 Out of the five teams who participated in FIBA Europe Cup competition – Ventspils, Juventus, Šiauliai, Tartu Ülikool/Rock and Pieno žvaigždės – the latter three did not qualify for the FIBA Europe Cup playoffs and thus started playing at the start of the BBL playoffs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season's results.All play-off games are played in home-and-away series.Baltic Basketball League also featured a Baltic Basketball League Cup competition before the beginning of the regular season since 2008.