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.LBL home page
Format 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 Venues and locations
TeamHome city Arena CapacityBK Ogre Ogre Ogre's Secondary School No.1 500Latvijas Universitāte Rīga OSC 830Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center 2542Valmiera Glass ViA Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center 1500VEF Rīga Rīga Arena Riga 11 200OSC830Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olympic Center 3085
Personnel and sponsorship TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerBK Ogre Uldis Švēde Rinalds SirsniņšErreàLatvijas Universitāte Guntis Endzels Alberts PutānsNikeLiepāja Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis Roberts KrastiņšNikeValmiera Glass ViA Edmunds Valeiko Ervīns JonātsSpaldingVEF Rīga Jānis Gailītis Artis AteVentspils Gints Fogels Andrejs ŠeļakovsJoma
Seeding
Play-off bracket
Quarter-finals The quarter-finals are best-of-five series.
Valmiera Glass ViA vs. Latvijas Universitāte
Ogre vs. Liepāja
Semi-finals The semi-finals are best-of-five series.
Ventspils vs. Ogre
VEF Rīga vs. Latvijas Universitāte
Bronze serie The bronze medal serie is best-of-five series.
Ogre vs. Latvijas Universitāte
Final The Final is best-of-seven series.
VEF vs. Ventspils
Statistics As of May 19, 2022.Player stats
Efficiency RankNameTeam 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 RankNameTeam 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 RankNameTeam 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 RankNameTeam 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
Rank Team RecordVEF Rīga 7–1BK Ventspils 4–6BK Ogre 8–34thLatvijas Universitāte 3–85thValmiera Glass ViA 2–36thBK Liepāja 0–3
References