title: 2011–12 Latvian Basketball League
text: # 2011–12 Latvian Basketball League
  
  The Latvijas Basketbola līga 2011–2012 (LBL) is the twenty-first season. The regular season starts in October 2011.
  
  ## Participants
  
  * VEF Rīga
  * BK Ventspils
  * Liepājas Lauvas
  * BK Valmiera
  * BA Turība
  * LU/Latvijas Universitāte
  * BK Jelgava
  * Jūrmala
  * Latvia U18
  
  ## Regular season
  
  | | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pct | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | VEF Rīga | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1518 | 1120 | 93 | Qualified for the semifinals |
  | 2 | BK Ventspils | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1469 | 1073 | 93 | Qualified for the semifinals |
  | 3 | Liepājas Lauvas | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2234 | 1939 | 65 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
  | 4 | BK Valmiera | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2080 | 1978 | 50 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
  | 5 | LU/Latvijas Universitāte | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2114 | 2186 | 46 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
  | 6 | BK Jelgava | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2110 | 2169 | 42 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
  | 7 | BA Turība | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1948 | 2206 | 34 |
  | 8 | Jūrmala | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1801 | 2044 | 34 |
  | 9 | Latvia U18 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 877 | 1436 | 6 |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | 1 | VEF Rīga | 3 | | | |
  | 4 | Valmiera | 1 | 5 | LU/Latvijas Universitāte | 0 | | | |
  | 5 | LU/Latvijas Universitāte | 2 | | | | 1 | VEF Rīga | 4 |
  | | | | | | | 2 | BK Ventspils | 1 |
  | | | | 2 | BK Ventspils | 3 |
  | 3 | Liepājas Lauvas | 2 | 3 | Liepājas Lauvas | 1 |
  | 6 | BK Jelgava | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
  | | | | | | | 3 | Liepājas Lauvas | 3 |
  | | | | | | | 5 | LU/Latvijas Universitāte | 0 |
  
  ## Awards
  
  ### Players of the month
  
  | Month | Player | Team |
  | - | - | - |
  | October | Ernests Kalve (1/2) | BK Valmiera |
  | November | Ernests Kalve (2/2) | BK Valmiera |
  | December | Edgars Krūmiņš (1/1) | BK Jelgava |
  | January | Žanis Peiners (1/1) | LU/Latvijas Universitāte |
  