2025 LBL Play-offs

LBL Play-offs
LBL Play-offs
Dates	5 April – 22 May
Games played	22
Teams	6
TV partner(s)	TV4; Sportacentrs TV;
Regular season
Season MVP	Dairis Bertāns
Finals
Champions	VEF Rīga
Runners-up	BK Ventspils
Third place	Rīgas Zeļļi
Fourth place	Valmiera 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

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

Venues and locations

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
Rīgas Zeļļi	Rīga	Arena Riga	11 200

Personnel and sponsorship

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

Seeding

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

Source: EstLatBL.com

Play-off bracket

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

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

Valmiera Glass ViA vs. BK Liepāja

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

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

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

VEF Rīga vs. Valmiera Glass/VIA

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

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

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

Rīgas Zeļļi vs. Valmiera Glass ViA

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

The finals are best-of-seven series.

VEF Rīga vs. BK Ventspils

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

Rank	Team	Record
	VEF Rīga	7-1
	BK Ventspils	6-5
	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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