The 2014–15 Baltic Basketball League was the 11th season of the

Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus have participated in the Balti ...

. This season’s competition included 8 teams from

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

, 6 each from

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and Lithuania, and one team apiece representing

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

. For the regular season the teams were divided into three groups and competed in a round-robin competition system, with each team facing their opponent twice. Top four teams of each group and the best fifth placed team qualified for the eight-finals. The three teams who participated in

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and Eurocup competitions –

Šiauliai Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different ...

Tartu Ülikool/Rock University of Tartu basketball team ( et, link=no, Tartu Ülikooli korvpallimeeskond ), for sponsorship reasons known as Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits, is a professional basketball team based in Tartu, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian–Es ...

and

Ventspils Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see #Other names, other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population ...

– begin their journey at the start of the play-offs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season’s results. All play-off games were played in home-and-away series. In the Finals Lithuanian team

defended their title by beating Latvian side

156–150 on aggregate score. Third place belonged to Lithuanian side

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who beat Estonian team

with aggregate score of 125–123.

Teams

Team information

Regular season

The four best teams in each group and the best 5th placed team, which will be determined by place in the group; higher goal difference of all games in the group; higher number of goals in all games in the group, not accounting the games against the team placed 7th, will qualify for the 8th-finals.
Source
Changes in the BBL Regulations concerning the qualification for the Eighth-Finals
On 5 January 2015, Dynamo Moscow released an official statement announcing that the team will withdraw from the Baltic Basketball League, citing complicated economic situations and a tight match schedule. Results of all games played by Dynamo Moscow were nullified.
Source
Dynamo Moscow pull out from BBL

Group A

Group B

Group C

Playoffs

Bracket

Player statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Source
Baltic Basketball League player statistics
(2014–15)

Points

Assists

Rebounds

Efficiency

Awards

MVP of the Month

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Ronaldas Rutkauskas Ronaldas Rutkauskas (born 3 March 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. Born in Kaunas, he started his professional career in Sweden with 08 Stockholm. Rutkauskas received the BBL Best Rebounder Award in 2015 while playing for P� ...

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League seasons 2014–15 in European basketball leagues 2014–15 in Lithuanian basketball 2014–15 in Estonian basketball 2014–15 in Latvian basketball 2014–15 in Russian basketball 2014–15 in Finnish basketball