2012–13 Baltic Basketball League
The 2012–13 Baltic Basketball League was the 9th season of the Baltic Basketball League.
| 2012–13 Baltic Basketball League | ||||||||||
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| Season | 2012–13 | |||||||||
| Duration | October 1, 2012 – April 6, 2013 | |||||||||
| Number of games | 174 | |||||||||
| Number of teams | 23 | |||||||||
| TV partner(s) | Viasat Sport Baltic | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Season MVP | Gediminas Orelik | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Ventspils (1st title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Prienai | |||||||||
| Third place | Kalev/Cramo | |||||||||
| Fourth place | Barons kvartāls | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | Jānis Timma | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2011–12 2013–14 →
All statistics correct as of September 17, 2014. | ||||||||||
The Challenge Cup tournament was discontinued and the new format featured 23 teams – 9 from Lithuania, 8 from Estonia, 5 from Latvia and 1 from Kazakhstan. For the Regular season the teams were divided into three groups of six and one group of five. Top four teams of each group advanced to Last 16 where they were divided into four groups. Two best teams of each group advanced to the play-offs. All play-off games were played in home-and-away series.
Ventspils became the first ever Latvian team to win the tournament by beating Lithuanian side Prienai 161–142 on aggregate score in the finals. Kalev/Cramo from Estonia won their first Baltic League medal by downing Latvian side Barons kvartāls 144–137 in the bronze medal playoffs.