The 2020–21
Korvpalli Meistriliiga
The Korvpalli Meistriliiga ( en, Basketball Champions League), known as the OlyBet Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier level and most important professional basketball league in Estonia. It is controlled by the Est ...
(KML) season, also known as PAF Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, was the 95th season of the top-tier
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
league in Estonia.
The play-offs began on 19 April 2021 and ended on 17 May with
BC Kalev/Cramo
BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...
defeating
Pärnu Sadam in the finals for their 12th Estonian Championship.
Teams
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Coaching changes
Regular season
Team standings are calculated as follows:
#Four rounds of Estonian-Latvian Basketball League regular season games.
#Two rounds of Korvpalli Meistriliiga regular season games.
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BC Kalev/Cramo
BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...
's Estonian-Latvian Basketball League third and fourth round games are counted twice.
Any games postponed and not rearranged until 17 April 2021 are cancelled and regular season standings are determined by winning percentage.
League table
Results
Playoffs
The play-offs began on 19 April and ended on 17 May. The tournament concluded with
BC Kalev/Cramo
BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...
defeating
Pärnu Sadam three games to one in the finals.
Bracket
Awards
Finals Most Valuable Player
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Chavaughn Lewis
Chavaughn Lewis (born February 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played high school basketball at St. Mary's High School in Manhasset, New York, reaching the ...
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BC Kalev/Cramo
BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...
)
Best Young Player
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Hugo Toom (
Pärnu Sadam)
Best Defender
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Märt Rosenthal
Märt Rosenthal (born 15 March 1999) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He also represents the Estonian national team. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), he plays a ...
(
Pärnu Sadam)
Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award.
Some of the ...
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Roberts Štelmahers
Roberts Štelmahers (born November 19, 1974) is a Latvian retired professional basketball player, who played the point guard position. Štelmahers was a member of the Latvia national basketball team from 1992 to 2005 participating in four EuroB ...
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BC Kalev/Cramo
BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...
)
All-KML Team
All-KML Team ( et, Korvpalli Meistriliiga tähtede viisik) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Estonia, the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). It is the yearly selection of the league's top five basketball players, by positio ...
See also
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2020–21 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
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2020–21 VTB United League
The 2020–21 VTB United League was the 12th season of the VTB United League. It was the eight season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level.
Teams
A total of 13 teams from five countries contested the league, includ ...
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2020–21 Basketball Champions League
The 2020–21 Basketball Champions League was the 5th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs launched and managed by FIBA. The season began on 15 September 2020 and ...
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2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup
The 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup was the sixth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The season started on 26 January 2021 as it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
I ...
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:2020-21 KML season
Korvpalli Meistriliiga seasons
Estonian
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* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
* Estonian culture
See also ...
KML
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