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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Ceased | 2018 |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country | Estonia Latvia Lithuania |
| Continent | Europe |
| Last champions |  Pieno žvaigždės(1st title) |
| Most titles | Žalgiris Kaunas (5 titles) |
| Broadcaster | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Official website | bbl.net |
Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was theBaltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from theBaltic states, but teams fromSweden,Russia,Kazakhstan,Finland, andBelarus have participated in the Baltic League. After the 2017–18 season, the league announced that it was suspending its operations.[1]
For the 2015–16 season, the format of the BBL included a regular season composed by two groups of seven teams that competed in a round-robin competition system, with each team facing their opponent twice. The teams qualified for the eight-finals based on their ranking after the regular season. Out of the five teams who participated inFIBA Europe Cup competition –Ventspils,Juventus,Šiauliai,Tartu Ülikool/Rock andPieno žvaigždės – the latter three did not qualify for the FIBA Europe Cup playoffs and thus started playing at the start of the BBL playoffs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season's results.[2] All play-off games are played in home-and-away series.
Baltic Basketball League also featured aBaltic Basketball League Cup competition before the beginning of the regular season since 2008.
These are the teams that participated in2017–18 season:
| Season | Champion | Runner Up | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Host City |
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| 2004–05 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Lietuvos rytas | 64–60 | – | Vilnius |
| 2005–06 | Lietuvos rytas | Žalgiris Kaunas | 86–74 | – |  Tallinn |
| 2006–07 | Lietuvos rytas | Žalgiris Kaunas | 81–77 | – |  Rīga |
| 2007–08 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Lietuvos rytas | 86–84 | – | Šiauliai |
| 2008–09 | Lietuvos rytas | Žalgiris Kaunas | 97–74 | – | Tartu |
| 2009–10 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Lietuvos rytas | 73–66 | – | Vilnius |
| 2010–11 | Žalgiris Kaunas | VEF Rīga | 75–67 | – | Kaunas |
| 2011–12 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Lietuvos rytas | 74–70 | – | Šiauliai |
| 2012–13 | Ventspils | Prienai | 91–69 | 70–73 | Prienai &Ventspils |
| 2013–14 | Šiauliai | Prienai | 62–57 | 78–66 | Prienai &Šiauliai |
| 2014–15 | Šiauliai | Ventspils | 68–70 | 88–80 | Ventspils &Šiauliai |
| 2015–16 | Šiauliai | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 74–81 | 102–76 | Tartu &Šiauliai |
| 2016–17 | Vytautas | Pieno žvaigždės | 85–88 | 89–74 | Prienai &Pasvalys |
| 2017–18 | Pieno žvaigždės | Jūrmala | 98–80 | 76–68 | Jūrmala &Pasvalys |
| Season | Champion | Runner Up | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Host City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | Panevėžys | Bumerangs/Gulbene/ASK | 87–74 | – | Panevėžys |
| 2007–08 | Nevėžis | VEF Rīga | 81–68 | – | Rīga |
| 2008–09 | Sakalai | VEF Rīga | 84–77 | – | Utena |
| 2009–10 |  Norrköping Dolphins | Rūdupis | 77–87 | 107–72 | Prienai &Norrköping |
| 2010–11 | Juventus | KK Kaunas | 87–81 | 89–72 | Kaunas &Utena |
| 2011–12 | Lietkabelis | Rakvere Tarvas | 89–74 | 71–82 | Rakvere &Panevėžys |
| Season | Winner | Finalist | Score | Host City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Lietuvos rytas | Barons/LMT | 80–78 | Rīga |
| 2009 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Lietuvos rytas | 83–78 | Kaunas |
| 2010 | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | Lietuvos rytas | 61–57 | Tartu |
| 2011 | VEF Rīga | Tartu Ülikool | 95–69 | Tartu |
| 2012 | Rakvere Tarvas | Liepāja/Triobet | 80–71 | Rakvere |
| 2013 | Nevėžis | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 82–64 | Kėdainiai |
| 2014 | Liepāja/Triobet | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 74–61 | Liepāja |
| 2015 | Not held | |||
| 2016 | Valmiera/ORDO | Ventspils | 66–64 | Valmiera |
| 2017 | Not held | |||
Statistics include regular season and play-off games
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