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2016–17 Latvian Basketball League

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Olybet LBL1
Season2016–17
Teams10
TV partner(s)LTV7
Finals
ChampionsVEF Rīga
  Runners-upVentspils
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Olybet.

The 2016–17 Latvian Basketball League was the 26th season of the top basketball league of Latvia. The regular season started on 28 September 2016.

BK Valmiera was the defending champion, with VEF Rīga winning the league by defeating Ventspils in the finals by 4–0.

Competition format

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After Jelgava's withdrawal, ten teams will join the league. The two first qualified teams will join directly the semifinals while teams between third and sixth will qualify to the quarterfinals.

Teams

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Team Home city Arena
Barons/LDz Mārupe Mārupe Arena
Jēkabpils Jēkabpils Jēkabpils Sporta nams
Jūrmala/Fēnikss Jūrmala Taurenītis
Latvijas Universitāte Rīga OSC
Liepāja/Triobet Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center
Ogre Ogre
Valka/Valga Valga, Estonia Valga Spordihoone
Valmiera Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center
VEF Rīga Rīga Arena Riga
Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olympic Center

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Ventspils 32 27 5 2887 2414 +473 .844 Qualified for the semifinals
2 VEF Rīga 18 14 4 1497 1308 +189 .778
3 Valmiera/ORDO 32 21 11 2622 2500 +122 .656 Qualified for the quarterfinals
4 Jēkabpils 32 18 14 2495 2326 +169 .563
5 Barons/LDz 32 17 15 2633 2551 +82 .531
6 Liepāja/Triobet 32 15 17 2564 2606 −42 .469
7 Jūrmala/Fēnikss 32 13 19 2411 2512 −101 .406
8 Ogre/Kumho Tyre 32 13 19 2506 2661 −155 .406
9 Valka/Valga 18 3 15 1351 1652 −301 .167
10 Latvijas Universitāte 32 5 27 2210 2646 −436 .156
Source: LBL

Playoffs

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Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ventspils10887100
 
 
 
Barons/LDz666968
 
Jēkabpils8976936765
 
 
 
Barons/LDz8482928370
 
Ventspils66768269
 
 
VEF Rīga76849078
 
 
 
 
 
VEF Rīga718785
 
 
 
Valmiera/ORDO707670
 
Valmiera/ORDO1018010074102
 
 
Liepāja/Triobet7085949375
 
 
Third place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Barons/LDz63907983
 
 
Valmiera/ORDO69736065
 

References

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