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2022 LBL Play-offs

The 2022 LBL Play-offs was the tournament to determine the Latvian Basketball League champions for the 2021–22 season. All participating teams spent the regular season in Latvian-Estonian Basketball League, with the top six Latvian teams advancing to the LBL play-offs. The play-offs began on 13 April.[1]

LBL Play-offs
Dates13 April – 19 May
Games played24
Teams6
TV partner(s)
Regular season
Season MVPLatvia Kristers Zoriks
Finals
ChampionsVEF Rīga
  Runners-upVentspils
Third placeBK Ogre
Fourth placeLatvijas Universitāte
← 2021
2023 →

Format

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All six Latvian teams participated in 2021–22 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League regular season, determining seeding for the play-offs. Top two teams qualified for semi-finals, but other four teams started the play-off with quarterfinal series. Ouarterfinal, semifinal and bronze medal series are played in the best-of-five format, but final is played in the best-of-seven series.

Teams

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Venues and locations

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Location of teams in 2022 LBL Play-offs
Team Home city Arena Capacity
BK Ogre Ogre Ogre's Secondary School No.1 500
Latvijas Universitāte Rīga OSC 830
Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center 2542
Valmiera Glass ViA Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center 1500
VEF Rīga Rīga Arena Riga 11 200
OSC 830
Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olympic Center 3085

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer
BK Ogre   Uldis Švēde   Rinalds Sirsniņš Erreà
Latvijas Universitāte   Guntis Endzels   Alberts Putāns Nike
Liepāja   Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis   Roberts Krastiņš Nike
Valmiera Glass ViA   Edmunds Valeiko   Ervīns Jonāts Spalding
VEF Rīga   Jānis Gailītis   Artis Ate
Ventspils   Gints Fogels   Andrejs Šeļakovs Joma

Seeding

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1   VEF Rīga 26 23 3 2346 1808 +538 .885 Advance to semifinals
2   Ventspils 26 21 5 2163 1909 +254 .808
3   Ogre 26 16 10 2125 2011 +114 .615 Advance to quarterfinals
4   Valmiera Glass VIA 26 8 18 1925 2101 −176 .308
5   Latvijas Universitāte 26 6 20 1809 2047 −238 .231
6   Liepāja 26 5 21 1973 2186 −213 .192
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: estlatbl.com


Play-off bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
1 VEF Rīga 3
4 Valmiera Glass VIA 2 5 Latvijas Universitāte 0
5 Latvijas Universitāte 3 1 VEF Rīga 4
2 Ventspils 1
2 Ventspils 3
3 Ogre 3 3 Ogre 2
6 Liepāja 0 Third place
5 Latvijas Universitāte 0
3 Ogre 3

Quarter-finals

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The quarter-finals are best-of-five series.

Valmiera Glass ViA vs. Latvijas Universitāte

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13 April Valmiera Glass/ViA 75–68
(Series: 1–0) 		Latvijas Universitāte Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 20–11, 17–18, 23–14
Pts: Voinalovych 23
Rebs: Dubults 12
Asts: Kaufmanis, Clark 3
PIR: Voinalovych 25 		Boxscore Pts: Vīksne 16
Rebs: Mežulis 5
Asts: Putāns 5
PIR: Mežulis 17 		Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center
Attendance: 507
Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Einārs Tukišs
16 April Latvijas Universitāte 79–66
(Series: 1–1) 		Valmiera Glass/ViA Rīga
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 20–24, 16–15, 25–16
Pts: Vitoļskis 21
Rebs: Mežulis 10
Asts: Vitoļskis 6
PIR: Vitoļskis 28 		Boxscore Pts: Apsītis 15
Rebs: Apsītis 9
Asts: Liepiņš 4
PIR: Apsītis 18 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Centre
Attendance: 150
Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Juris Brūveris
19 April Valmiera Glass/ViA 85–67
(Series: 2–1) 		Latvijas Universitāte Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 19–19, 18–14, 21–16
Pts: Apsītis 26
Rebs: Apsītis 8
Asts: Clark 6
PIR: Apsītis 30 		Boxscore Pts: Vīksne 23
Rebs: Vīksne 8
Asts: Putāns 3
PIR: Vīksne 26 		Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center
Attendance: 562
Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Elvis Binders-Čoders
21 April Latvijas Universitāte 62–55
(Series: 2–2) 		Valmiera Glass/ViA Rīga
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 15–10, 16–7, 13–22
Pts: Vīksne 20
Rebs: Vīksne 10
Asts: Vitoļskis 4
PIR: Vīksne 29 		Boxscore Pts: Voinalovych 12
Rebs: Apsītis 8
Asts: Clark, Engers 3
PIR: Kaufmanis 10 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Centre
Attendance: 73
Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Jānis Rozenbergs
23 April Valmiera Glass/ViA 66–69
(Series: 2–3) 		Latvijas Universitāte Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 21–21, 8–24, 13–14
Pts: Kaufmanis 26
Rebs: Clarck, Voinalovych 7
Asts: Kaufmanis 5
PIR: Kaufmanis 23 		Boxscore Pts: Vīksne 19
Rebs: Vīksne, Avotiņš, Mežulis 6
Asts: Putāns 4
PIR: Putāns 19 		Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins

Ogre vs. Liepāja

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14 April Ogre 82–65
(Series: 1–0) 		Liepāja Ogre
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 23–18, 11–13, 19–14
Pts: Zēbergs 22
Rebs: Dārgais 10
Asts: Sirsniņš 8
PIR: Zēbergs 24 		Boxscore Pts: Raimo 15
Rebs: Raimo 9
Asts: Raimo 5
PIR: Raimo 25 		Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola
Attendance: 197
Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Mārcis Senkēvičs
16 April Liepāja 84–89
(Series: 0–2) 		Ogre Liepāja
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 24–28, 25–15, 13–29
Pts: Šiliņš 16
Rebs: Raimo 6
Asts: Raimo 6
PIR: Raimo 21 		Boxscore Pts: Jucikas 22
Rebs: Dārgais 9
Asts: Sirsniņš 11
PIR: Jucikas 20 		Arena: Liepāja Olympic Center
Attendance: 250
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Andris Petrovs
20 April Ogre 84–69
(Series: 3–0) 		Liepāja Ogre
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–21, 26–14, 22–16
Pts: Nixon 16
Rebs: Dārgais 12
Asts: Sirsniņš 14
PIR: Dārgais 21 		Boxscore Pts: Krastiņš 16
Rebs: Raimo 8
Asts: Vītols 5
PIR: Raimo 17 		Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola
Attendance: 250
Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Rafiks Misirovs

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals are best-of-five series.

Ventspils vs. Ogre

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26 April Ventspils 83–900(OT)
(Series: 0–1) 		Ogre Ventspils
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 13–18, 28–18, 14–21, Overtime: 4–11
Pts: Ausējs 21
Rebs: Krestinin 10
Asts: Ausējs, Mediss, Thomas 3
PIR: Thomas 17 		Boxscore Pts: Antrops 15
Rebs: Dārgais 17
Asts: Sirsniņš 9
PIR: Dārgais 28 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1470
Referees: Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins, Jānis Vārna
29 April Ogre 78–85
(Series: 1–1) 		Ventspils Ogre
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 20–28, 17–17, 15–22
Pts: Jucikas 19
Rebs: Dārgais 9
Asts: Sirsniņš 7
PIR: Dārgais 18 		Boxscore Pts: Ķilps 22
Rebs: Krestinin 10
Asts: Ausējs 6
PIR: Jaunzems 27 		Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola
Attendance: 943
Referees: Oskars Lucis, Einārs Tukišs, Rafiks Misirovs
2 May Ventspils 61–76
(Series: 1–2) 		Ogre Ventspils
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 7–19, 17–21, 23–23
Pts: Jaunzems 15
Rebs: Ausējs, Jaunzems, Ķilps 6
Asts: Ausējs, Zotovs, Ķilps 3
PIR: Jaunzems 14 		Boxscore Pts: Zēbergs 14
Rebs: Dārgais 9
Asts: Nixon, Dārgais 5
PIR: Dārgais 15 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1650
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Andris Aunkrogers, Kristaps Konstantinovs
4 May Ogre 64–89
(Series: 2–2) 		Ventspils Ogre
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 13–23, 18–21, 16–22
Pts: Nixon 15
Rebs: Dārgais 9
Asts: Nixon 5
PIR: Nixon 16 		Boxscore Pts: Ķilps 17
Rebs: Thomas, Krestinin 6
Asts: Mediss 5
PIR: Thomas 17 		Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola
Attendance: 1242
Referees: Oskars Lucis, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins
6 May Ventspils 77–73
(Series: 3–2) 		Ogre Ventspils
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–18, 21–8, 21–25
Pts: Ausējs 21
Rebs: Sīpoliņš 7
Asts: Ausējs, Thomas 5
PIR: Thomas 19 		Boxscore Pts: Dārgais, Antrops 17
Rebs: Dārgais 17
Asts: Dārgais 6
PIR: Dārgais 35 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 2200
Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš

VEF Rīga vs. Latvijas Universitāte

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25 April VEF Rīga 100–62
(Series: 1–0) 		Latvijas Universitāte Rīga
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 31–17, 18–18, 27–13
Pts: Zoriks 18
Rebs: Madsen 9
Asts: Zoriks 8
PIR: Zoriks 25 		Boxscore Pts: Vīksne 22
Rebs: Putāns 7
Asts: Vitoļskis 4
PIR: Vīksne 22 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 400
Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Mārcis Senkēvičs, Juris Brūveris
28 April Latvijas Universitāte 64–114
(Series: 0–2) 		VEF Rīga Rīga
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 15–26, 16–28, 14–29
Pts: Kampuss 13
Rebs: Briedis, Mežulis, Vīksne 4
Asts: Briedis 4
PIR: Briedis 12 		Boxscore Pts: Riley 20
Rebs: Madsen 8
Asts: Zoriks 10
PIR: Madsen 25 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 150
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Einārs Tukišs, Elvis Binders-Čoders
1 May VEF Rīga 87–78
(Series: 3–0) 		Latvijas Universitāte Rīga
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 24–15, 21–26, 20–14
Pts: Zoriks 22
Rebs: Miška 9
Asts: Riley 6
PIR: Zoriks 23 		Boxscore Pts: Miglinieks 14
Rebs: R.Avotiņš, Strautiņš 5
Asts: Vitoļskis 10
PIR: Miglinieks 12 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 250
Referees: Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins, Andris Petrovs

Bronze serie

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The bronze medal serie is best-of-five series.

Ogre vs. Latvijas Universitāte

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9 May Ogre 72–60
(Series: 1–0) 		Latvijas Universitāte Ogre, Latvia
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 23–19, 10–14, 20–11
Pts: Zēbergs 23
Rebs: Dārgais 12
Asts: Dārgais 7
PIR: Dārgais 23 		Boxscore Pts: Vīksne 20
Rebs: Vitoļskis, Putāns 6
Asts: Vitoļskis, Mežulis 3
PIR: Vitoļskis 19 		Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola
Attendance: 184
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš, Juris Brūveris
12 May Latvijas Universitāte 51–69
(Series: 0–2) 		Ogre Rīga
20:15 Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 15–17, 11–12, 17–14
Pts: Vīksne 11
Rebs: Mežulis 7
Asts: Vīksne 5
PIR: Vīksne, Mežulis 10 		Boxscore Pts: Antrops 17
Rebs: Dārgais 13
Asts: Antrops 7
PIR: Antrops 22 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 159
Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Jānis Vārna
15 May Ogre 72–64
(Series: 3–0) 		Latvijas Universitāte Ogre, Latvia
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 18–19, 11–12, 22–13
Pts: Antrops 33
Rebs: Dārgais 12
Asts: Dārgais 7
PIR: Dārgais 28 		Boxscore Pts: Vīksne 10
Rebs: Vīksne 7
Asts: Vitoļskis 4
PIR: Vīksne 14 		Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola
Attendance: 120
Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Gatis Saliņš, Mārcis Senkēvičs

Final

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The Final is best-of-seven series.

VEF vs. Ventspils

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8 May VEF Rīga 94–80
(Series: 1–0) 		Ventspils Rīga
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 25–23, 16–12, 29–21
Pts: Zoriks, Riley, Madsen 16
Rebs: Madsen 13
Asts: Zoriks, Riley 5
PIR: Madsen 26 		Boxscore Pts: Ausējs 14
Rebs: Thomas 8
Asts: Jaunzems, Thomas 4
PIR: Thomas 19 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 800
Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Jānis Rozenbergs
11 May Ventspils 93–88
(Series: 1–1) 		VEF Rīga Ventspils
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 26–19, 21–22
Pts: Thomas 19
Rebs: Krestinin 6
Asts: Ausējs 6
PIR: Thomas 20 		Boxscore Pts: Zoriks 27
Rebs: Madsen 13
Asts: Zoriks 4
PIR: Madsen 24 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Einārs Tukišs
14 May VEF Rīga vs.
(Series: 2–1) 		Ventspils Rīga
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 27–14, 19–17, 24–11
Pts: Hammonds 25
Rebs: Hammonds 10
Asts: Zoriks 5
PIR: Hammonds 34 		[Boxscore] Pts: Sīpoliņš 16
Rebs: Majauskas 6
Asts: Thomas 8
PIR: Sīpoliņš 15 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 1200
Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins
17 May Ventspils 74–98
(Series: 1–3) 		VEF Rīga Ventspils
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 24–20, 13–32, 19–20
Pts: Krestinin 13
Rebs: Krestinin 8
Asts: Ausējs, Thomas 4
PIR: Krestinin 14 		Boxscore Pts: Madsen 16
Rebs: Hammonds 7
Asts: Zoriks 8
PIR: Hammonds, Zoriks 20 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1870
Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Andris Aunkrogers, Ritvars Helmšteins
19 May VEF Rīga 93–92
(Series: 4–1) 		Ventspils Rīga
17:40 Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 15–32, 27–18, 26–24
Pts: Zoriks 20
Rebs: Madsen, Miška 7
Asts: Zoriks 10
PIR: Zoriks 24 		Boxscore Pts: Thomas 18
Rebs: Krestinin 7
Asts: Ausējs 7
PIR: Sīpoliņš 21 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 900
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Oskars Lucis, Gatis Saliņš

Statistics

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As of May 19, 2022.[2]

Efficiency

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Rank Name Team APG
1.   Kristers Zoriks VEF Rīga 21.38
2.   Zigmārs Raimo Liepāja 21.00
3.   Kristaps Dārgais Ogre 20.45
4.   Alexander Madsen VEF Rīga 17.88
5.   Dāvids Vīksne Latvijas Universitāte 16.36

Points

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Rank Name Team PPG
1.   Kristers Zoriks VEF Rīga 17.50
2.   Dāvids Vīksne Latvijas Universitāte 16.09
3.   Andreii Voinalovych Valmiera Glass ViA 14.80
4.   Jānis Kaufmanis Valmiera Glass ViA 14.00
5.   Jalen Riley VEF Rīga 13.88

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team RPG
1.   Kristaps Dārgais Ogre 11.37
2.   Alexander Madsen VEF Rīga 7.75
3.   Zigmārs Raimo Liepāja 7.67
4.   Klāvs Dubults Valmiera Glass ViA 7.33
5.   Kārlis Apsītis Valmiera Glass ViA 6.20

Assists

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Rank Name Team APG
1.   Kristers Zoriks VEF Rīga 6.50
2.   Rinalds Sirsniņš Ogre 5.78
3.   Zigmārs Raimo Liepāja 4.67
4.   Kristaps Dārgais BK Ogre 4.64
5.   Artūrs Ausējs BK Ventspils 4.30

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
  VEF Rīga 7–1
  BK Ventspils 4–6
  BK Ogre 8–3
4th Latvijas Universitāte 3–8
5th Valmiera Glass ViA 2–3
6th BK Liepāja 0–3

References

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  1. ^ LBL home page
  2. ^ Player stats
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