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SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Season2008–09
Duration15 October 2008 – 1 June 2009
Teams8
Regular season
Top seedTÜ/Rock
Finals
ChampionsKalev/Cramo
3rd title
  Runners-upTÜ/Rock
Third placeTTÜ
Fourth placeValga
Finals MVPEstonia Kristjan Kangur
Statistical leaders
Points Estonia Kristo Saage 16.24
Rebounds Estonia Raido Ringmets 11.04
Assists Georgia (country) Giorgi Tsintsadze 4.20
← 2007–08 2009–10 → Sponsored league name, referring to SEB.

The 2008–09 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga is the 18th season of the Estonian basketball league and the fifth under the title sponsorship of SEB. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this is the 84th season of the Estonian men's basketball league. TÜ/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2007–08 KML season.

The season started on 15 October 2008 and concluded on 1 June 2009 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 2 in the 2009 KML Finals to win their 3rd Estonian League title.

Teams

Team Location Arena Capacity
Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Saku Suurhall 7,200
Kuremaa Tallinn Torma Sports Hall
Pärnu/Catwees Pärnu Pärnu kesklinna koolide võimla
Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall 2,747
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Pirita Gymnasium of Economics
TTÜ Tallinn TTÜ Sports Hall 1,000
TÜ/Rock Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall 1,650
Valga Valga Valga Sports Hall 561

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L Pts PCT Qualification
1 TÜ/Rock 28 26 2 54 .929 Qualification to Playoffs
2 Kalev/Cramo 28 23 5 51 .821
3 TTÜ 28 17 11 45 .607
4 Valga 28 14 14 42 .500
5 Tallinna Kalev 28 11 17 39 .393
6 Rakvere Tarvas 28 10 18 38 .357
7 Pärnu/Catwees 28 8 20 36 .286
8 Kuremaa 28 3 25 13 .107

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2009. Source: KML (2008/2009)

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 23 April 2009 and ended on 1 June 2009. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 2 in the 2009 KML Finals.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
1 TÜ/Rock 3
4 Valga 3 4 Valga 0
5 Tallinna Kalev 2 1 TÜ/Rock 2
2 Kalev/Cramo 4
2 Kalev/Cramo 3
3 TTÜ 3 3 TTÜ 0
6 Rakvere Tarvas 0 Third place
3 TTÜ 2
4 Valga 0

Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points

Rank Player Team Games Points PPG
1 Estonia Kristo Saage Rakvere Tarvas 29 471 16.24
2 Russia Evgeny Belousov Tallinna Kalev 21 336 16.00
3 Estonia Heigo Erm Pärnu/Catwees 21 310 14.76
4 Georgia (country) Viktor Sanikidze TÜ/Rock 29 422 14.55
5 Estonia Veljo Vares Tallinna Kalev 30 435 14.50

Rebounds

Rank Player Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 Estonia Raido Ringmets Pärnu/Catwees 26 287 11.04
2 Canada Richard Anderson Valga 35 300 8.57
3 Georgia (country) Viktor Sanikidze TÜ/Rock 29 222 7.66
4 Estonia Joosep Toome TTÜ 33 241 7.30
5 United States Nate Fox Kalev/Cramo 23 164 7.13

Assists

Rank Player Team Games Assists APG
1 Georgia (country) Giorgi Tsintsadze TÜ/Rock 30 126 4.20
2 United States John Linehan Kalev/Cramo 26 94 3.62
3 Estonia Heiko Rannula Valga 36 120 3.33
4 Estonia Sven Pugonen Rakvere Tarvas 27 82 3.04
5 Estonia Raido Roos Valga 31 91 2.94

Awards

Finals MVP

External links

References

  1. "84. EESTI MEESTE MEISTRIVÕISTLUSED" (in Estonian). Spordiinfo.ee.
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