2012–13 Baltic Basketball League


The 2012–13 Baltic Basketball League was the 9th season of the Baltic Basketball League.
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. 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.
Ventspils became the first ever Latvian team to win the tournament by beating Lithuanian side Prienai 161–142 on aggregate score in the finals. Kalev/Cramo from Estonia won their first Baltic League medal by downing Latvian side Barons kvartāls 144–137 in the bronze medal playoffs.

Teams

Regular season

The Regular season ran from October 1, 2012 to December 18, 2012.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular season.
  4. Points scored during the Regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular season match.
Top four places in each group advance to Last 16
Eliminated

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break
1. Ventspils10100811595+21620
2. Šiauliai1082881660+22118
3. Palanga/Triobet1055673790–11715
4. Barsy Atyrau1046763795–3214
5. TTÜ KK1028665773–10812
6. TYCO Rapla1019692872–18011

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break
1. Tartu Ülikool/Rock1091919696+22319
2. Lietkabelis1082811727+8418
3. Juventus1055845830+1515
4. Jelgava1046791864–7314
5. Liepāja/Triobet1028695790–95121–1
6. Valga/Maks & Moorits1028666820–154121–1

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break
1. Prienai10100915672+24320
2. Rakvere Tarvas1055792819–27153–1
3. Barons kvartāls1055759814–55152–2
4. Sakalai1055779764+15151–3
5. Nevėžis1046768732+3614
6. Tallinna Kalev1019664876–21211

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break
1. Pieno žvaigždės880693551+14216
2. Kalev/Cramo862616556+6014
3. Valmiera835595636–4111
4. KK Pärnu826573630–5710
5. LSU/Baltai817542646–1049

Last 16

The Last 16 phase ran from January 8, 2013 to February 26, 2013.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Last 16 phase, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Last 16 phase.
  4. Points scored during the Last 16 phase.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 16 phase match.
Top two teams in each group advance to quarterfinals.
Eliminated

Group E

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break
1. Ventspils651480386+94111–1
2. Barons kvartāls651443436+7111–1
3. KK Pärnu615474506–3271–1
4. Lietkabelis615443512–6971–1

Group F

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break
1. Tartu Ülikool/Rock642485410+75101–1
2. Šiauliai642500469+31101–1
3. Valmiera633416419–39
4. Sakalai615380483–1037

Group G

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break
1. Prienai651535443+92111–1
2. Kalev/Cramo651495421+74111–1
3. Jelgava624508588–808
4. Palanga/Triobet606477563–866

Group H

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break
1. Pieno žvaigždės642509451+58102–2
2. Rakvere Tarvas642533489+44102–2
3. Juventus642547505+42102–2
4. Barsy Atyrau606432576–1446

Play-offs

In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

Bracket

Finals

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Baltic Basketball League 2013 Champions

Ventspils
1st title

Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played. Statistics include only Regular Season games.

Source:

Efficiency

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

BBL 2012–13 Season MVP