Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Latvian Basketball League |
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1992 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | Latvia |
Continent | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) |
Valmiera (1st title) |
Most titles | Ventspils (9 titles) |
TV partner(s) | LTV7, Best4Sport TV, Sportacentrs TV |
Level on pyramid | 1st tier |
Relegation to | LBL2 |
Official website | basket.lv |
Latvian Basketball League (Latvian: Latvijas Basketbola līga or LBL) (also known as the Aldaris LBL for sponsorship reasons) is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK Ventspils won again in 2009, beating Barons/LMT in a thriller 4–3. Barons would return to the final the following year, this time against VEF Rīga, and win by the same 4–3 margin. The 2011 final again went to 7 games, with VEF Rīga defeating Ventspils.