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LBL Play-offs
Dates5 April – 22 May
Games played22
Teams6
TV partner(s)
Regular season
Season MVPLatvia Dairis Bertāns
Finals
ChampionsVEF Rīga
Runners-upBK Ventspils
Third placeRīgas Zeļļi
Fourth placeValmiera Glass VIA
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 LBL Play-offs was the tournament to determine the Latvian Basketball League champions for the 2024–25 season. All participating teams spent the regular season in Latvian-Estonian Basketball League, with the top six Latvian teams advancing to the LBL play-offs. The play-offs began on 5 April.[1] VEF Rīga won its 12th championship.

Format

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Seven Latvian teams participated in 2024–25 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League regular season, determining seeding for the play-offs, as six of them qualified for the play-offs. Top two teams qualified for semi-finals, but other four teams started the play-off with quarterfinal series. Ouarterfinal, semifinal and bronze medal series are played in the best-of-five format, but final is played in the best-of-seven series.

Teams

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Venues and locations

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Location of teams in 2025 LBL Play-offs
Team Home city Arena Capacity
BK Ogre Ogre Sports Arena Ogre 1700
Latvijas Universitāte Rīga OSC 830
Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center 2542
Valmiera Glass ViA Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center 1500
VEF Rīga Rīga OSC 830
Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olympic Center 3085
Rīgas Zeļļi Rīga Daugava Sports House 500
Arena Riga 11 200

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer
BK Ogre Latvia Uldis Švēde Latvia Kristaps Dārgais Nike
Latvijas Universitāte Latvia Marts Ozolinkevičs Latvia Edvards Lucis Nike
Liepāja Latvia Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis Latvia Roberts Freimanis Nike
Valmiera Glass ViA Latvia Nikolajs Mazurs Latvia Edmunds Elksnis Nike
VEF Rīga Latvia Mārtiņš Gulbis Latvia Dairis Bertāns Adidas
Ventspils Latvia Gints Fogels Latvia Artūrs Ausējs Joma
Rīgas Zeļļi Latvia Juris Umbraško Latvia Uģis Pinete Nike

Seeding

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Latvia VEF Rīga 28 25 3 2370 1956 +414 .893 Advance to semifinals
2 Latvia Rīgas Zeļļi 28 22 6 2347 1977 +370 .786
3 Latvia BK Ogre 28 17 11 2294 2163 +131 .607 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Latvia Valmiera GLASS VIA 28 17 11 2319 2159 +160 .607
5 Latvia BK Liepāja 28 15 13 2345 2290 +55 .536
6 Latvia BK Ventspils 28 14 14 2492 2375 +117 .500
7 Latvia Latvijas Universitāte 28 3 25 1954 2394 −440 .107
Source: EstLatBL.com


Play-off bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
1 VEF Rīga 3
4 Valmiera Glass VIA 3 4 Valmiera Glass VIA 1
5 BK Liepāja 0 1 VEF Rīga 4
6 BK Ventspils 0
2 Rīgas Zeļļi 0
3 BK Ogre 1 6 BK Ventspils 3
6 BK Ventspils 3 Third place
4 Valmiera Glass VIA 1
2 Rīgas Zeļļi 3

Quarter-finals

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The quarter-finals are best-of-five series.

Valmiera Glass ViA vs. BK Liepāja

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5 April Valmiera Glass/ViA 84–73
(Series: 1–0) 		BK Liepāja Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 27-25, 11-19, 22-16, 24-13
Pts: Kohs 23
Rebs: Spear 11
Asts: Spear 6
PIR: Kohs 23 		Boxscore Pts: Lasenbergs 17
Rebs: Freimanis 6
Asts: Lasenbergs 6
PIR: Lasenbergs 15 		Arena: Valmiera Olympic Center
Attendance: 710
8 April BK Liepāja 86–92(OT)
(Series: 0–2) 		Valmiera Glass/ViA Liepāja
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 20-15, 22-20, 13-22, 21-19, Overtime: 10-16
Pts: Dubults 25
Rebs: Dubults 12
Asts: Lasenbergs 10
PIR: Dubults 23 		Boxscore Pts: Kohs 23
Rebs: Kohs 8
Asts: Smith 8
PIR: Kohs 23 		Arena: Liepāja Olympic Center
Attendance: 950
11 April Valmiera Glass/ViA 87–84
(Series: 3–0) 		BK Liepāja Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 19-28, 28-16, 15-21
Pts: Smith, Kohs 21
Rebs: Novitskyi 9
Asts: Smith 8
PIR: Kohs 23 		Boxscore Pts: Lasenbergs 26
Rebs: Dubults 15
Asts: Lasenbergs 5
PIR: Dubults 24 		Arena: Valmiera Olympic Center
Attendance: 706

BK Ogre vs. BK Ventspils

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16 April BK Ogre 78–97
(Series: 0–1) 		BK Ventspils Ogre
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 14-25, 14-17, 18-23, 32-32
Pts: Mediss 18
Rebs: Dārgais 15
Asts: Dārgais 7
PIR: Dārgais 22 		Boxscore Pts: Ausējs 20
Rebs: Randolph, Mežulis 7
Asts: Randolph, Ausējs, Censonis 4
PIR: Randolph 22 		Arena: Sports arena Ogre
Attendance: 850
19 April BK Ventspils 97–85
(Series: 2-0) 		BK Ogre Ventspils
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 34-21, 20-34, 26-23, 17-7
Pts: Ausējs 23
Rebs: Zaķis 11
Asts: Randolph 8
PIR: Randolph 31 		Boxscore Pts: Dārgais 18
Rebs: Dārgais 15
Asts: Dārgais 6
PIR: Dārgais 39 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1028
22 April BK Ogre 98–91
(Series: 1-2) 		BK Ventspils Ogre
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 21-21, 30-21, 29-25, 18-24
Pts: Rasnick 33
Rebs: Sīpoliņš 7
Asts: Žunda 3
PIR: Rasnick 29 		Boxscore Pts: Randolph 22
Rebs: Mežulis 10
Asts: Blomgren 5
PIR: Blomgren 22 		Arena: Sports arena Ogre
Attendance: 639
25 April BK Ventspils 91–80
(Series: 3-1) 		BK Ogre Ventspils
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 25-21, 25-21, 27-26, 14-12
Pts: Blomgren 22
Rebs: Zaķis, Watson 8
Asts: Zaķis 5
PIR: Blomgren 23 		Boxscore Pts: Zēbergs 14
Rebs: Dārgais 15
Asts: Dārgais 7
PIR: Dārgais 28 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 869

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals are best-of-five series.

VEF Rīga vs. Valmiera Glass/VIA

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25 April VEF Rīga 97–81
(Series: 1–0) 		Valmiera Glass/ViA Rīga
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 16-24, 28-16, 34-16, 19-25
Pts: Sanon 25
Rebs: Bobrov 7
Asts: Bobrov 7
PIR: Cleary 25 		Boxscore Pts: Kohs 19
Rebs: Novitskyi 11
Asts: Nuga 7
PIR: Kohs 21 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 559
28 April Valmiera Glass/ViA 80–73
(Series: 1-1) 		VEF Rīga Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 15-27, 25-15, 20-18, 20-13
Pts: Novitskyi 23
Rebs: Novitskyi 17
Asts: Smith 5
PIR: Novitskyi 33 		Boxscore Pts: Sanon 20
Rebs: Sanon 9
Asts: Sanon 8
PIR: Sanon 31 		Arena: Valmiera Olympic Centre
Attendance: 687
1 May VEF Rīga 110–95
(Series: 2-1) 		Valmiera Glass/ViA Valmiera
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 27-19, 23-28, 34-28, 26-20
Pts: Sanon 26
Rebs: Bobrov 8
Asts: Cleary 11
PIR: Sanon 34 		Boxscore Pts: Kohs 22
Rebs: Smith 7
Asts: Smith 8
PIR: Ate, Novitskyi 24 		Arena: Valmiera Olympic Centre
Attendance: 642
4 May Valmiera Glass/ViA 84–108
(Series: 1-3) 		VEF Rīga Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 28-21, 21-31, 23-25, 12-31
Pts: Smith 23
Rebs: Ate 8
Asts: Karlsons, Smith 4
PIR: Smith 21 		Boxscore Pts: Sanon 26
Rebs: Bobrov 16
Asts: Sanon 9
PIR: Bobrov 39 		Arena: Valmiera Olympic Centre
Attendance: 950

Rīgas Zeļļi vs. BK Ventspils

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29 April Rīgas Zeļļi 95–97
(Series: 0-1) 		BK Ventspils Rīga
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 27-23, 23-25, 18-28, 27-21
Pts: Ford 22
Rebs: Raimo 6
Asts: Skuja 9
PIR: Ford 19 		Boxscore Pts: Randolph 25
Rebs: Watson 6
Asts: Blomgren 5
PIR: Randolph 23 		Arena: Daugava Sports Hall
Attendance: 426
2 May BK Ventspils 97–83
(Series: 2-0) 		Rīgas Zeļļi Ventspils
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 21-23, 32-28, 23-18, 21-14
Pts: Randolph 24
Rebs: Randolph, Blomgren 7
Asts: Blomgren 6
PIR: Blomgren 24 		Boxscore Pts: Vīksne 18
Rebs: Ford 9
Asts: Skuja, Ford, Vīksne, Bērziņš 3
PIR: Helmanis 20 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1583
5 May Rīgas Zeļļi 84–94
(Series: 0-3) 		BK Ventspils Rīga
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 20-32, 23-18, 21-23, 20-21
Pts: Ford 25
Rebs: Helmanis 11
Asts: Skuja 7
PIR: Helmanis 25 		Boxscore Pts: Randolph 21
Rebs: Ausējs 8
Asts: Randolph 7
PIR: Randolph 27 		Arena: Daugava Sports Hall
Attendance: 576

Bronze medal

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The bronze medal series are best-of-five series.

Rīgas Zeļļi vs. Valmiera Glass ViA

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14 May Rīgas Zeļļi 83–97
(Series: 0-1) 		Valmiera Glass/ViA Rīga
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 14-23, 30-20, 15-27, 24-27
Pts: Skuja 20
Rebs: Freimanis 11
Asts: Skuja 8
PIR: Freimanis 22 		Boxscore Pts: Smith 30
Rebs: Ate 12
Asts: Smith 10
PIR: Smith 33 		Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 2048
17 May Valmiera Glass/ViA 79–85
(Series: 1-1) 		Rīgas Zeļļi Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 8-21, 17-23, 29-14, 25-27
Pts: Smith 26
Rebs: Smith 9
Asts: Smith 7
PIR: Smith 28 		Boxscore Pts: Ford 22
Rebs: Lācis 7
Asts: Skuja 9
PIR: Ford 19 		Arena: Valmiera Olympic Center
Attendance: 745
20 May Rīgas Zeļļi 83–62
(Series: 2-1) 		Valmiera Glass/ViA Rīga
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 25-11, 15-20, 25-11
Pts: Freimanis 16
Rebs: Lācis 10
Asts: Ford 8
PIR: Skuja, Lācis 17 		Boxscore Pts: Novitskyi 15
Rebs: Novitskyi 9
Asts: Smith 5
PIR: Novitskyi 20 		Arena: Daugava Sports Hall
Attendance: 363
24 May Valmiera Glass/ViA 68–109
(Series: 1-3) 		Rīgas Zeļļi Valmiera
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 16-28, 23-24, 21-28, 8-29
Pts: Novitskyi 18
Rebs: Ate 5
Asts: Karlsons, Smith, Ate 3
PIR: Novitskyi, Ate 20 		Boxscore Pts: Freimanis 22
Rebs: Ford 7
Asts: Skuja 7
PIR: Bērziņš 25 		Arena: Valmiera Olympic Center
Attendance: 710

Final

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The finals are best-of-seven series.

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ventspils

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13 May VEF Rīga 91–77
(Series: 1-0) 		BK Ventspils Rīga
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 23-23, 22-17, 18-24, 28-13
Pts: Bobrov 31
Rebs: Bobrov 10
Asts: Sanon 11
PIR: Bobrov 39 		Boxscore Pts: Ausējs 17
Rebs: Zaķis 6
Asts: Ausējs 4
PIR: Zaķis 17 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
Attendance: 478
17 May BK Ventspils 106–114
(Series: 0-2) 		VEF Rīga Ventspils
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 24-16, 29-37, 23-26, 30-35
Pts: Ausējs 29
Rebs: Watson 7
Asts: Blomgren 6
PIR: Ausējs 21 		Boxscore Pts: Bertāns 26
Rebs: Bobrov, Sanon 6
Asts: Sanon 11
PIR: Bertāns 26 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1487
19 May VEF Rīga 89–68
(Series: 3-0) 		BK Ventspils Rīga
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 23-16, 26-18, 22-9, 18-25
Pts: Bertāns 18
Rebs: Bobrov 12
Asts: Būmeisters, Bertāns, Sanon 4
PIR: Bertāns 21 		Boxscore Pts: Randolph, Bērze 11
Rebs: Lekūnas 7
Asts: Randolph 6
PIR: Randolph 13 		Arena: Rimi Olympic Center
22 May BK Ventspils 91–93
(Series: 0-4) 		VEF Rīga Ventspils
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29-23, 24-19, 20-32, 18-19
Pts: Randolph 26
Rebs: Zaķis 7
Asts: Randolph 7
PIR: Randolph 33 		Boxscore Pts: Sanon 25
Rebs: Bobrov 12
Asts: Sanon 11
PIR: Sanon 30 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 716

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s) VEF Rīga 7-1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BK Ventspils 6-5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rīgas Zeļļi 3-4
4th Valmiera Glass VIA 5-6
5th BK Ogre 1–3
6th BK Liepāja 0–3
7th Latvijas Universitāte

References

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  1. ^ LBL home page
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