The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League ) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavian tournament Royal League and by the Baltic Basketball League .
5-525: The first two tournaments were held between top four club sides from each country. For 2009–10 the competition was expanded to 16 teams, with five sides from every Baltic state taking part. One additional slot was allocated to the sixth best team from the country of the previous winner. A similar competition was the Baltic Champions Cup which featured the league champions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The inaugural tournament in 2007 finished as
10-519: A two legged final. This format was abandoned for the second tournament and subsequent finals were played as a single match at the home of one of the finalists. After this format was introduced, the team hosting the match did not win despite the added home advantage. The first two tournaments were played from Spring to Summer with 12 entrants but this changed to a longer Winter to Summer tournament with four more clubs taking part. 2009%E2%80%9310 Baltic League The 2009–2010 Baltic League (known as
15-530: The Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) is a 16-team football tournament held in the Baltic states . Five top teams from each participating country – Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania – along with the winner of the 2008 season will play a 4 round and 2 legged (excluding final) play-off style knockout tournament. It is held from Autumn 2009 through Summer 2010. The second leg match
20-416: The next round 4–2 on aggregate. Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate. Ventspils advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate. Flora advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate. Sūduva advanced to the next round 1–0 on aggregate. Metalurgs advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate. Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate. Sūduva advanced to
25-434: Was scratched and Vėtra advanced to the next round as Dinaburg was ejected from the competition for match-fixing. Metalurgs advanced to the next round 6–2 on aggregate. Sūduva advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate. Ekranas advanced to the next round 3–2 on aggregate. Levadia advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate. Skonto advanced to the next round 4–1 on aggregate. Flora advanced to
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