2015–16 Baltic Basketball League

none 2014–15 2016–17 2015–16 Baltic Basketball League black white 2015–16 Viasat Sport Baltic, Delfi TV LTU Šiauliai (3rd title) EST Tartu Ülikool/Rock LTU Lietkabelis LAT Valmiera/ORDO 17 116 October 13, 2015 – April 6, 2016 Šiauliai LTU 20px Rokas GiedraitisSiauliai win Triobet BBL third time in a row! http://bbl.net/en/news/siauliai-win-triobet-bbl-third-time-in-a-row-/ BBL.net 7 April 2016 USA 20px Andrew Warren 25.6 USA 20px Stephen Zack 11.0 EST 20px Rait-Riivo Laane 6.6 The 2015–16 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 12th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the first under the title sponsorship of Triobet.BBL signs three-year partnership with Triobet October 13, 2015 Baltic Basketball League http://bbl.net/en/news/bbl-signs-three-year-partnership-with-triobet-company/ Overview This season’s competition included 6 teams from Estonia, 5 teams from Latvia and Lithuania and one team from Kazakhstan, which played all its games away.Format of 2015-16 BBL season confirmed September 6, 2015 Baltic Basketball League http://bbl.net/en/news/news-12/ For the regular season the teams were divided into two groups of seven teams and competed in a round-robin competition system, with team facing each of their opponents twice. The teams qualified for the eighth-finals based on their ranking after the regular season. Out of the five teams who participated in FIBA Europe Cup competition – Ventspils, Juventus, Šiauliai, TÜ/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.Triobet BBL Play-Off pairs confirmed February 3, 2016 Baltic Basketball League http://bbl.net/en/news/triobet-bbl-play-off-pairs-confirmed/ All play-off games were played in home-and-away series. Tartu Ülikool/Rock became the first Estonian team to reach the Baltic League finals. In the Finals they lost with an aggregate score of 157–176 to Lithuanian team Šiauliai who won their third title in a row. Third place belonged to Lithuanian side Lietkabelis who beat Latvian team Valmiera/ORDO with aggregate score of 160–154. 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 Group Team City, Country Arena Head coach Group A EST AVIS Rapla Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall EST Aivar Kuusmaa LAT Barons/LDz Riga, Latvia Mārupe Arena LAT Agris Galvanovskis LTU Lietkabelis Panevėžys, Lithuania Cido Arena LTU Gintaras Kadžiulis LTU Nevėžis Kėdainiai, Lithuania Kėdainiai Arena LTU Ramūnas Cvirka EST Pärnu Sadam Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall EST Mait Käbin EST TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall EST Kalle Klandorf LAT Valmiera/ORDO Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Center LAT Ainars Zvirgzdiņš Group B KAZ Barsy Atyrau Atyrau, Kazakhstan The team will play away RUS Oleg Kiselev LAT Jēkabpils Jēkabpils, Latvia Jēkabpils Sporta nams LAT Igors Miglinieks LAT Jūrmala/Fēnikss Jūrmala, Latvia Taurenītis LAT Arnis Vecvagars LAT Liepāja/Triobet Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Center LAT Uvis Helmanis EST Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere, Estonia Rakvere Sports Hall EST Andres Sõber EST TTÜ Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall EST Rait Käbin LTU Vytautas Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania Prienai Arena LTU Virginijus Šeškus Playoffs LTU Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena LTU Mantas Šernius LTU Šiauliai Šiauliai, Lithuania Šiauliai Arena LTU Gediminas Petrauskas EST TÜ/Rock Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall EST Gert Kullamäe Regular season Baltic states black Location of teams of the 2015–16 Baltic Basketball League right 350 Baltic states 55.300141 24.00046 bottom Nevėžis Baltic states 56.061241 24.413692 Pieno žvaigždės Baltic states 54.646339 23.960624 Vytautas Baltic states 55.920662 23.282121 top Šiauliai Baltic states 55.733287 24.339438 bottom Lietkabelis Baltic states 56.906878 24.058336 bottom Barons/LDz Baltic states 56.516667 21 Liepāja/Triobet Baltic states 56.966667 23.75 left Jūrmala/Fēnikss Baltic states 57.55 25.4 right Valmiera Baltic states 56.499444 25.878333 right Jēkabpils Baltic states 59.35 26.35 right Tarvas Baltic states 58.38 24.5 left Pärnu Baltic states 58.99 24.8 right Rapla Baltic states 58.38 26.71 bottom TÜ/Rock Baltic states 59.43 24.74 left TTÜTLÜ/Kalev The Regular season ran from October 13, 2015 to January 27, 2016. Group A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! width=20| Pos Position !! width=210|Team !! width=30|Pld Games played !! width=30|W Won !! width=30| L Lost !! width=30|PF Points for!! width=30|PA Points against!!width=35|PD Point difference!! width=30|Pts Points !! width=120| Qualification |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |1.||align="left"|LTU Lietkabelis || 12 || 10 || 2 || 1026 || 888 || +138 || 22 | rowspan=7 align="center"|Playoffs |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |2.||align="left"|LAT Valmiera/ORDO || 12 || 9 || 3 || 941 || 865 || +76 || 21 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |3.||align="left"|EST AVIS Rapla|| 12 || 7 || 5 || 838 || 897 || −59 || 19 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |4.||align="left"|EST TLÜ/Kalev || 12 || 6 || 6 || 895 || 916 || −21 || 18 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |5.||align="left"|LTU Nevėžis || 12 || 4 || 8 || 889 || 909 || −20 || 16 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |6.||align="left"|LAT Barons/LDz || 12 || 4 || 8 || 910 || 941 || −31 || 16 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |7.||align="left"|EST Pärnu Sadam || 12 || 2 || 10 || 899 || 982 || −83 || 14 BBL Homepage February 4, 2016 February 2016 Group B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! width=20| Pos Position !! width=210|Team !! width=30|Pld Games played !! width=30|W Won !! width=30| L Lost !! width=30|PF Points for!! width=30|PA Points against!!width=35|PD Point difference!! width=30|Pts Points !! width=120| Qualification |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |1.||align="left"|LTU Vytautas || 12 || 11 || 1 || 1005 || 894 || +111 || 23 | rowspan=6 align="center"|Playoffs |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |2.||align="left"|LAT Liepāja/Triobet || 12 || 8 || 4 || 939 || 909 || +30 || 20 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |3.||align="left"|LAT Jēkabpils || 12 || 7 || 5 || 921 || 914 || +7 || 19 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |4.||align="left"|EST Rakvere Tarvas || 12 || 6 || 6 || 914 || 891 || +23 || 18 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |5.||align="left"|LAT Jūrmala/Fēnikss || 12 || 5 || 7 || 884 || 870 || +14 || 17 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |6.||align="left"|KAZ Barsy Atyrau || 12 || 3 || 9 || 900 || 970 || −70 || 15 |- bgcolor=#FFCCCC |7.||align="left"|EST TTÜ || 12 || 2 || 10 || 845 || 960 || −115 || 14 || align"center"|Eliminated BBL Homepage February 4, 2016 February 2016 Playoffs Bracket 2 score nowrap EightfinalsFebruary 8–25 QuarterfinalsMarch 1–10 SemifinalsMarch 15–23 FinalsMarch 29–April 6 170 1 LTU Šiauliai 101 85 16 EST Pärnu Sadam 61 80 8 LAT Jēkabpils 65 93 9 EST AVIS Rapla 79 65 4 LTU Vytautas 83 83 13 LTU Nevėžis 78 107 5 LTU Lietkabelis 88 92 12 LAT Jūrmala/Fēnikss 88 78 2 EST TÜ/Rock 105 99 15 KAZ Barsy Atyrau 77 74 7 LAT Liepāja/Triobet 74 93 10 EST Rakvere Tarvas 50 87 3 LTU Pieno žvaigždės 110 93 14 LAT Barons/LDz 84 93 6 LAT Valmiera/ORDO 84 87 11 EST TLÜ/Kalev 66 68 1 LTU Šiauliai 73 91 8 LAT Jēkabpils 64 93 13 LTU Nevėžis 61 59 5 LTU Lietkabelis 84 64 2 EST TÜ/Rock 93 80 7 LAT Liepāja/Triobet 66 76 3 LTU Pieno žvaigždės 71 78 6 LAT Valmiera/ORDO 81 80 1 LTU Šiauliai 77 91 5 LTU Lietkabelis 67 79 2 EST TÜ/Rock 68 75 6 LAT Valmiera/ORDO 64 68 1 LTU Šiauliai 74 102 2 EST TÜ/Rock 81 76 2 score nowrap Third place seriesMarch 30–April 5 5 LTU Lietkabelis 74 86 6 LAT Valmiera/ORDO 90 64 Player statistics Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played. Points RankPlayerTeamGamesPointsAverage1USA Andrew WarrenEST Pärnu Sadam7179 25.572CAN Johnny Berhanemeskel EST TLÜ/Kalev 14 264 18.863LAT Reinis Strupovičs EST Rakvere Tarvas 10 175 17.504USA Michael Burwell KAZ Barsy Atyrau 13 219 16.855USA Kris Richard LAT Liepāja/Triobet 15 252 16.80 Assists RankPlayerTeamGamesAssistsAverage1EST Rait-Riivo Laane EST TTÜ 12 79 6.582LAT Rinalds Sirsniņš LAT Jēkabpils 13 75 5.773SRB Miljan Pavković LTU Lietkabelis 13 75 5.624LAT Edgars Jeromanovs LAT Jūrmala/Fēnikss 14 74 5.295USA Derrick Low LTU Pieno žvaigždės 4 21 5.25 Rebounds RankPlayerTeamGamesReboundsAverage1USA Stephen Zack LAT Liepāja/Triobet 12 132 11.002LTU Ronaldas Rutkauskas LAT Jēkabpils 13 121 9.313USA Carl Hipp LAT Barons/LDz 11 98 8.914USA William Artino EST AVIS Rapla 12 106 8.835USA David Haughton EST Rakvere Tarvas 14 122 8.71 Efficiency RankNameTeamGamesEfficiencyAverage1LTU Giedrius Staniulis LTU Pieno žvaigždės 3 65 21.672USA Andrew WarrenEST Pärnu Sadam7147 21.003LTU Paulius Petrilevičius EST Pärnu Sadam 12 231 19.254LTU Vytautas Šulskis LTU Vytautas 13 250 19.235LTU Ronaldas Rutkauskas LAT Jēkabpils 13 248 19.08 Awards MVP of the Month {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center"|Month ! align="center" width=200|Player ! align="center" width=200|Team ! align="center" width=|Ref. |- |October 2015||align="left"|USA Andrew Warren ||align="left"|EST Pärnu Sadam || |- |November 2015||align="left"|LTU Paulius Petrilevicius ||align="left"|EST Pärnu Sadam || |- |December 2015||align="left"|LTU Laimonas Kisielius ||align="left"|LTU Vytautas || |- |January 2016||align="left"|LTU Ronaldas Rutkauskas ||align="left"|LAT Jēkabpils || BBL Homepage February 3, 2016 February 2016 References 2 External links http://www.bbl.net Category:Baltic Basketball League seasons Category:2015–16 in European basketball leagues Category:2015–16 in Lithuanian basketball Category:2015–16 in Estonian basketball Category:2015–16 in Latvian basketball Category:2015–16 in Kazakhstani basketball