The 2019 KML Play-offs was the tournament to determine the
Korvpalli Meistriliiga
The Korvpalli Meistriliiga ( en, 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 Es ...
champions for the 2018–19 season. This season saw the introduction of the
Estonian-Latvian Basketball League, replacing the KML regular season, with the top six Estonian teams advancing to the KML play-offs. The play-offs began on 9 April and concluded on 22 May with
Kalev/Cramo defeating
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ 3 games to 0 in the finals to win their 11th Estonian Championship.
Teams
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Play-off bracket
Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals are best-of-five series.
Tartu Ülikool vs. Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
Avis Utilitas Rapla vs. Pärnu Sadam
Semi-finals
The semi-finals are best-of-five series.
Kalev/Cramo vs. Pärnu Sadam
TalTech vs. Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
Third place games
The third place games are best-of-five series.
TalTech vs. Pärnu Sadam
Finals
The finals are best-of-five series.
Kalev/Cramo vs. Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
Awards
Finals Most Valuable Player
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Branko Mirković (
Kalev/Cramo)
Best Young Player
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Arnas Velička (
Tartu Ülikool
The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...
)
Best Defender
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Mihkel Kirves
Mihkel Kirves (born 6 December 1996) is an Estonian professional basketball player for BC Pärnu of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. Standing at 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), he plays at the small forward position.
Professional career
Kirves debut ...
(
Pärnu Sadam)
Newcomer of the Year
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Martin Müürsepp
Martin Müürsepp (; born 26 September 1974) is an Estonian professional basketball coach and former player, who is the head coach of BC Rakvere Tarvas of the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. Widely regarded as one of Estonia's greatest baske ...
(
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ)
Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award.
Some of the ...
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Donaldas Kairys
Donaldas Kairys (born 6 March 1977) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player.
Coaching career
On 4 February 2020, Kairys was signed by Avtodor Saratov as head coach. He left the position after the season ended.
On 9 Jun ...
(
Kalev/Cramo)
All-KML Team
All-KML Team ( et, Korvpalli Meistriliiga tähtede viisik) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Estonia, the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). It is the yearly selection of the league's top five basketball players, by pos ...
References
External links
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Korvpalli Meistriliiga playoffs
2019 KML Play-offs