2022 LBL Play-offs

Latvian national championships in basketball

LBL Play-offs
Dates	13 April – 19 May
Number of games	24
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	TV4 Sportacentrs TV LTV7
Regular season
Season MVP	Kristers Zoriks
Finals
Champions	VEF Rīga
Runners-up	Ventspils
Third place	BK Ogre
Fourth place	Latvijas Universitāte
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 LBL Play-offs was the tournament to determine the Latvian Basketball League champions for the 2021–22 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 13 April.^[1]

Format

All six Latvian teams participated in 2021–22 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League regular season, determining seeding 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

Venues and locations

Ventspils

VEF Rīga

Liepāja

Ogre

Valmiera Glass ViA

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Location of teams in 2022 LBL Play-offs

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
BK Ogre	Ogre	Ogre's Secondary School No.1	500
Latvijas Universitāte	Rīga	OSC	830
Liepāja	Liepāja	Liepāja Olympic Center	2542
Valmiera Glass ViA	Valmiera	Vidzeme Olympic Center	1500
VEF Rīga	Rīga	Arena Riga	11 200
VEF Rīga	Rīga	OSC	830
Ventspils	Ventspils	Ventspils Olympic Center	3085

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
BK Ogre	Uldis Švēde	Rinalds Sirsniņš	Erreà
Latvijas Universitāte	Guntis Endzels	Alberts Putāns	Nike
Liepāja	Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis	Roberts Krastiņš	Nike
Valmiera Glass ViA	Edmunds Valeiko	Ervīns Jonāts	Spalding
VEF Rīga	Jānis Gailītis	Artis Ate
Ventspils	Gints Fogels	Andrejs Šeļakovs	Joma

Seeding

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	VEF Rīga	26	23	3	2346	1808	+538	.885	Advance to semifinals
2	Ventspils	26	21	5	2163	1909	+254	.808	Advance to semifinals
3	Ogre	26	16	10	2125	2011	+114	.615	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Valmiera Glass VIA	26	8	18	1925	2101	−176	.308
5	Latvijas Universitāte	26	6	20	1809	2047	−238	.231
6	Liepāja	26	5	21	1973	2186	−213	.192

Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: estlatbl.com

Play-off bracket

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Finals

			1	VEF Rīga	3
4	Valmiera Glass VIA	2	5	Latvijas Universitāte	0
5	Latvijas Universitāte	3				1	VEF Rīga	4
						2	Ventspils	1
			2	Ventspils	3
3	Ogre	3	3	Ogre	2
6	Liepāja	0				Third place

						5	Latvijas Universitāte	0
						3	Ogre	3

Quarter-finals

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

Valmiera Glass ViA vs. Latvijas Universitāte

Valmiera Glass/ViA v Latvijas Universitāte

13 April	Valmiera Glass/ViA	75–68 (Series: 1–0)	Latvijas Universitāte	Valmiera
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 20–11, 17–18, 23–14
	Pts: Voinalovych 23 Rebs: Dubults 12 Asts: Kaufmanis, Clark 3 PIR: Voinalovych 25	Boxscore	Pts: Vīksne 16 Rebs: Mežulis 5 Asts: Putāns 5 PIR: Mežulis 17	Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center Attendance: 507 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Einārs Tukišs

Latvijas Universitāte v Valmiera Glass/ViA

16 April	Latvijas Universitāte	79–66 (Series: 1–1)	Valmiera Glass/ViA	Rīga
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 20–24, 16–15, 25–16
	Pts: Vitoļskis 21 Rebs: Mežulis 10 Asts: Vitoļskis 6 PIR: Vitoļskis 28	Boxscore	Pts: Apsītis 15 Rebs: Apsītis 9 Asts: Liepiņš 4 PIR: Apsītis 18	Arena: Rimi Olympic Centre Attendance: 150 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Juris Brūveris

Valmiera Glass/ViA v Latvijas Universitāte

19 April	Valmiera Glass/ViA	85–67 (Series: 2–1)	Latvijas Universitāte	Valmiera
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 19–19, 18–14, 21–16
	Pts: Apsītis 26 Rebs: Apsītis 8 Asts: Clark 6 PIR: Apsītis 30	Boxscore	Pts: Vīksne 23 Rebs: Vīksne 8 Asts: Putāns 3 PIR: Vīksne 26	Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center Attendance: 562 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Elvis Binders-Čoders

Latvijas Universitāte v Valmiera Glass/ViA

21 April	Latvijas Universitāte	62–55 (Series: 2–2)	Valmiera Glass/ViA	Rīga
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 15–10, 16–7, 13–22
	Pts: Vīksne 20 Rebs: Vīksne 10 Asts: Vitoļskis 4 PIR: Vīksne 29	Boxscore	Pts: Voinalovych 12 Rebs: Apsītis 8 Asts: Clark, Engers 3 PIR: Kaufmanis 10	Arena: Rimi Olympic Centre Attendance: 73 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Jānis Rozenbergs

Valmiera Glass/ViA v Latvijas Universitāte

23 April	Valmiera Glass/ViA	66–69 (Series: 2–3)	Latvijas Universitāte	Valmiera
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 21–21, 8–24, 13–14
	Pts: Kaufmanis 26 Rebs: Clarck, Voinalovych 7 Asts: Kaufmanis 5 PIR: Kaufmanis 23	Boxscore	Pts: Vīksne 19 Rebs: Vīksne, Avotiņš, Mežulis 6 Asts: Putāns 4 PIR: Putāns 19	Arena: Vidzeme Olympic Center Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins

Ogre vs. Liepāja

Ogre v Liepāja

14 April	Ogre	82–65 (Series: 1–0)	Liepāja	Ogre
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 23–18, 11–13, 19–14
	Pts: Zēbergs 22 Rebs: Dārgais 10 Asts: Sirsniņš 8 PIR: Zēbergs 24	Boxscore	Pts: Raimo 15 Rebs: Raimo 9 Asts: Raimo 5 PIR: Raimo 25	Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 197 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Mārcis Senkēvičs

Liepāja v Ogre

16 April	Liepāja	84–89 (Series: 0–2)	Ogre	Liepāja
14:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 24–28, 25–15, 13–29
	Pts: Šiliņš 16 Rebs: Raimo 6 Asts: Raimo 6 PIR: Raimo 21	Boxscore	Pts: Jucikas 22 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Sirsniņš 11 PIR: Jucikas 20	Arena: Liepāja Olympic Center Attendance: 250 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Andris Petrovs

Ogre v Liepāja

20 April	Ogre	84–69 (Series: 3–0)	Liepāja	Ogre
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–21, 26–14, 22–16
	Pts: Nixon 16 Rebs: Dārgais 12 Asts: Sirsniņš 14 PIR: Dārgais 21	Boxscore	Pts: Krastiņš 16 Rebs: Raimo 8 Asts: Vītols 5 PIR: Raimo 17	Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 250 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Rafiks Misirovs

Semi-finals

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

Ventspils vs. Ogre

Ventspils v Ogre

26 April	Ventspils	83–900(OT) (Series: 0–1)	Ogre	Ventspils
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 13–18, 28–18, 14–21, Overtime: 4–11
	Pts: Ausējs 21 Rebs: Krestinin 10 Asts: Ausējs, Mediss, Thomas 3 PIR: Thomas 17	Boxscore	Pts: Antrops 15 Rebs: Dārgais 17 Asts: Sirsniņš 9 PIR: Dārgais 28	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1470 Referees: Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins, Jānis Vārna

Ogre v Ventspils

29 April	Ogre	78–85 (Series: 1–1)	Ventspils	Ogre
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 20–28, 17–17, 15–22
	Pts: Jucikas 19 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Sirsniņš 7 PIR: Dārgais 18	Boxscore	Pts: Ķilps 22 Rebs: Krestinin 10 Asts: Ausējs 6 PIR: Jaunzems 27	Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 943 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Einārs Tukišs, Rafiks Misirovs

Ventspils v Ogre

2 May	Ventspils	61–76 (Series: 1–2)	Ogre	Ventspils
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 7–19, 17–21, 23–23
	Pts: Jaunzems 15 Rebs: Ausējs, Jaunzems, Ķilps 6 Asts: Ausējs, Zotovs, Ķilps 3 PIR: Jaunzems 14	Boxscore	Pts: Zēbergs 14 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Nixon, Dārgais 5 PIR: Dārgais 15	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1650 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Andris Aunkrogers, Kristaps Konstantinovs

Ogre v Ventspils

4 May	Ogre	64–89 (Series: 2–2)	Ventspils	Ogre
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 13–23, 18–21, 16–22
	Pts: Nixon 15 Rebs: Dārgais 9 Asts: Nixon 5 PIR: Nixon 16	Boxscore	Pts: Ķilps 17 Rebs: Thomas, Krestinin 6 Asts: Mediss 5 PIR: Thomas 17	Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 1242 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins

Ventspils v Ogre

6 May	Ventspils	77–73 (Series: 3–2)	Ogre	Ventspils
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–18, 21–8, 21–25
	Pts: Ausējs 21 Rebs: Sīpoliņš 7 Asts: Ausējs, Thomas 5 PIR: Thomas 19	Boxscore	Pts: Dārgais, Antrops 17 Rebs: Dārgais 17 Asts: Dārgais 6 PIR: Dārgais 35	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 2200 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš

VEF Rīga vs. Latvijas Universitāte

VEF Rīga v Latvijas Universitāte

25 April	VEF Rīga	100–62 (Series: 1–0)	Latvijas Universitāte	Rīga
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 31–17, 18–18, 27–13
	Pts: Zoriks 18 Rebs: Madsen 9 Asts: Zoriks 8 PIR: Zoriks 25	Boxscore	Pts: Vīksne 22 Rebs: Putāns 7 Asts: Vitoļskis 4 PIR: Vīksne 22	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 400 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Mārcis Senkēvičs, Juris Brūveris

Latvijas Universitāte v VEF Rīga

28 April	Latvijas Universitāte	64–114 (Series: 0–2)	VEF Rīga	Rīga
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 15–26, 16–28, 14–29
	Pts: Kampuss 13 Rebs: Briedis, Mežulis, Vīksne 4 Asts: Briedis 4 PIR: Briedis 12	Boxscore	Pts: Riley 20 Rebs: Madsen 8 Asts: Zoriks 10 PIR: Madsen 25	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 150 Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Einārs Tukišs, Elvis Binders-Čoders

VEF Rīga v Latvijas Universitāte

1 May	VEF Rīga	87–78 (Series: 3–0)	Latvijas Universitāte	Rīga
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 24–15, 21–26, 20–14
	Pts: Zoriks 22 Rebs: Miška 9 Asts: Riley 6 PIR: Zoriks 23	Boxscore	Pts: Miglinieks 14 Rebs: R.Avotiņš, Strautiņš 5 Asts: Vitoļskis 10 PIR: Miglinieks 12	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 250 Referees: Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins, Andris Petrovs

Bronze serie

The bronze medal serie is best-of-five series.

Ogre vs. Latvijas Universitāte

Ogre v Latvijas Universitāte

9 May	Ogre	72–60 (Series: 1–0)	Latvijas Universitāte	Ogre, Latvia
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 23–19, 10–14, 20–11
	Pts: Zēbergs 23 Rebs: Dārgais 12 Asts: Dārgais 7 PIR: Dārgais 23	Boxscore	Pts: Vīksne 20 Rebs: Vitoļskis, Putāns 6 Asts: Vitoļskis, Mežulis 3 PIR: Vitoļskis 19	Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 184 Referees: Andris Aunkrogers, Gatis Saliņš, Juris Brūveris

Latvijas Universitāte v Ogre

12 May	Latvijas Universitāte	51–69 (Series: 0–2)	Ogre	Rīga
20:15	Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 15–17, 11–12, 17–14
	Pts: Vīksne 11 Rebs: Mežulis 7 Asts: Vīksne 5 PIR: Vīksne, Mežulis 10	Boxscore	Pts: Antrops 17 Rebs: Dārgais 13 Asts: Antrops 7 PIR: Antrops 22	Arena: Rimi Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: 159 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Ritvars Helmšteins, Jānis Vārna

Ogre v Latvijas Universitāte

15 May	Ogre	72–64 (Series: 3–0)	Latvijas Universitāte	Ogre, Latvia
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 18–19, 11–12, 22–13
	Pts: Antrops 33 Rebs: Dārgais 12 Asts: Dārgais 7 PIR: Dārgais 28	Boxscore	Pts: Vīksne 10 Rebs: Vīksne 7 Asts: Vitoļskis 4 PIR: Vīksne 14	Arena: Ogres 1. vidusskola Attendance: 120 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Gatis Saliņš, Mārcis Senkēvičs

Final

The Final is best-of-seven series.

VEF vs. Ventspils

VEF Rīga v Ventspils

8 May	VEF Rīga	94–80 (Series: 1–0)	Ventspils	Rīga
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 25–23, 16–12, 29–21
	Pts: Zoriks, Riley, Madsen 16 Rebs: Madsen 13 Asts: Zoriks, Riley 5 PIR: Madsen 26	Boxscore	Pts: Ausējs 14 Rebs: Thomas 8 Asts: Jaunzems, Thomas 4 PIR: Thomas 19	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 800 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs, Kristaps Konstantinovs, Jānis Rozenbergs

Ventspils v VEF Rīga

11 May	Ventspils	93–88 (Series: 1–1)	VEF Rīga	Ventspils
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 26–19, 21–22
	Pts: Thomas 19 Rebs: Krestinin 6 Asts: Ausējs 6 PIR: Thomas 20	Boxscore	Pts: Zoriks 27 Rebs: Madsen 13 Asts: Zoriks 4 PIR: Madsen 24	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1500 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Andris Aunkrogers, Einārs Tukišs

VEF Rīga v Ventspils

14 May	VEF Rīga	vs. (Series: 2–1)	Ventspils	Rīga
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 27–14, 19–17, 24–11
	Pts: Hammonds 25 Rebs: Hammonds 10 Asts: Zoriks 5 PIR: Hammonds 34	[Boxscore]	Pts: Sīpoliņš 16 Rebs: Majauskas 6 Asts: Thomas 8 PIR: Sīpoliņš 15	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 1200 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Gatis Saliņš, Ritvars Helmšteins

Ventspils v VEF Rīga

17 May	Ventspils	74–98 (Series: 1–3)	VEF Rīga	Ventspils
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 24–20, 13–32, 19–20
	Pts: Krestinin 13 Rebs: Krestinin 8 Asts: Ausējs, Thomas 4 PIR: Krestinin 14	Boxscore	Pts: Madsen 16 Rebs: Hammonds 7 Asts: Zoriks 8 PIR: Hammonds, Zoriks 20	Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center Attendance: 1870 Referees: Kristaps Konstantinovs, Andris Aunkrogers, Ritvars Helmšteins

VEF Rīga v Ventspils

19 May	VEF Rīga	93–92 (Series: 4–1)	Ventspils	Rīga
17:40	Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 15–32, 27–18, 26–24
	Pts: Zoriks 20 Rebs: Madsen, Miška 7 Asts: Zoriks 10 PIR: Zoriks 24	Boxscore	Pts: Thomas 18 Rebs: Krestinin 7 Asts: Ausējs 7 PIR: Sīpoliņš 21	Arena: Rimi Olympic Center Attendance: 900 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis, Oskars Lucis, Gatis Saliņš

Statistics

As of May 19, 2022.^[2]

Efficiency

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Kristers Zoriks	VEF Rīga	21.38
2.	Zigmārs Raimo	Liepāja	21.00
3.	Kristaps Dārgais	Ogre	20.45
4.	Alexander Madsen	VEF Rīga	17.88
5.	Dāvids Vīksne	Latvijas Universitāte	16.36

Points

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Kristers Zoriks	VEF Rīga	17.50
2.	Dāvids Vīksne	Latvijas Universitāte	16.09
3.	Andreii Voinalovych	Valmiera Glass ViA	14.80
4.	Jānis Kaufmanis	Valmiera Glass ViA	14.00
5.	Jalen Riley	VEF Rīga	13.88

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	Kristaps Dārgais	Ogre	11.37
2.	Alexander Madsen	VEF Rīga	7.75
3.	Zigmārs Raimo	Liepāja	7.67
4.	Klāvs Dubults	Valmiera Glass ViA	7.33
5.	Kārlis Apsītis	Valmiera Glass ViA	6.20

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Kristers Zoriks	VEF Rīga	6.50
2.	Rinalds Sirsniņš	Ogre	5.78
3.	Zigmārs Raimo	Liepāja	4.67
4.	Kristaps Dārgais	BK Ogre	4.64
5.	Artūrs Ausējs	BK Ventspils	4.30

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	VEF Rīga	7–1
	BK Ventspils	4–6
	BK Ogre	8–3
4th	Latvijas Universitāte	3–8
5th	Valmiera Glass ViA	2–3
6th	BK Liepāja	0–3

References

^ LBL home page
^ Player stats

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