2011–12 KML season

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KML season 2011-12
League G4S Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Sport Basketball
DurationOctober 4, 2011 – May 26, 2012
Total attendance1,394 (playoffs average)
TV partner(s) ETV2
Regular season
Top seed University of Tartu
Season MVP Kaspars Cipruss (BC Rakvere Tarvas) [1]
Top scorerReinis Strupovics (Valga/CKE Inkasso) 20.92 [2]
Finals champions BC Kalev/Cramo
  Runners-up University of Tartu
Finals MVP Tanel Sokk (BC Kalev/Cramo)
KML seasons

The Korvpalli Meistriliiga 2011-2012 (KML) was the eighty-eighth season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. The season began in October 2011 and ended on 17 May 2012. The defending champion BC Kalev/Cramo won its 5th league title. [3]

Contents

Team information

Stadia and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Saku Suurhall
Kalev Sports Hall 		7,200
1,000
BC Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall 2,422
KK Pärnu Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall 2,000
Piimameister Otto/Rapla Rapla Sadolin Sports Hall 1,000
BC Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kalev Sports Hall 1,000
TTÜ KK Tallinn TTÜ Sports Hall 1,050
University of Tartu Tartu Tartu University Sports Hall 4,000
Valga/CKE Inkasso Valga Valga Sports Hall 1,000

Regular season

TeamPldWLPFPADiffQualification
1 University of Tartu 2825324472008+439Qualified for the semifinals
2 BC Kalev/Cramo 2823522201685+535
3 BC Rakvere Tarvas 2819923242028+296Qualified for the quarterfinals
4 Piimameister Otto/Rapla 28141421142120-6
5 TTÜ KK 28121621362223–87
6 BC Tallinna Kalev 28121620502219–169
7 KK Pärnu 2842420022542–540
8 Valga/CKE Inkasso 2832518702338–468Relegation play-offs

Play-offs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 University of Tartu 3
4 PMO/Rapla 34 PMO/Rapla 0
5 TTÜ KK 1 1 University of Tartu 0
2 BC Kalev/Cramo 4
2 BC Kalev/Cramo 3
3 BC Rakvere Tarvas 33 BC Rakvere Tarvas 0
6 BC Tallinna Kalev 0 Third place
3 BC Rakvere Tarvas 2
4 PMO/Rapla 0

Play-off games

Quarter-finals [4]

April 6
19:00
Tarvas 94–76 Kalev
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 25–15, 21–11, 26–25
Pts: Sirsniņš, Cipruss 20
Rebs: Cipruss 14
Asts: Sirsniņš 9		Pts: Kurg, Raley-Ross 17
Rebs: Fedorchuk 9
Asts:three players 2
Rakvere Sports Hall, Rakvere
Attendance: 1,231
Referees: A. Halliko, R. Peerandi, R. Rannamets
April 8
17:00
Rapla 92–65 TTÜ
Scoring by quarter:25-20, 27–16, 23–19, 17–10
Pts: Laane 24
Rebs: Kajupank 7
Asts: Laane 8		Pts: Akenpärg 19
Rebs: Kaja 7
Asts: Arnold 4
Sadolin Sports Hall, Rapla
Attendance: 911
Referees: T. Suslov, R. Peerandi, I. Kelement
April 9
19:00
Kalev 82–92 Tarvas
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 23–19, 23–15, 23–29
Pts: Shaw 27
Rebs: Shaw 9
Asts: Kurg 7		Pts: Hallik 18
Rebs: Cipruss 11
Asts: Dorbek 4
Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 500
Referees: A. Tobi, O. Jakobson, J. Saluse
April 10
18:30
TTÜ 73–72 Rapla
Scoring by quarter:26–13, 16–17, 22–18, 9–24
Pts: Makke 21
Rebs: Keedus 11
Asts: Pilk, Arnold 4		Pts: Kaldre 18
Rebs: Pärn 8
Asts: Laane, Soo 4
TTÜ Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: A. Halliko, O. Jakobson, J. Vendel
April 12
19:00
Rapla 69–58 TTÜ
Scoring by quarter:21–20, 13-9, 13-17, 22-12
Pts: Soo 19
Rebs: Laane 11
Asts: Rait-Riivo Laane 7		Pts: Pilk 16
Rebs: Pilk 8
Asts: Pilk, Raudla 2
Sadolin Sports Hall, Rapla
Attendance: 1,012
Referees: A. Tobi, T. Suslov, R. Rannamets
April 13
19:00
Tarvas 89–76 Kalev
Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 25-16, 22-21, 22-17
Pts: Cipruss 23
Rebs: Vahter, Dorbek 8
Asts: Hallik 5		Pts: Raley-Ross 23
Rebs: Raley-Ross 11
Asts: Raley-Ross 6
Rakvere Sports Hall, Rakvere
Attendance: 1,234
Referees: Ta. Suslov, Ti. Suslov, M. Allik
April 14
19:00
TTÜ 62–68 Rapla
Scoring by quarter:18-14, 13-23, 15-8, 16-23
Pts: Makke 16
Rebs: Keedus, Puidet 9
Asts: Pilk 6		Pts: Laane 15
Rebs: Pärn 7
Asts: Laane, Soo 2
TTÜ Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: T. Suslov, A. Halliko, J. Saluse

Semi-finals [5]

April 20
20:00
UT 108–70 Rapla
Scoring by quarter:30-7, 22-19, 27-26, 29-18
Pts: Kurbas 24
Rebs: Saage 9
Asts: Sokk 8		Pts: Soo 22
Rebs: Pärn 5
Asts: Laane 5
Tartu University Sports Hall, Tartu
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: T. Suslov, R. Peerandi, R. Rannamets
April 23
20:00
Kalev/Cramo 92–84 Tarvas
Scoring by quarter:25-18, 18-15, 17-30, 32-21
Pts: Šķēle 19
Rebs: Fall, Dorbek 6
Asts: Sokk 10		Pts: Sirsniņš 26
Rebs: Cipruss 10
Asts: Sirsniņš 5
Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: A. Halliko, A. Tobi, J. Saluse
April 25
20:00
Rapla 72–81 UT
Scoring by quarter: 20-23, 20-20, 16-14, 16-24
Pts: Pärn 19
Rebs: Pärn 10
Asts: Laane 4		Pts: Sokk 26
Rebs: Allingu 9
Asts: Sokk 4
Sadolin Sports Hall, Rapla
Attendance: 1,121
Referees: A. Halliko, A. Tobi, O. Jakobson
April 27
20:00
Tarvas 65–66 Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 7-10, 16-11, 23-19, 19-26
Pts: Sirsniņš 17
Rebs: Cipruss 14
Asts:three players 2		Pts: Sokk 18
Rebs: Ulyanko 9
Asts: Tanel Sokk 3
Rakvere Sports Hall, Rakvere
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: M. Uuehendrik, T. Suslov, O. Jakobson
April 29
16:00
UT 95–56 Rapla
Scoring by quarter:27-13, 20-12, 23-20, 25-11
Pts: Kurbas 17
Rebs: Allingu, Raadik 8
Asts: Sokk, Kriisa 6		Pts: Kaldre 12
Rebs: Nurger 5
Asts: Laane 3
Tartu University Sports Hall, Tartu
Attendance: 600
Referees: M. Uuehendrik, T. Suslov, I. Kelement
May 1
20:00
Kalev/Cramo 91–69 Tarvas
Scoring by quarter: 22-26, 16-10, 22-19, 31-14
Pts: Ulyanko 20
Rebs: Fall 10
Asts:four players 4		Pts: Cipruss 16
Rebs: Umbraško 8
Asts: Sirsniņš 6
Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: T. Suslov, R. Peerandi, R. Rannamets

3rd place play-off [6]

May 5
17:00
Rapla 66–105 Tarvas
Scoring by quarter: 16-26, 19-23, 19-26, 12-30
Pts: Pärn 16
Rebs: Pärn 6
Asts: Jurtom 4		Pts: Cipruss 27
Rebs: Umbraško 12
Asts: Sirsniņš 5
Sadolin Sports Hall, Rapla
Attendance: 882
Referees: A. Tobi, T. Suslov, J. Saluse
May 7
19:00
Tarvas 69–58 Rapla
Scoring by quarter:17-14, 13-16, 21-14, 18-14
Pts: Umbraško 22
Rebs: Umbraško, Hallik 10
Asts: Dorbek 6		Pts: Kajupank 15
Rebs: Ringmets 15
Asts: Laane 5
Rakvere Sports Hall, Rakvere
Attendance: 800
Referees: A. Halliko, T. Suslov, O. Jakobson

Finals

May 10
20:00
UT 63–75 Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 20-23, 15-16, 18-19, 10-17
Pts: S. Sokk 12
Rebs: Amis 7
Asts: Kriisa 4		Pts: T. Sokk, Arbet 13
Rebs: Fall 11
Asts: T. Sokk 4
Tartu University Sports Hall, Tartu
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: T. Suslov, A. Tobi, M. Uuehendrik
May 12
16:00
UT 66–84 Kalev/Cramo
Scoring by quarter: 21-26, 16-14, 13-24, 16-20
Pts: Allingu 17
Rebs: Allingu 7
Asts:three players 3		Pts: Ulyanko 19
Rebs: Ulyanko 9
Asts:three players 3
Tartu University Sports Hall, Tartu
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: A. Halliko, T. Suslov, O. Jakobson
May 15
20:00
Kalev/Cramo 87–76 (OT) UT
Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 22-16, 22-11, 15-23,  Overtime:17-6
Pts: Šķēle 17
Rebs: Fall 16
Asts:three players 3		Pts: Allingu 16
Rebs: Allingu 9
Asts: S. Sokk 5
Saku Suurhall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: A. Tobi, T. Suslov, R. Peerandi
May 17
20:00
Kalev/Cramo 72–65 UT
Scoring by quarter:21-16, 9-15, 20-14, 22-20
Pts: Fall 18
Rebs: Fall 19
Asts:three players 3		Pts: Amis 19
Rebs: S. Sokk, Allingu 5
Asts: S. Sokk 6
Saku Suurhall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: A. Halliko, M. Uuehendrik, R. Rannamets


Korvpalli Meistriliiga 2012 Champions

BC Kalev/Cramo
5th title

Stats Leaders

Points

RankNameTeamPointsGamesPPG
1. Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Strupovics Valga/CKE Inkasso 2721320.92
2. Flag of Estonia.svg Toomas Raadik KK Pärnu 4902718.15
3. Flag of the United States.svg Brandis Raley-Ross BC Tallinna Kalev 4312517.24
4. Flag of Estonia.svg Janar Soo Piimameister Otto/Rapla 4592717.00
5. Flag of Latvia.svg Kaspars Cipruss BC Rakvere Tarvas 4352616.73

Rebounds

RankNameTeamReboundsGamesRPG
1. Flag of Latvia.svg Kaspars Cipruss BC Rakvere Tarvas 2642610.15
2. Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Fedorchuk BC Tallinna Kalev 189238.22
3. Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Arnold TTÜ KK 205258.20
4. Flag of Latvia.svg Lauris Blaus Valga/CKE Inkasso 90118.18
5. Flag of Estonia.svg Toomas Raadik KK Pärnu 210277.78

Assists

RankNameTeamAssistsGamesAPG
1. Flag of Estonia.svg Rait-Riivo Laane Piimameister Otto/Rapla 111274.11
2. Flag of Estonia.svg Sten-Timmu Sokk University of Tartu 66173.88
3. Flag of Estonia.svg Illimar Pilk TTÜ KK 88253.52
4. Flag of Estonia.svg Valmo Kriisa University of Tartu 96283.43
5. Flag of Estonia.svg Martin Dorbek BC Rakvere Tarvas 88263.38

Awards

Regular season MVP

Finals MVP

All-KML team

PositionPlayerTeam
PG Flag of Estonia.svg Tanel Sokk BC Kalev/Cramo
SG Flag of Estonia.svg Janar Soo Piimameister Otto/Rapla
SF Flag of Estonia.svg Gregor Arbet BC Kalev/Cramo
PF Flag of the United States.svg Bill Amis University of Tartu
C Flag of Latvia.svg Kaspars Cipruss BC Rakvere Tarvas

Best Coach

Best Young Player

Best Defensive Player

Player of the month

MonthPlayerTeamSource
October Flag of Estonia.svg Janar Soo Piimameister Otto/Rapla
November Flag of Estonia.svg Rait-Riivo Laane Piimameister Otto/Rapla
December Flag of Latvia.svg Kaspars Cipruss BC Rakvere Tarvas
January Flag of Estonia.svg Toomas Raadik KK Pärnu
February Flag of Estonia.svg Valmo Kriisa University of Tartu
March Flag of Estonia.svg Reinar Hallik BC Rakvere Tarvas

Last updated: 11 June 2012.
Source: KML

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