2008–09 KML season

Estonian national championships in basketball 2007–08 2009–10 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga1 1 Sponsored league name, referring to SEB. 2008–09 Kalev/Cramo3rd title TÜ/Rock TTÜ Valga 8 15 October 2008 – 1 June 2009 TÜ/Rock EST Kristjan Kangur EST Kristo Saage 16.24 EST Raido Ringmets 11.04 GEO Giorgi Tsintsadze 4.20 The 2008–09 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga is the 18th season of the Estonian basketball league and the fifth under the title sponsorship of SEB. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this is the 84th season of the Estonian men's basketball league. TÜ/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2007–08 KML season. The season started on 15 October 2008 and concluded on 1 June 2009 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 2 in the 2009 KML Finals to win their 3rd Estonian League title.http://www.spordiinfo.ee/esbl/tulemused/voistlused/4611/84_eesti_meeste_meistrivoistlused 84. EESTI MEESTE MEISTRIVÕISTLUSED Estonian Spordiinfo.ee Teams TeamLocationArenaCapacityKalev/CramoTallinnSaku Suurhall7,200KuremaaTallinnTorma Sports HallPärnu/CatweesPärnuPärnu kesklinna koolide võimlaRakvere TarvasRakvereRakvere Sports Hall2,747Tallinna KalevTallinnPirita Gymnasium of EconomicsTTÜTallinnTTÜ Sports Hall1,000TÜ/RockTartuUniversity of Tartu Sports Hall1,650ValgaValgaValga Sports Hall561 Regular season League table Pos Position Team Pld Games played W Games won L Games lost Pts Points PCT Winning percentage Qualification1TÜ/Rock 28 26 2 54 26 2Qualification to Playoffs2Kalev/Cramo28 23 5 51 23 53TTÜ28 17 11 45 17 114Valga28 14 14 42 14 145Tallinna Kalev28 11 17 39 11 176Rakvere Tarvas28 10 18 38 10 187Pärnu/Catwees28 8 20 36 8 208Kuremaa28 3 25 13 3 25 Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2009. Source: KML (2008/2009) Playoffs The playoffs began on 23 April 2009 and ended on 1 June 2009. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 2 in the 2009 KML Finals. Bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 4 Valga 3 5 Tallinna Kalev 2 3 TTÜ 3 6 Rakvere Tarvas 0 1 TÜ/Rock 3 4 Valga 0 2 Kalev/Cramo 3 3 TTÜ 0 1 TÜ/Rock 2 2 Kalev/Cramo 4 3 TTÜ 2 4 Valga 0 Individual statistics Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played. Points RankPlayerTeamGamesPointsPPG1EST Kristo Saage Rakvere Tarvas 29 471 16.242RUS Evgeny Belousov Tallinna Kalev 21 336 16.003EST Heigo Erm Pärnu/Catwees 21 310 14.76 4GEO Viktor Sanikidze TÜ/Rock 29 422 14.555EST Veljo Vares Tallinna Kalev 30 435 14.50 Rebounds RankPlayerTeamGamesReboundsRPG1EST Raido Ringmets Pärnu/Catwees 26 287 11.04 2CAN Richard Anderson Valga 35 3008.573GEO Viktor Sanikidze TÜ/Rock 29 222 7.664EST Joosep Toome TTÜ 33 241 7.305USA Nate Fox Kalev/Cramo23 164 7.13 Assists RankPlayerTeamGamesAssistsAPG1GEO Giorgi Tsintsadze TÜ/Rock 30 126 4.202USA John Linehan Kalev/Cramo 26 94 3.623EST Heiko Rannula Valga 36 120 3.334EST Sven Pugonen Rakvere Tarvas 27 82 3.045EST Raido Roos Valga31 912.94 Awards Finals MVP EST Kristjan Kangur (Kalev/Cramo) External links Korvpalli Meistriliiga References 2 Category:Korvpalli Meistriliiga seasons Estonian KML