2012–13 Baltic Basketball League
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The 2012–13 Baltic Basketball League was the 9th season of the Baltic Basketball League.
2012–13 Baltic Basketball League | ||||||||||
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Season | 2012–13 | |||||||||
Duration | October 1, 2012 – April 6, 2013 | |||||||||
Number of games | 174 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 23 | |||||||||
TV partner(s) | Viasat Sport Baltic | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Season MVP | Gediminas Orelik | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Ventspils (1st title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | Prienai | |||||||||
Third place | Kalev/Cramo | |||||||||
Fourth place | Barons kvartāls | |||||||||
Finals MVP | Jānis Timma | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2011–12 2013–14 →
All statistics correct as of September 17, 2014. |
The Challenge Cup tournament was discontinued and the new format featured 23 teams – 9 from Lithuania, 8 from Estonia, 5 from Latvia and 1 from Kazakhstan. For the Regular season the teams were divided into three groups of six and one group of five.[1] Top four teams of each group advanced to Last 16 where they were divided into four groups. Two best teams of each group advanced to the play-offs. All play-off games were played in home-and-away series.[2]
Ventspils became the first ever Latvian team to win the tournament by beating Lithuanian side Prienai 161–142 on aggregate score in the finals.[3] Kalev/Cramo from Estonia won their first Baltic League medal by downing Latvian side Barons kvartāls 144–137 in the bronze medal playoffs.