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The 2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, known as Paf Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the 2nd season of the
Latvian–Estonian Basketball League The Latvian-Estonian Basketball League (, ); known as Optibet Latvian-Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier men's basketball league in Latvia and Estonia. The competition was introduced in 2018 and is organised by th ...
, the combined top
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. On 12 March 2020, the league was suspended until further notice due to the
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. Eventually, the league was not resumed and no champions were named.


Competition format

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of the regular season, which lasts from 27 September 2019 to 22 March 2020, all the teams play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 28 games. Teams are ranked by total points, with the eight highest-ranked teams advancing to the quarter-finals. Unlike the previous season, in this season the quarterfinal series will be played to two wins. The winning teams will determine the champion in a Final Four tournament.


Teams

15 teams, 8 from
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and 7 from
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, are contesting the league in the 2019–20 season.


Venues and locations


Regular season


League table


Results


Estonian championship

The national play-off was cancelled due to the
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. The ranking (no champion, no medallists) was set: # Kalev/Cramo # Avis Utilitas Rapla # Pärnu Sadam # Tartu Ülikool # Rakvere Tarvas # Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ # TalTech DQ Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits


Latvian championship

The national play-off was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. The classification was made based on overall results in 2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League as of 13 March: # VEF Rīga #
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# SilJa1 # Valmiera Glass/ViA #
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1 The club Jūrmala Betsafe changed its name to SilJa in mid-March.


References


External links


Official websiteEstonian Basketball Association

Latvian Basketball Association
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