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.
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 Team Qualification1TÜ/Rock 28 26 2 54 Qualification to Playoffs2Kalev/Cramo28 23 5 51 3TTÜ28 17 11 45 4Valga28 14 14 42 5Tallinna Kalev28 11 17 39 6Rakvere Tarvas28 10 18 38 7Pärnu/Catwees28 8 20 36 8Kuremaa28 3 25 13 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
Individual statistics Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Points RankPlayerTeamGamesPointsPPG1 Kristo Saage Rakvere Tarvas 29 471 16.242 Evgeny Belousov Tallinna Kalev 21 336 16.003 Heigo Erm Pärnu/Catwees 21 310 14.76 4 Viktor Sanikidze TÜ/Rock 29 422 14.555 Veljo Vares Tallinna Kalev 30 435 14.50
Rebounds RankPlayerTeamGamesReboundsRPG1 Raido Ringmets Pärnu/Catwees 26 287 11.04 2 Richard Anderson Valga 35 3008.573 Viktor Sanikidze TÜ/Rock 29 222 7.664 Joosep Toome TTÜ 33 241 7.305 Nate Fox Kalev/Cramo23 164 7.13
Assists RankPlayerTeamGamesAssistsAPG1 Giorgi Tsintsadze TÜ/Rock 30 126 4.202 John Linehan Kalev/Cramo 26 94 3.623 Heiko Rannula Valga 36 120 3.334 Sven Pugonen Rakvere Tarvas 27 82 3.045 Raido Roos Valga31 912.94
Awards
Finals MVP Kristjan Kangur (Kalev/Cramo)
External links Korvpalli Meistriliiga
References