Korvpalli Meistriliiga

Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML)

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 KML season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1925
Inaugural season	1925
CEO	Jüri Ratas
No. of teams	9
Country	Estonia
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Tartu Ülikool/Rock (23rd title)
Most titles	Tartu Ülikool/Rock (23 titles)
TV partner(s)	TV6 Estonia Delfi TV
Level on pyramid	1st Tier
Relegation to	I Liiga – 2nd Tier
Related competitions	Estonian Basketball Cup
Official website	basket.ee

The Korvpalli Meistriliiga (English: Basketball Premier League) known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga (English: Alexela Basketball Premier League) for sponsorship reasons is the first tier level men's professional basketball league in Estonia.

The first Estonian Basketball Championship tournament was held in 1925. During the Soviet occupation (1941–1991) the league was called Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Championship. The league was named Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) in 1992 after Estonia regained its independence. The current KML champions are TÜ/Rock who won their seventh title.

The KML league, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 9 teams. Since 2013, Alexela, an Estonian energy company, has been the main sponsor of the KML league.

Current teams

Team	Location	Founded	Arena	Capacity	2014–15 season	Head coach
TÜ/Rock	Tartu	1945	TÜ Spordihoone	4,000		Gert Kullamäe
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	1998	Tallinn Arena	7,200		Alar Varrak
TYCO Rapla	Rapla	1996	Sadolin Spordihoone	1,000		Aivar Kuusmaa
Rakvere Tarvas	Rakvere	2006	Rakvere Spordihall	2,422	4th	Andres Sõber
Pärnu	Pärnu	2000	Pärnu Spordihall	2,000	5th	Mait Käbin
Valga/Maks & Moorits	Valga	2006	Valga Spordihoone	1,000	6th	Varis Krūmiņš
TTÜ	Tallinn	2006	TTÜ Spordihoone	1,050	7th	Heino Lill
TLÜ/Kalev	Tallinn	2002	Kalevi Spordihall	1,000	8th	Kalle Klandorf
Audentes/Noortekoondis	Tallinn	2005	Audentes Spordikeskus		9th	Indrek Visnapuu

Historical performance of the current KML teams

Kalev/Cramo
TLÜ/Kalev
TTÜ
Audentes

Tarvas

Pärnu

Rapla

TÜ/Rock

Valga

Location of the 2014–15 Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams

Team Location Debut in KML Pos. Kalev/Cramo Tallinn 1998-99 Pos. Tartu Ülikool/Rock Tartu 1991-92 Pos. Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere 2006-07 Pos. Tallinna Kalev Tallinn 2002-03 Pos. TTÜ KK Tallinn 2006-07 Pos. KK Pärnu Pärnu 2006-07 Pos. TYCO Rapla Rapla 2010-11 Pos. Valga/Maks&Moorits Valga 2006-07 Pos. KK HITO Jõhvi 2012-13 Pos. Audentes / Noortekoondis Tallinn 2005-06 Pos. BC Tartu Fausto Tartu 2006-07 Pos. Võru Korvpalliklubi Võru 2010-11 Pos. Kuremaa SK Kuremaa 2008-09

Korvpalli Meistriliiga seasons Pos. 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 12

Title holders

1925: Tallinna Sport 1927: Kalev 1928: Tallinna Vitjas 1929: Tallinna Russ 1930: Kalev 1931: Kalev 1932: Tallinna Russ 1933: Tallinna Russ 1934: Tartu NMKÜ 1935: Tallinna NMKÜ 1936: Tartu NMKÜ 1937: Tartu NMKÜ 1938: Tartu EASK 1939: Tartu EASK 1940: Tartu EASK 1941: Tallinna Dünamo 1943: Kalev 1944 Summer: Tartu Kalev 1944 Winter: Kalev 1945: Kalev 1946: Kalev 1947: Kalev

1948: Tartu ÜSK 1949: Tartu ÜSK 1950: Tartu ÜSK 1958: TRÜ 1959: TRÜ 1960: EPA 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: Harju KEK 1975: TRÜ 1976: TRÜ

1977: TRÜ 1977–78: TRÜ 1978–79: Harju KEK 1980: Standard 1981: Metallist 1981–82: Standard 1982–83: Standard 1983–84: TPI 1984–85: TPI 1985–86: Standard 1986–87: Standard 1987–88: Standard 1988–89: Standard 1989–90: Standard 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: Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2004–05: Ehitustööriist 2005–06: Kalev/Cramo 2006–07: Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2007–08: Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2008–09: Kalev/Cramo 2009–10: Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2010–11: Kalev/Cramo 2011–12: Kalev/Cramo 2012–13: Kalev/Cramo 2013–14: Kalev/Cramo 2014–15: Tartu Ülikool/Rock

Performance by club

Club	Champions	Winning years
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	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
TTÜ	8	1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1984, 1985
Standard	8	1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
Kalev/Cramo	7	2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Tallinna Russ	4	1928, 1929, 1932, 1933
TTÜ-A. Le Coq	4	1991, 1994, 1997, 1999
Tartu NMKÜ	3	1934, 1936, 1937
EMÜ	2	1957, 1960
Harju KEK	2	1974, 1979
Tallinna Sport	1	1925
Tallinna NMKÜ	1	1935
Tallinna Dünamo	1	1941
Tartu Kalev	1	1944 (s)‡
Metallist	1	1981

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

Finals

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	Top seed	Record	Champion's coach	Finals MVP
1990–91	Baltika	1–2	Asto	Baltika	18–4	Jaanus Levkoi	N/A
1991–92	Asto	0–2	Kalev	Asto	28–1	Jaanus Levkoi	N/A
1992–93	Kalev/Rafter	2–0	Asto	Kalev/Rafter	36–0	Riho Soonik	N/A
1993–94	Asto	2–1	Baltika	Asto	25–3	Jaanus Levkoi	N/A
1994–95	Kalev/Auma	3–1	Tallinn	Kalev/Auma	28–0	Jaak Salumets	N/A
1995–96	Kalev	3–0	Tartu	Kalev	36–0	Jaak Salumets	N/A
1996–97	Tallinn	3–1	Baltika	Tallinn	20–5	Üllar Kerde	N/A
1997–98	Kalev	3–1	Tallinn	Kalev	22–3	Maarten van Gent	N/A
1998–99	Tallinn	3–0	Nybit	Tallinn	21–4	Üllar Kerde	N/A
1999–00	Kalev	0–3	Tartu Ülikool-Delta	Kalev	27–3	Teet Laur	Tanel Tein
2000–01	Tartu Ülikool-Delta	3–0	Tallinna Ülikoolid-A. Le Coq	Tartu Ülikool-Delta	28–7	Jüri Neissaar	Tanel Tein
2001–02	Tartu Rock	2–3	Kalev	Tartu Rock	23–7	Üllar Kerde	N/A
2002–03	TTÜ/A. Le Coq	2–4	Kalev	TTÜ/A. Le Coq	25–7	Andres Sõber	N/A
2003–04	TÜ/Rock	4–2	EBS/Nybit	TÜ/Rock	18–6	Tõnu Lust	Rauno Pehka (Playoffs MVP)
2004–05	TÜ/Rock	3–4	Ehitustööriist	TÜ/Rock	12–4	Allan Dorbek	Howard Frier
2005–06	Kalev/Cramo	4–3	TÜ/Rock	Kalev/Cramo	21–3	Aivar Kuusmaa	James Williams
2006–07	TÜ/Rock	4–2	Kalev/Cramo	TÜ/Rock	33–3	Algirdas Brazys	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

Korvpalli Meistriliiga awards

KML Most Valuable Player Season Player Team 1996–97 – – 1997–98 Gert Kullamäe Tallinna Kalev 1998–99 Aivar Kuusmaa BC Tallinn 1999–00 Gert Kullamäe Tallinna Kalev 2000–01 Tanel Tein Tartu Ülikool/Delta 2001–02 Tanel Tein Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2002–03 Aivar Kuusmaa TTÜ/A. Le Coq 2003–04 Augenijus Vaškys Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2004–05 Howard Frier Ehitustööriist 2005–06 Tanel Tein Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2006–07 Travis Reed BC Kalev/Cramo 2007–08 Brian Cusworth Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2008–09 Giorgi Tsintsadze Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2009–10 Valmo Kriisa BC Rakvere Tarvas 2010–11 Bambale Osby TTÜ/Kalev 2011–12 Kaspars Cipruss BC Rakvere Tarvas 2012–13 Gary Wilkinson BC Kalev/Cramo 2013–14 Vlad Moldoveanu BC Kalev/Cramo 2014–15 Janar Talts Tartu Ülikool/Rock

KML Finals Most Valuable Player Season Player Team 1996–97 – – 1997–98 – – 1998–99 – – 1999–00 Tanel Tein Tartu Ülikool/Delta 2000–01 Tanel Tein Tartu Ülikool/Delta 2001–02 – – 2002–03 – – 2003–04 Rauno Pehka ‡ TTÜ/A. Le Coq 2004–05 Howard Frier Ehitustööriist 2005–06 James Williams BC Kalev/Cramo 2006–07 Tanel Tein Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2007–08 Brian Cusworth Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2008–09 Kristjan Kangur BC Kalev/Cramo 2009–10 Janar Talts Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2010–11 Armands Šķēle BC Kalev/Cramo 2011–12 Tanel Sokk BC Kalev/Cramo 2012–13 Tanel Sokk BC Kalev/Cramo 2013–14 Vlad Moldoveanu BC Kalev/Cramo 2014–15 Tanel Kurbas Tartu Ülikool/Rock

‡ Note: Play-offs MVP.

Best Young Player Season Player Team 1996–97 – – 1997–98 Tanel Tein SK Polaris 1998–99 – – 1999–00 – – 2000–01 Veljo Vares Tartu Ülikool/Delta 2001–02 Erik Dorbek Tallinna Kalev 2002–03 Tanel Sokk Nybit 2003–04 Kristo Saage KK Rakvere 2004–05 Gert Dorbek Tallinna Kalev 2005–06 Sten-Timmu Sokk Dalkia/Nybit 2006–07 Sten-Timmu Sokk Dalkia/Nybit 2007–08 Sten-Timmu Sokk Triobet/Dalkia 2008–09 Jaan Puidet Kuremaa SK 2009–10 Rain Veideman BC Rakvere Tarvas 2010–11 Rain Veideman Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2011–12 Rait-Riivo Laane Piimameister Otto/Rapla 2012–13 Rait-Riivo Laane TYCO Rapla 2013–14 Sander Saare BC Rakvere Tarvas 2014–15 Siim-Markus Post Audentes/Noortekoondis

Coach of the Year Season Coach Team 1996–97 Üllar Kerde BC Tallinn 1997–98 Maarten Van Gent Tallinna Kalev 1998–99 Üllar Kerde BC Tallinn 1999–00 – – 2000–01 Jüri Neissaar Tartu Ülikool/Delta 2001–02 – – 2002–03 Andres Sõber Tallinna Kalev 2003–04 Tõnu Lust Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2004–05 Allan Dorbek Ehitustööriist 2005–06 Aivar Kuusmaa BC Kalev/Cramo 2006–07 Veselin Matić BC Kalev/Cramo 2007–08 Üllar Kerde Tartu Ülikool/Rock 2008–09 Nenad Vučinić BC Kalev/Cramo 2009–10 Andres Sõber BC Rakvere Tarvas 2010–11 Aivar Kuusmaa BC Kalev/Cramo 2011–12 Aivar Kuusmaa BC Kalev/Cramo 2012–13 Alar Varrak BC Kalev/Cramo 2013–14 Alar Varrak BC Kalev/Cramo 2014–15 Gert Kullamäe Tartu Ülikool/Rock

Defensive Player of the Year

Season	Player	Team
1996–97	–	–
1997–98	–	–
1998–99	–	–
1999–00	–	–
2000–01	–	–
2001–02	–	–
2002–03	–	–
2003–04	Indrek Reinbok	Pirita TOP Spa
2004–05	–	–
2005–06	Martin Viiask	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
2006–07	Valmo Kriisa	BC Kalev/Cramo
2007–08	Janar Talts	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
2008–09	John Linehan	BC Kalev/Cramo
2009–10	Gregor Arbet	BC Kalev/Cramo
2010–11	Callistus Eziukwu	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
2011–12	Bamba Fall	BC Kalev/Cramo
2012–13	Martin Dorbek	TYCO Rapla
2013–14	Gregor Arbet	BC Kalev/Cramo
2014–15	Janar Talts	Tartu Ülikool/Rock

Notable players

Estonia: Gregor Arbet Heino Enden Mart Laga Valmo Kriisa Anatoli Krikun Ilmar Kullam Kristjan Kangur Gert Kullamäe Heino Kruus Aivar Kuusmaa Tõnno Lepmets Jaak Lipso Joann Lõssov Martin Müürsepp Jaak Salumets Tiit Sokk Janar Talts Aleksei Tammiste Tanel Tein Priit Tomson

Canada: Richard Elias Anderson Georgia: Viktor Sanikidze Giorgi Tsintsadze Latvia: Kaspars Cipruss Māris Ļaksa Rinalds Sirsniņš Armands Šķēle Juris Umbraško Raimonds Vaikulis Ivars Timermanis Lithuania: Vilmantas Dilys Giedrius Gustas Augustas Pečiukevičius Kęstutis Šeštokas Darius Šilinskis Augenijus Vaškys

Romania: Vlad Moldoveanu Senegal: Bamba Fall USA: - Josh Akognon Tanoka Beard Brian Cusworth Michael Dunigan - Frank Elegar Nate Fox Howard Frier Keith Hill Justin Ingram Kurk Lee John Linehan Keith McLeod Curtis Millage Travis Reed Gary Wilkinson

External links

• Official KML League Page
• Eurobasket.com League Page