2022 LBL Play-offs
The 2022 LBL Play-offs was the tournament to determine the Latvian Basketball League champions for the 2021–22 season. All participating teams spent the regular season in Latvian-Estonian Basketball League, with the top six Latvian teams advancing to the LBL play-offs. The play-offs began on 13 April.[1]
| LBL Play-offs | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 April – 19 May |
| Number of games | 24 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| TV partner(s) | |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP |  Kristers Zoriks |
| Finals | |
| Champions | VEF Rīga |
| Runners-up | Ventspils |
| Third place | BK Ogre |
| Fourth place | Latvijas Universitāte |
← 2021 2023 → | |
Format
All six Latvian teams participated in 2021–22 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League regular season, determining seeding for the play-offs. Top two teams qualified for semi-finals, but other four teams started the play-off with quarterfinal series. Ouarterfinal, semifinal and bronze medal series are played in the best-of-five format, but final is played in the best-of-seven series.
Teams
Venues and locations
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| BK Ogre | Ogre | Ogre's Secondary School No.1 | 500 |
| Latvijas Universitāte | Rīga | OSC | 830 |
| Liepāja | Liepāja | Liepāja Olympic Center | 2542 |
| Valmiera Glass ViA | Valmiera | Vidzeme Olympic Center | 1500 |
| VEF Rīga | Rīga | Arena Riga | 11 200 |
| OSC | 830 | ||
| Ventspils | Ventspils | Ventspils Olympic Center | 3085 |
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BK Ogre | Uldis Švēde | Rinalds Sirsniņš | Erreà |
| Latvijas Universitāte | Guntis Endzels | Alberts Putāns | Nike |
| Liepāja | Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis | Roberts Krastiņš | Nike |
| Valmiera Glass ViA | Edmunds Valeiko | Ervīns Jonāts | Spalding |
| VEF Rīga | Jānis Gailītis | Artis Ate | |
| Ventspils | Gints Fogels | Andrejs Šeļakovs | Joma |
Seeding
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VEF Rīga |
26 | 23 | 3 | 2346 | 1808 | +538 | .885 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Ventspils |
26 | 21 | 5 | 2163 | 1909 | +254 | .808 | |
| 3 | Ogre |
26 | 16 | 10 | 2125 | 2011 | +114 | .615 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Valmiera Glass VIA |
26 | 8 | 18 | 1925 | 2101 | −176 | .308 | |
| 5 | Latvijas Universitāte |
26 | 6 | 20 | 1809 | 2047 | −238 | .231 | |
| 6 | Liepāja |
26 | 5 | 21 | 1973 | 2186 | −213 | .192 |
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: estlatbl.com
Play-off bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | VEF Rīga | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Valmiera Glass VIA | 2 | 5 | Latvijas Universitāte | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Latvijas Universitāte | 3 | 1 | VEF Rīga | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | Ventspils | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ventspils | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ogre | 3 | 3 | Ogre | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Liepāja | 0 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 5 | Latvijas Universitāte | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ogre | 3 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals are best-of-five series.
Valmiera Glass ViA vs. Latvijas Universitāte
| 13 April | Valmiera Glass/ViA | 75–68 (Series: 1–0) |
Latvijas Universitāte | Valmiera |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 20–11, 17–18, 23–14 | |||
| Pts: Voinalovych 23 Rebs: Dubults 12 Asts: Kaufmanis, Clark 3 PIR: Voinalovych 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vīksne 16 Rebs: Mežulis 5 Asts: Putāns 5 PIR: Mežulis 17 |
Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center Attendance: 507 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Einārs Tukišs |
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| 16 April | Latvijas Universitāte | 79–66 (Series: 1–1) |
Valmiera Glass/ViA | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 20–24, 16–15, 25–16 | |||
| Pts: Vitoļskis 21 Rebs: Mežulis 10 Asts: Vitoļskis 6 PIR: Vitoļskis 28 |
Boxscore | Pts: Apsītis 15 Rebs: Apsītis 9 Asts: Liepiņš 4 PIR: Apsītis 18 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Centre Attendance: 150 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Juris Brūveris |
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| 19 April | Valmiera Glass/ViA | 85–67 (Series: 2–1) |
Latvijas Universitāte | Valmiera |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 19–19, 18–14, 21–16 | |||
| Pts: Apsītis 26 Rebs: Apsītis 8 Asts: Clark 6 PIR: Apsītis 30 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vīksne 23 Rebs: Vīksne 8 Asts: Putāns 3 PIR: Vīksne 26 |
Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center Attendance: 562 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Elvis Binders-Čoders |
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| 21 April | Latvijas Universitāte | 62–55 (Series: 2–2) |
Valmiera Glass/ViA | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 15–10, 16–7, 13–22 | |||
| Pts: Vīksne 20 Rebs: Vīksne 10 Asts: Vitoļskis 4 PIR: Vīksne 29 |
Boxscore | Pts: Voinalovych 12 Rebs: Apsītis 8 Asts: Clark, Engers 3 PIR: Kaufmanis 10 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Centre Attendance: 73 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Jānis Rozenbergs |
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| 23 April | Valmiera Glass/ViA | 66–69 (Series: 2–3) |
Latvijas Universitāte | Valmiera |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 21–21, 8–24, 13–14 | |||
| Pts: Kaufmanis 26 Rebs: Clarck, Voinalovych 7 Asts: Kaufmanis 5 PIR: Kaufmanis 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vīksne 19 Rebs: Vīksne, Avotiņš, Mežulis 6 Asts: Putāns 4 PIR: Putāns 19 |
Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins |
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Ogre vs. Liepāja
| 14 April | Ogre | 82–65 (Series: 1–0) |
Liepāja | Ogre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 23–18, 11–13, 19–14 | |||
| Pts: Zēbergs 22 Rebs: Dārgais 10 Asts: Sirsniņš 8 PIR: Zēbergs 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Raimo 15 Rebs: Raimo 9 Asts: Raimo 5 PIR: Raimo 25 |
Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 197 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Mārcis Senkēvičs |
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| 16 April | Liepāja | 84–89 (Series: 0–2) |
Ogre | Liepāja |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 24–28, 25–15, 13–29 | |||
| Pts: Šiliņš 16 Rebs: Raimo 6 Asts: Raimo 6 PIR: Raimo 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Jucikas 22 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Sirsniņš 11 PIR: Jucikas 20 |
Arena: Liepāja Olympic Center Attendance: 250 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Andris Petrovs |
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| 20 April | Ogre | 84–69 (Series: 3–0) |
Liepāja | Ogre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–21, 26–14, 22–16 | |||
| Pts: Nixon 16 Rebs: Dārgais 12 Asts: Sirsniņš 14 PIR: Dārgais 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Krastiņš 16 Rebs: Raimo 8 Asts: Vītols 5 PIR: Raimo 17 |
Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 250 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Rafiks Misirovs |
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Semi-finals
The semi-finals are best-of-five series.
Ventspils vs. Ogre
| 26 April | Ventspils | 83–90(OT) (Series: 0–1) |
Ogre | Ventspils |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 13–18, 28–18, 14–21, Overtime: 4–11 | |||
| Pts: Ausējs 21 Rebs: Krestinin 10 Asts: Ausējs, Mediss, Thomas 3 PIR: Thomas 17 |
Boxscore | Pts: Antrops 15 Rebs: Dārgais 17 Asts: Sirsniņš 9 PIR: Dārgais 28 |
Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1470 Referees: Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins, Jānis Vārna |
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| 29 April | Ogre | 78–85 (Series: 1–1) |
Ventspils | Ogre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 20–28, 17–17, 15–22 | |||
| Pts: Jucikas 19 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Sirsniņš 7 PIR: Dārgais 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Ķilps 22 Rebs: Krestinin 10 Asts: Ausējs 6 PIR: Jaunzems 27 |
Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 943 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Einārs Tukišs, Rafiks Misirovs |
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| 2 May | Ventspils | 61–76 (Series: 1–2) |
Ogre | Ventspils |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 7–19, 17–21, 23–23 | |||
| Pts: Jaunzems 15 Rebs: Ausējs, Jaunzems, Ķilps 6 Asts: Ausējs, Zotovs, Ķilps 3 PIR: Jaunzems 14 |
Boxscore | Pts: Zēbergs 14 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Nixon, Dārgais 5 PIR: Dārgais 15 |
Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1650 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Andris Aunkrogers, Kristaps Konstantinovs |
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| 4 May | Ogre | 64–89 (Series: 2–2) |
Ventspils | Ogre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 13–23, 18–21, 16–22 | |||
| Pts: Nixon 15 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Nixon 5 PIR: Nixon 16 |
Boxscore | Pts: Ķilps 17 Rebs: Thomas, Krestinin 6 Asts: Mediss 5 PIR: Thomas 17 |
Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 1242 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins |
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| 6 May | Ventspils | 77–73 (Series: 3–2) |
Ogre | Ventspils |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–18, 21–8, 21–25 | |||
| Pts: Ausējs 21 Rebs: Sīpoliņš 7 Asts: Ausējs, Thomas 5 PIR: Thomas 19 |
Boxscore | Pts: Dārgais, Antrops 17 Rebs: Dārgais 17 Asts: Dārgais 6 PIR: Dārgais 35 |
Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 2200 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš |
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VEF Rīga vs. Latvijas Universitāte
| 25 April | VEF Rīga | 100–62 (Series: 1–0) |
Latvijas Universitāte | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 31–17, 18–18, 27–13 | |||
| Pts: Zoriks 18 Rebs: Madsen 9 Asts: Zoriks 8 PIR: Zoriks 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vīksne 22 Rebs: Putāns 7 Asts: Vitoļskis 4 PIR: Vīksne 22 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 400 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Mārcis Senkēvičs, Juris Brūveris |
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| 28 April | Latvijas Universitāte | 64–114 (Series: 0–2) |
VEF Rīga | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 15–26, 16–28, 14–29 | |||
| Pts: Kampuss 13 Rebs: Briedis, Mežulis, Vīksne 4 Asts: Briedis 4 PIR: Briedis 12 |
Boxscore | Pts: Riley 20 Rebs: Madsen 8 Asts: Zoriks 10 PIR: Madsen 25 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 150 Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Einārs Tukišs, Elvis Binders-Čoders |
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| 1 May | VEF Rīga | 87–78 (Series: 3–0) |
Latvijas Universitāte | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 24–15, 21–26, 20–14 | |||
| Pts: Zoriks 22 Rebs: Miška 9 Asts: Riley 6 PIR: Zoriks 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Miglinieks 14 Rebs: R.Avotiņš, Strautiņš 5 Asts: Vitoļskis 10 PIR: Miglinieks 12 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 250 Referees: Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins, Andris Petrovs |
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Bronze serie
The bronze medal serie is best-of-five series.
Ogre vs. Latvijas Universitāte
| 9 May | Ogre | 72–60 (Series: 1–0) |
Latvijas Universitāte | Ogre, Latvia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 23–19, 10–14, 20–11 | |||
| Pts: Zēbergs 23 Rebs: Dārgais 12 Asts: Dārgais 7 PIR: Dārgais 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vīksne 20 Rebs: Vitoļskis, Putāns 6 Asts: Vitoļskis, Mežulis 3 PIR: Vitoļskis 19 |
Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 184 Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš, Juris Brūveris |
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| 12 May | Latvijas Universitāte | 51–69 (Series: 0–2) |
Ogre | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:15 | Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 15–17, 11–12, 17–14 | |||
| Pts: Vīksne 11 Rebs: Mežulis 7 Asts: Vīksne 5 PIR: Vīksne, Mežulis 10 |
Boxscore | Pts: Antrops 17 Rebs: Dārgais 13 Asts: Antrops 7 PIR: Antrops 22 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: 159 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Jānis Vārna |
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| 15 May | Ogre | 72–64 (Series: 3–0) |
Latvijas Universitāte | Ogre, Latvia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 18–19, 11–12, 22–13 | |||
| Pts: Antrops 33 Rebs: Dārgais 12 Asts: Dārgais 7 PIR: Dārgais 28 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vīksne 10 Rebs: Vīksne 7 Asts: Vitoļskis 4 PIR: Vīksne 14 |
Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 120 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Gatis Saliņš, Mārcis Senkēvičs |
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Final
The Final is best-of-seven series.
VEF vs. Ventspils
| 8 May | VEF Rīga | 94–80 (Series: 1–0) |
Ventspils | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 25–23, 16–12, 29–21 | |||
| Pts: Zoriks, Riley, Madsen 16 Rebs: Madsen 13 Asts: Zoriks, Riley 5 PIR: Madsen 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Ausējs 14 Rebs: Thomas 8 Asts: Jaunzems, Thomas 4 PIR: Thomas 19 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 800 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Jānis Rozenbergs |
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| 11 May | Ventspils | 93–88 (Series: 1–1) |
VEF Rīga | Ventspils |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 26–19, 21–22 | |||
| Pts: Thomas 19 Rebs: Krestinin 6 Asts: Ausējs 6 PIR: Thomas 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Zoriks 27 Rebs: Madsen 13 Asts: Zoriks 4 PIR: Madsen 24 |
Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1500 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Einārs Tukišs |
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| 14 May | VEF Rīga | vs. (Series: 2–1) |
Ventspils | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 | Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 27–14, 19–17, 24–11 | |||
| Pts: Hammonds 25 Rebs: Hammonds 10 Asts: Zoriks 5 PIR: Hammonds 34 |
[Boxscore] | Pts: Sīpoliņš 16 Rebs: Majauskas 6 Asts: Thomas 8 PIR: Sīpoliņš 15 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 1200 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins |
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| 17 May | Ventspils | 74–98 (Series: 1–3) |
VEF Rīga | Ventspils |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 24–20, 13–32, 19–20 | |||
| Pts: Krestinin 13 Rebs: Krestinin 8 Asts: Ausējs, Thomas 4 PIR: Krestinin 14 |
Boxscore | Pts: Madsen 16 Rebs: Hammonds 7 Asts: Zoriks 8 PIR: Hammonds, Zoriks 20 |
Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1870 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Andris Aunkrogers, Ritvars Helmšteins |
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| 19 May | VEF Rīga | 93–92 (Series: 4–1) |
Ventspils | Rīga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:40 | Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 15–32, 27–18, 26–24 | |||
| Pts: Zoriks 20 Rebs: Madsen, Miška 7 Asts: Zoriks 10 PIR: Zoriks 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Thomas 18 Rebs: Krestinin 7 Asts: Ausējs 7 PIR: Sīpoliņš 21 |
Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 900 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Oskars Lucis, Gatis Saliņš |
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Statistics
As of May 19, 2022.[2]
Efficiency
| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kristers Zoriks | VEF Rīga | 21.38 |
| 2. | Zigmārs Raimo | Liepāja | 21.00 |
| 3. | Kristaps Dārgais | Ogre | 20.45 |
| 4. |  Alexander Madsen | VEF Rīga | 17.88 |
| 5. | Dāvids Vīksne | Latvijas Universitāte | 16.36 |
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kristers Zoriks | VEF Rīga | 17.50 |
| 2. | Dāvids Vīksne | Latvijas Universitāte | 16.09 |
| 3. |  Andreii Voinalovych | Valmiera Glass ViA | 14.80 |
| 4. | Jānis Kaufmanis | Valmiera Glass ViA | 14.00 |
| 5. |  Jalen Riley | VEF Rīga | 13.88 |
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kristaps Dārgais | Ogre | 11.37 |
| 2. | Alexander Madsen | VEF Rīga | 7.75 |
| 3. | Zigmārs Raimo | Liepāja | 7.67 |
| 4. | Klāvs Dubults | Valmiera Glass ViA | 7.33 |
| 5. | Kārlis Apsītis | Valmiera Glass ViA | 6.20 |
Assists
| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kristers Zoriks | VEF Rīga | 6.50 |
| 2. | Rinalds Sirsniņš | Ogre | 5.78 |
| 3. | Zigmārs Raimo | Liepāja | 4.67 |
| 4. | Kristaps Dārgais | BK Ogre | 4.64 |
| 5. | Artūrs Ausējs | BK Ventspils | 4.30 |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
 | VEF Rīga | 7–1 |
 | BK Ventspils | 4–6 |
 | BK Ogre | 8–3 |
| 4th | Latvijas Universitāte | 3–8 |
| 5th | Valmiera Glass ViA | 2–3 |
| 6th | BK Liepāja | 0–3 |
References
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