The MasterCard Baltic Basketball League 2010–11 was the 7th season of the

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and the second under the title

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of Mastercard. It was the fourth season of BBL as a two division league. The format featured 14 teams in the Elite Division and 10 teams in the Challenge Cup. Elite Division regular season started on September 29, 2010, and ended with the Final Four held in the

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. It was won by

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who defeated

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in the championship game on April 10, 2011. Challenge Cup regular season started on October 12, 2010, and ended with two-legged finals between

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and KK Kaunas. The champions were BC Juventus who won both games.

Teams

Elite Division † As winner of the 2009–10 Challenge Cup
‡ As runner-up of the 2009–10 Challenge Cup
^ Qualified directly to playoffs Challenge Cup

Elite Division

Regular season

The Regular season began on October 29, 2010, with

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hosting BC Rūdupis.

Playoffs

2009–10 Elite Division finalists

and

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qualified directly to quarterfinals where they were joined by the six top teams of the regular season.Board of MasterCard Baltic Basketball League decides upon the season 2010/2011
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Quarterfinals

BC Žalgiris vs. BC Nevėžis BK Ventspils vs. Tartu Ülikool/Rock Lietuvos Rytas vs. Šiauliai BK VEF Rīga vs. BC Rūdupis

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Challenge Cup

Regular season

Round 1

Group A Group B

Round 2

Play-offs

Semifinals

BC Neptūnas vs. BC Juventus BC Techasas vs. KK Kaunas

Third place games

BC Neptūnas vs. BC Techasas

Finals

BC Juventus vs. KK Kaunas

Relegation Playoffs

TTÜ/Kalev and SK Valmiera from the Elite Division and the Challenge Cup finalists

and KK Kaunas participate in a two-legged playoffs for two spots in the BBL Elite Division for 2011–12 season.

Qualification – Pair A

Qualification – Pair B

and KK Kaunas will play in the BBL Elite Division in the 2011–12 season. * SK Valmiera and TTÜ/Kalev will be relegated to the BBL Challenge Cup for the 2011–12 season.

Individual statistics

Note: Excluded are all players who have played less than 10 games during all stages of the season in their respective division.

Awards

Elite Division season MVP

* Artsiom Parakhouski (

)

Elite Division Final Four MVP

* Tadas Klimavičius (

)

MVP of the Month

References

External links

*
Eurobasket.com League Page
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