wade-Chatman 17 Rebs: Alston 11 Asts: Wade-Chatman 7 PIR: Wade-Chatman 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Schmalz 26 Rebs: Giese 9 Asts: Schmalz 3 PIR: Schmalz 26 |
Arena: Pärnu Sports Hall Attendance: 700 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Mihkel Männiste, Alex Talisainen |
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| 10 May | TalTech | 63–89 (Series: 0–3) |
Pärnu Sadam | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 20–17, 19–22, 5–27 | |||
| Pts: Viilup 17 Rebs: Giese 8 Asts: Käbin 4 PIR: Giese 19 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kirves 24 Rebs: Kirves 11 Asts: Sutt, Wade-Chatman 8 PIR: Kirves 33 |
Arena: TalTech Sports Hall Attendance: 490 Referees: Mihkel Männiste, Mart Uuehendrik, Janek Saluse |
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Finals
The finals are best-of-five series.
Kalev/Cramo vs. Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
| 16 May | Kalev/Cramo | 87–78 (Series: 1–0) |
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 16–18, 25–17, 26–20 | |||
| Pts: Lewis 21 Rebs: Moultrie 7 Asts: Mirković 6 PIR: Moultrie 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Harrison 21 Rebs: Buchanan 13 Asts: Harrison 4 PIR: Buchanan 23 |
Arena: Kalev Sports Hall Attendance: 600 Referees: Aare Halliko, Mihkel Männiste, Jegor Mitrofanski |
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| 20 May | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 73–101 (Series: 0–2) |
Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 19–29, 22–22, 18–23 | |||
| Pts: three players 13 Rebs: Buchanan 8 Asts: Buchanan 3 PIR: Buchanan 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Mirković 16 Rebs: Lynch 5 Asts: Lewis 8 PIR: Mirković 25 |
Arena: Kalev Sports Hall Attendance: 450 Referees: Rain Peerandi, Alex Talisainen |
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| 22 May | Kalev/Cramo | 105–83 (Series: 3–0) |
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 32–28, 32–10, 20–25, 21–20 | |||
| Pts: Kitsing, Mirković 20 Rebs: Lynch 11 Asts: Lewis 8 PIR: Lewis, Mirković 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Harrison 19 Rebs: Buchanan 11 Asts: Loik, Talts 3 PIR: Saks 19 |
Arena: Kalev Sports Hall Attendance: 770 Referees: Mart Uuehendrik, Ranno Konks, Janek Saluse |
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Awards
Newcomer of the Year
All-KML Team
| Pos | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| PG |  Chavaughn Lewis | Kalev/Cramo |
| SG | Damarcus Harrison | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ |
| SF | Demetre Rivers | Pärnu Sadam |
| PF | Toomas Raadik | TalTech |
| C | Arnett Moultrie | Kalev/Cramo |
References
- "Homme tehakse algust OlyBet Korvpalli Meistriliiga veerandfinaalidega" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 8 April 2019.
- "Igas elemendis Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ-st parem olnud BC Kalev/Cramo tuli oodatult Eesti meistriks" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 22 May 2019.
- "Sadolin Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
- "Kalevi Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.
- "Pärnu Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.
- "Sõle Spordikeskus". Spordiregister.ee.
- "Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
- "Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
- "OlyBet KML auhinnad: tähtede viisikus üks eestlane, parima noormängija tiitel läks Leetu" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 24 May 2019.
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