Korvpalli Meistriliiga

Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Founded	1925; 97 years ago
First season	1925
Country	Estonia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	6
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	I Liiga
Domestic cup(s)	Estonian Cup
Current champions	Kalev/Cramo (12th title)
Most championships	Tartu Ülikool (26 titles)
CEO	Jaak Salumets
Website	basket.ee

The Korvpalli Meistriliiga (English: Basketball Champions League), known as the OlyBet Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier level and most important professional basketball league in Estonia. It is controlled by the Estonian Basketball Association.

The first Estonian Basketball Championship tournament was held in 1925. During Soviet era (1941–1991) the league was called the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Championship. After Estonia regained its independence in 1991, the league was reformed as the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). The KML, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of six teams. The current KML champions are Kalev/Cramo who won their 11th Estonian Championship in the 2019 KML Play-offs.

Current clubs[]

Kalev/Cramo
Kalev/TLÜ
TalTech

Pärnu

Rapla

Tartu Ülikool

Locations of the 2019 KML Play-offs teams

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Avis Utilitas Rapla	Rapla	Sadolin Sports Hall	818^[1]
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Kalev Sports Hall	1,700^[2]
Pärnu Sadam	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1,820^[3]
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	Tallinn	Sõle Sports Centre	153^[4]
TalTech	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	1,000^[5]
Tartu Ülikool	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	2,600^[6]

Title holders[]

1925: Tallinna Sport
1927: Kalev
1928:
1929:
1930: Kalev
1931: Kalev
1932:
1933:
1934:
1935:
1936:
1937:
1938: Tartu EASK
1939: Tartu EASK
1940: Tartu EASK
1941: Tallinna Dünamo
1943: Kalev
1944 Summer:
1944 Winter: Kalev
1945: Kalev
1946: Kalev
1947: Kalev
1948: Tartu ÜSK
1949: Tartu ÜSK
1950: Tartu ÜSK
1958: TRÜ
1959: TRÜ
1960:
1961: TPI
1962: TPI
1963: TPI
1964: TPI
1965: TPI
1966: TPI
1967: Kalev
1968: Kalev
1969: TRÜ
1970: TRÜ
1971: Kalev
1972: TRÜ
1973: TRÜ
1974:
1975: TRÜ
1976: TRÜ
1977: TRÜ
1977–78: TRÜ
1978–79:
1980:
1981:
1981–82:
1982–83:
1983–84: TPI
1984–85: TPI
1985–86:
1986–87:
1987–88:
1988–89:
1989–90:
1990–91: Asto
1991–92: Kalev
1992–93: Kalev/Rafter
1993–94: Asto
1994–95: Kalev/Auma
1995–96: Kalev
1996–97: Tallinn
1997–98: Kalev
1998–99: Tallinn
1999–00: Tartu Ülikool-Delta
2000–01: Tartu Ülikool-Delta
2001–02: Kalev
2002–03: Kalev
2003–04: TÜ/Rock
2004–05: Ehitustööriist
2005–06: Kalev/Cramo
2006–07: TÜ/Rock
2007–08: TÜ/Rock
2008–09: Kalev/Cramo
2009–10: TÜ/Rock
2010–11: Kalev/Cramo
2011–12: Kalev/Cramo
2012–13: Kalev/Cramo
2013–14: Kalev/Cramo
2014–15: TÜ/Rock
2015–16: Kalev/Cramo
2016–17: Kalev/Cramo
2017–18: Kalev/Cramo
2018–19: Kalev/Cramo
2020–21: Kalev/Cramo

Titles by club[]

Team	Winners	Winning years
Tartu Ülikool	26	1938, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015
Kalev	18	1927, 1930, 1931, 1943, 1944 (w)‡, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003
BC Kalev/Cramo	12	2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
TalTech Basketball	8	1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1984, 1985
	8	1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
	4	1928, 1929, 1932, 1933
TTÜ-A. Le Coq	4	1991, 1994, 1997, 1999
	3	1934, 1936, 1937
	2	1957, 1960
	2	1974, 1979
Tallinna Sport	1	1925
	1	1935
Tallinna Dünamo	1	1941
	1	1944 (s)‡
	1	1981

‡ Note: In the 1944 season two championship tournaments were held (s – summer tournament; w – winter tournament).

KML Finals[]

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	Top seed	Record	Champion's coach	Finals MVP
	Asto	0–2	Kalev	Asto	28–1
	Kalev/Rafter	2–0	Asto	Kalev/Rafter	36–0
	Asto	2–1	Baltika	Asto	25–3
	Kalev/Auma	3–1	Tallinn	Kalev/Auma	28–0	Jaak Salumets
	Kalev	3–0	Tartu	Kalev	36–0	Jaak Salumets
	Tallinn	3–1	Baltika	Tallinn	20–5	Üllar Kerde
	Kalev	3–1	Tallinn	Kalev	22–3	Maarten van Gent
	Tallinn	3–0	Nybit	Tallinn	21–4	Üllar Kerde
	Kalev	0–3	Tartu Ülikool-Delta	Kalev	27–3
	Tartu Ülikool-Delta	3–0	Tallinna Ülikoolid-A. Le Coq	Tartu Ülikool-Delta	28–7
	Tartu Rock	2–3	Kalev	Tartu Rock	23–7	Üllar Kerde
	TTÜ/A. Le Coq	2–4	Kalev	TTÜ/A. Le Coq	25–7	Andres Sõber
	TÜ/Rock	4–2	EBS/Nybit	TÜ/Rock	18–6
	TÜ/Rock	3–4	Ehitustööriist	TÜ/Rock	12–4
2005–06	Kalev/Cramo	4–3	TÜ/Rock	Kalev/Cramo	21–3	Aivar Kuusmaa
2006–07	TÜ/Rock	4–2	Kalev/Cramo	TÜ/Rock	33–3		Tanel Tein
2007–08	TÜ/Rock	4–0	Kalev/Cramo	TÜ/Rock	33–3	Üllar Kerde	Brian Cusworth
2008–09	TÜ/Rock	2–4	Kalev/Cramo	TÜ/Rock	26–2	Nenad Vučinić	Kristjan Kangur
2009–10	TÜ/Rock	4–2	Rakvere Tarvas	TÜ/Rock	23–5	Indrek Visnapuu	Janar Talts
2010–11	Kalev/Cramo	4–0	TÜ/Rock	Kalev/Cramo	29–3	Aivar Kuusmaa	Armands Šķēle
2011–12	Tartu Ülikool	0–4	Kalev/Cramo	Tartu Ülikool	25–3	Aivar Kuusmaa	Tanel Sokk
2012–13	Kalev/Cramo	4–0	TÜ/Rock	Kalev/Cramo	28–4	Alar Varrak	Tanel Sokk
2013–14	TÜ/Rock	0–4	Kalev/Cramo	TÜ/Rock	30–2	Alar Varrak	Vlad Moldoveanu
2014–15	TÜ/Rock	4–1	Kalev/Cramo	TÜ/Rock	26–6	Gert Kullamäe	Tanel Kurbas
2015–16	Kalev/Cramo	4–1	TÜ/Rock	Kalev/Cramo	32–0	Alar Varrak	Rolands Freimanis
2016–17	Kalev/Cramo	4–0	Avis Utilitas Rapla	Kalev/Cramo	29–3	Alar Varrak	Branko Mirković
2017–18	Kalev/Cramo	4–0	Tartu Ülikool	Kalev/Cramo	25–1	Donaldas Kairys	Kristjan Kangur
2019	Kalev/Cramo	3–0	Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	Kalev/Cramo	–	Donaldas Kairys	Branko Mirković
	Kalev/Cramo	3–1	Pärnu Sadam	Kalev/Cramo	–	Roberts Štelmahers	Chavaughn Lewis

Awards[]

References[]

^ "Sadolin Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Kalevi Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Pärnu Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Sõle Spordikeskus". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Sadolin Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.

[2] "Kalevi Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.

[3] "Pärnu Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.

[4] "Sõle Spordikeskus". Spordiregister.ee.

[5] "Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.

[6] "Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.

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v t Korvpalli Meistriliiga
2019 KML Play-offs teams	Avis Utilitas Rapla Kalev/Cramo Pärnu Sadam Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ TalTech Tartu Ülikool
Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2019
Awards	MVP Finals MVP Best Young Player Best Defender Coach of the Year All-KML Team