2025–26 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Optibet Latvian–Estonian Basketball League1
Season2025–26
Duration30 September 2025 – April 2026
Teams14
TV partnersDelfi TV, Inspira, TV4, Best4Sport TV
Records
Biggest home winKalev/Cramo 123–65 Keila Coolbet (15 November 2025)
Biggest away winViimsi 69–108 TalTech/ALEXELA
(2 November 2025)
Highest attendance2,128
TalTech/ALEXELA 77–82 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
(25 October 2025)
Lowest attendance140
Latvijas Universitāte 73–97 Transcom Pärnu
(11 October 2025)
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Optibet Latvian-Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, is the eight season of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, the premier basketball competition for men's teams in Latvia and Estonia.

Teams

The number of teams decreased from 15 to 14, due to Utilitas Rapla leaving the league.[1]

Venues and locations

Location of teams in 2025–26 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Team Home city Arena Capacity
BK Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center 2,542
BK Ogre Ogre Arēna Ogre 1,700
BK Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olympic Center 3,085
Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Tondiraba Sports Center 7,700[2]
Kalev Sports Hall 1,700[3]
Keila Coolbet Keila Keila Health Center 800[4]
Keila KK
Latvijas Universitāte Riga O. Kalpaka RTDP 258
Rīgas Zeļļi Team Sports Games Hall 3,000
TalTech/ALEXELA Tallinn TalTech Sports Hall 1,000[5]
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall 2,600[6]
Transcom Pärnu Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall 1,820[7]
Valmiera Glass VIA Valmiera Valmiera Olympic Center 1,500
VEF Rīga Riga Rimi Olympic Sports Center 830
Viimsi Haabneeme Forus Sports Center 500[8]

Coaching changes

Pre-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
Valmiera Glass VIA Nikolajs Mazurs Kaspars Vecvagars
Latvijas Universitāte Gunārs Gailītis Marts Ozolinkēvičs
In-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
Kalev/Cramo Indrek Reinbok Anton Mirolybov

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 12 12 0 1040 924 +116 1.000 Qualification to playoffs
2 Rīgas Zeļļi 14 13 1 1319 1046 +273 .929
3 VEF Rīga 14 12 2 1269 1101 +168 .857
4 BK Ventspils 14 10 4 1265 1158 +107 .714
5 Valmiera Glass VIA 13 9 4 1136 1004 +132 .692
6 TalTech/ALEXELA 13 8 5 1101 1067 +34 .615
7 Kalev/Cramo 11 6 5 1037 917 +120 .545
8 BK Ogre 14 6 8 1105 1097 +8 .429
9 Transcom Pärnu 11 3 8 862 885 −23 .273
10 BK Liepāja 12 3 9 944 1041 −97 .250
11 Keila KK 14 3 11 1140 1372 −232 .214
12 Keila Coolbet 12 2 10 950 1103 −153 .167
13 Viimsi 14 3 11 1061 1257 −196 .214
14 Latvijas Universitāte 12 0 12 896 1153 −257 .000
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: EstLatBL.com

Results

Home \ Away BKL OGR BKV KAL KCB KEI LAT ZEL TCH TRT PRN VAL VEF VMS
BK Liepāja — 11 Feb 18 Feb 14 Feb 28 Jan 21 Jan 5 Jan 77–79 71–80 81–87 83–90 78–83 14 Mar 80–83
BK Ogre 76–83 — 70–71 111–101 14 Jan 4 Feb 14 Mar 65–87 14 Feb 28 Jan 71–60 20 Dec 92–94 77–67
BK Ventspils 104–69 4 Jan — 14 Mar 6 Mar 117–93 105–88 13 Jan 80–84 75–85 27 Jan 10 Mar 13 Feb 113–88
Kalev/Cramo 20 Dec 10 Mar 92–99 — 123–65 117–70 95–58 72–100 8 Mar 68–80 17 Jan 23 Dec 3 Jan 28 Jan
Keila Coolbet 88–91 71–97 80–81 24 Jan — 11 Mar 91–81 13 Mar 16 Jan 4 Jan 21 Dec 14 Feb 6 Feb 62–75
Keila KK 79–89 74–90 7 Feb 3 Mar 96–90 — 7 Mar 27 Jan 10 Jan 17 Jan 70–97 14 Mar 80–105 82–77
Latvijas Universitāte 11 Mar 68–81 20 Jan 13 Feb 4 Feb 75–103 — 65–109 7 Jan 1 Feb 73–97 70–98 27 Jan 14 Jan
Rīgas Zeļļi 109–76 18 Feb 81–90 7 Feb 21 Nov 108–73 99–77 — 96–65 27 Dec 7 Mar 82–80 21 Dec 14 Mar
TalTech/ALEXELA 21 Dec 80–77 86–80 84–98 86–63 110–82 4 Mar 11 Mar — 77–82 86–78 83–91 7 Feb 4 Feb
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 7 Feb 65–59 21 Dec 10 Jan 90–79 89–83 103–86 14 Feb 14 Mar — 83–71 86–81 95–78 30 Dec
Transcom Pärnu 14 Jan 7 Jan 73–82 78–86 31 Jan 27 Dec 7 Feb 76–83 24 Jan 4 Mar — 62–78 11 Feb 11 Mar
Valmiera Glass VIA 6 Feb 86–65 93–99 7 Jan 97–80 86–81 1 Nov 4 Jan 20 Jan 7 Mar 3 Feb — 18 Feb 90–64
VEF Rīga 83–71 90–74 76–69 90–85 27 Dec 122–74 87–78 88–97 98–72 11 Mar 90–80 85–74 — 83–60
Viimsi 4 Mar 21 Jan 8 Feb 82–100 92–98 92–98 85–77 64–95 69–108 86–93 11 Jan 69–99 8 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. Source: EstLatBL.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

MVP of the Month

Month Player Club Ref.
2025
October
 Dominykas Stenionis Valmiera Glass VIA
[9]
November
 Frankie Fidler Rīgas Zeļļi
[10]

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average
1 Transcom Pärnu 3,453 1,022 607 863†
2 Valmiera Glass VIA 4,240 976 675 848†
3 TalTech/ALEXELA 6,582 2,128 472 822†
4 Rīgas Zeļļi 5,728 1,518 369 716†
5 Kalev/Cramo 4,223 1,482 426 703†
6 BK Ventspils 3,996 874 457 666†
7 BK Liepāja 3,598 900 367 599†
8 BK Ogre 3,414 568 350 487†
9 VEF Rīga 5,114 768 268 464†
10 Viimsi 2,500 507 287 357†
11 Keila KK 2,145 671 178 357†
12 Keila Coolbet 1,212 348 160 242†
13 Latvijas Universitāte 825 190 140 165†
League total 45,869 2,128 140 583†

Source: EstLatBL.com

Clubs in European competitions

FIBA competitions
Team Competition Progress
VEF Rīga Champions League Regular season
Kalev/Cramo Qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Regular season
Transcom Pärnu Qualifying round
Regional competitions
Team Competition Progress
Keila Coolbet European North Basketball League Regular season
Rīgas Zeļļi Regular season
TalTech/ALEXELA Regular season
Valmiera Glass VIA Regular season

References

  1. ^ "Eesti-Läti Korvpalliliigas osaleb uuel hooajal 13 meeskonda". 2 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Tondiraba Jäähall". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Kalevi Spordihall". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Keila Tervisekeskus". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli spordihoone". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Pärnu Spordihall". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  8. ^ "FORUS Spordikeskus Viimsi". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  9. ^ "October MVP: I'm in the right place at the right time and finally playing with joy". EstLatBL.com. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  10. ^ "MVP in the house!!". EstLatBL.com. 8 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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