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Baltic Basketball League
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Baltic Basketball League
SportBasketball
Founded2004
No. of teams26
CountryEstonia Estonia
Latvia Latvia
Lithuania Lithuania
Sweden Sweden
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
Official websiteBbl.net

Baltic Basketball League (BBL) - Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.

Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup. The winner of the Challenge Cup is promoted to the Elite division and the last team of the Elite division is relegated to the Challenge Cup. The Challenge Cup runner-up challenges the 9th place club of the Elite division in two matches for a place in the Elite division.

Before the regular season starts, there is a Presidents Cup. The participants are the Lithuanian champion, Latvian champion, Estonian champion, and one finalist from last seasons SEB BBL final.

2009-10 Teams

Elite Division

Challenge Cup


Baltic Basketball League champions

Season Winner Runner-up Final Score Finals host city
2004-05 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 64 - 60 Lithuania Vilnius
2005-06 Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas 86 - 74 Estonia Tallinn
2006-07 Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas 81 - 77 Latvia Riga
2007-08 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 86 - 84 Lithuania Šiauliai
2008-09 Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas 97 - 74 Estonia Tartu
2009-10 TBD TBD TBD

Baltic Basketball League Presidents Cup champions

Year Winner Runner-up Final Score Finals host city
2008 Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius Latvia Barons/LMT Riga 80 - 78 Latvia Riga
2009 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 83 - 78 Lithuania Kaunas

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