2021–22 KML season

The 2021–22 Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) season, also known as PAF Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, is the 96th season of the top-tier basketball league in Estonia. The regular season began on 1 October 2021.

PAF Korvpalli Meistriliiga1
Season2021–22
Teams8
Dates1 October 2021 – 24 April 2022 (regular season)
Final positions
Top seedBC Kalev/Cramo
← 2020–21
2022–23 →
1Sponsored league name, referring to PAF.

Teams

Venues and locations
Location of teams in 2021–22 Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Team Home city Arena Capacity
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla Rapla Sadolin Sports Hall 958[1]
BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Kalev Sports Hall 1,700[2]
KK Viimsi/Sportland Haabneeme Forus Sports Centre 500[3]
Pärnu Sadam Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall 1,820[4]
Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall 2,747[5]
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Nord Cramo Sports Hall 980[6]
Sõle Sports Centre 153[7]
TalTech/OPTIBET TalTech Sports Hall 1,000[8]
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall 2,600[9]

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla Lluís Riera Sven KaldreSpaldingHepa
BC Kalev/Cramo Roberts Štelmahers Martin DorbekNikeUnibet
KK Viimsi/Sportland Valdo Lips Rain VeidemanNikeSportland
Pärnu Sadam Heiko Rannula Mihkel KirvesNikeBetsafe
Rakvere Tarvas Martin Müürsepp Sten SaaremäelSpaldingRakvere
Tallinna Kalev Brett Nõmm Mario PaisteNikeTallinn
TalTech/OPTIBET Alar Varrak Tanel SokkNike
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Nikolajs Mazurs Adomas DrungilasSpaldingMaks & Moorits

Coaching changes
Team2020–21 season2021–22 season
Off-season
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla Toomas Annuk Lluís Riera
KK Viimsi/Sportland Martin Toomas Valdo Lips
Rakvere Tarvas Juris Umbraško Martin Müürsepp
Tallinna Kalev Valdo Lips Brett Nõmm
TalTech/OPTIBET Kris Killing Alar Varrak
In-season
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Toomas Kandimaa Nikolajs Mazurs

Regular season
See also: 2021–22 Estonian-Latvian Basketball League

In the regular season, teams played against each other once, with all results from the regular season of the 2021–22 Estonian-Latvian Basketball League being carried over.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 BC Kalev/Cramo 33 28 5 2824 2174 +650 .848 Qualification to semifinals
2 TalTech/OPTIBET 33 22 11 2701 2528 +173 .667 Qualification to quarterfinals
3 KK Viimsi/Sportland 33 21 12 2609 2575 +34 .636
4 Pärnu Sadam 33 20 13 2762 2541 +221 .606
5 AVIS UTILITAS Rapla 33 14 19 2687 2770 −83 .424
6 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 33 14 19 2521 2630 −109 .424
7 Tallinna Kalev 33 7 26 2323 2921 −598 .212
8 Rakvere Tarvas 33 5 28 2403 2970 −567 .152
Source: Korvpalli Meistriliiga

Results
Home \ Away RAP KAL VMS PÄR TRV TLK TCH TRT
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla — — 66–88 — 79–69 — — 77–76
BC Kalev/Cramo 85–78 — — — 95–60 108–77 — —
KK Viimsi/Sportland — 71–85 — 92–85 — — 77–62 —
Pärnu Sadam 79–72 64–91 — — — 107–76 90–73 —
Rakvere Tarvas — — 82–93 62–109 — — — 89–98
Tallinna Kalev 84–64 — 87–81 — 88–69 — — 80–92
TalTech/OPTIBET 89–87 78–84 — — 93–72 74–68 — 84–80
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits — 58–87 83–87 89–91 — — — —
Source: Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series.

See also

References
  1. "Sadolin Spordihoone". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. "Kalevi Spordihall". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. "FORUS Spordikeskus Viimsi". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. "Pärnu Spordihall". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. "Rakvere Spordihall". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  6. "Nord Cramo spordihoone". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  7. "Sõle Spordikeskus". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  8. "Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli spordihoone". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. "Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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