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Baltic Basketball League 2012–13

2012–13 Baltic Basketball League
Season 2012–13
Champions Latvia Ventspils (1st title)
Runners-up Lithuania Prienai
Third place Estonia Kalev/Cramo
Fourth place Latvia Barons kvartāls
Teams 23
Games played 174
Dates October 1, 2012 – April 6, 2013
TV Viasat Sport Baltic
Awards
MVP Lithuania Gediminas Orelik
Finals MVP Latvia Jānis Timma
Statistical leaders
Points Latvia Māris Gulbis
18.73
Rebounds United States Tyler Cain
11.25
Assists Lithuania Augustas Pečiukevičius
5.71
All statistics correct as of September 17, 2014.

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.

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:

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:

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.


Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played. Statistics include only Regular Season games.
Source: Baltic Basketball League player statistics

Last updated: March 5, 2013.
Source: BBL Homepage


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