Draft:2022–23 Latvian Elvi Floorball League

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2022-23 Latvian Elvi Floorball League season
LeagueLatvian Floorball League
Season2022–23
Duration9 September 2022 – 15 April 2023
Number of games110 + playoffs
Number of teams11
Finals
ChampionsLielvārde/FatPipe
  Runners-upFBK Valmiera
Third placeFS Masters/Ulbroka
Fourth placeĶekava/RB&B
Statistical leaders
Points Klāvs Jansons
(75 points)
Records
Biggest home winLekrings 28–2 FBK SĀC
(27 January 2023)
Biggest away winBauska 4–15 Ķekava/RB&B
(19 November 2022)
Winning streak10 games
FBK Valmiera
Losing streak12 games
RTU/Rockets
Highest attendance4,356
FBK Valmiera 4–5 (e.t.) Lielvārde/FatPipe
(15 April 2023)
2023–24

The 2022–23 Latvian Floorball League, known as the Latvian Elvi Floorball League for sponsorship reasons, is the 30th season of the Latvian Floorball League, the top-tier floorball league in Latvia.

Competition format[edit]

The regular season consisted of two rounds, followed by the quarter-finals and semifinals in the format of best of seven and the Final in Arena Riga.

Teams[edit]

Team City Arena Capacity
FBK Valmiera Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Centre 1,500
Lekrings Cesis Cesis sports complex 1,080
FS Masters/Ulbroka Ulbroka Ulbroka sports complex n/a
Ķekava/RB&B Ķekava Ķekava elementary school 500
Rubene Koceni Kocēnu sport center 400
Talsu NSS/Krauzers Talsi Talsi State Gymnasium n/a
Lielvārde/FatPipe Lielvarde Lielvarde Sports Centre n/a
Irlava Irlava Irlava Sports House n/a
Bauska Bauska Memele Sports Centre n/a
FBK SĀC Ādaži Ādaži Sports Centre n/a
RTU/Rockets Riga Rimi Olympic Centre 830

Since the 2021–22 season, FK Kurši has left the top division to play in the 1.Liga (second division). No teams have been promoted, making the total team tally 11, going down from 12 last season.

Regular season[edit]

League table[edit]

The standings for the regular season of the 2022–23 Latvian Elvi Floorball League are as follows:

Position Team Games Played Points +/- Goals For Goals Against Wins Losses Penalty Minutes
1 FBK Valmiera 20 48 +81 168 87 16 4 76
2 Lekrings 20 47 +67 160 93 16 4 120
3 FS Masters/Ulbroka 20 44 +63 178 115 15 5 230
4 Ķekava/RB&B 20 41 +47 145 98 14 6 168
5 Rubene 20 39 +42 138 96 12 8 118
6 Talsu NSS/Krauzers 20 34 +30 139 109 10 10 138
7 Lielvārde/FatPipe 20 26 0 104 104 10 10 160
8 Irlava 20 26 -12 121 133 9 11 122
9 Bauska 20 12 -86 86 172 4 16 126
10 FBK SĀC 20 9 -113 112 225 3 17 148
11 RTU/Rockets 20 4 -119 77 196 1 19 126

Playoffs[edit]

Playoffs started on 17 February. The Final was played in Arena Riga on 15th of April.

Bracket[edit]

Quarter-finals
(best-of-7)
Semi-finals
(best-of-7)
Final
(best-of-1)
         
1 FBK Valmiera 4
8 Irlava 0
1 FBK Valmiera 4
4 Ķekava/RB&B 0
4 Ķekava/RB&B 4
5 Rubene 1
1 FBK Valmiera 0
2 Lielvārde/FatPipe 1
2 Lekrings 3
7 Lielvārde/FatPipe 4
3 FS Masters/Ulbroka 1 3rd Place Final
(best-of-1)
7 Lielvārde/FatPipe 4
3 FS Masters/Ulbroka 4 3 FS Masters/Ulbroka 1
6 Talsu NSS/Krauzers 2 4 Ķekava/RB&B 0

Statistics[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[1]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS

Leading goaltenders[edit]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.[2]

Player Team TP GA GAA SA Sv% A PIM

Attendance[edit]

Average attendances[edit]

Pos Team Total High Low Average
1 FBK Valmiera 5,035 702 126 360
2 Lekrings 6,291 1,259 135 449
3 FS Masters/Ulbroka 2,229 292 77 158
4 Ķekava/RB&B 3,257 400 100 217
5 Rubene 2,810 372 173 234
6 Talsu NSS/Krauzers 2,786 347 92 214
7 Lielvārde/FatPipe 4,683 517 161 312
8 Irlava 1,698 200 85 142
9 Bauska 940 127 57 94
10 FBK SĀC 492 83 27 49
11 RTU/Rockets 706 144 38 71
League total 37,846 1,259 27 267

Source: [1]

In the statistics of individual team attendance home playoff games for each team have been taken into account, except for Final and 3rd place Final games, which happened in Arena Riga. 3rd place Final had an attendance of 2,563, while the Final had an attendance of 4,356. Those statistics have been included in league total season attendance and total average season attendance.

Awards[edit]

MVP of the Month[edit]

Month Player Team Ref.
2022
September Tomass Kristofers Birstiņš FS Masters/Ulbroka [3]
October Kevins Šmits FBK Valmiera [4]
November Valters Kalnietis Talsu NSS/Krauzers [5]
December Klāvs Jansons Ķekava/RB&B [6]
2023
January Toms Rīsmanis Lekrings [7]
February Jānis Salcevičs Lielvārde/FatPipe [8]
March Niks Blumfelds Lielvārde/FatPipe [9]

External links[edit]


Category:Floorball in Latvia Category:Floorball by country

References[edit]

  1. ^ Player Statistics
  2. ^ Goaltender Statistics
  3. ^ "Par @myfloorball mēneša spēlētāju ELVI florbola līgā vīriešiem atzīts "FS Masters/Ulbroka" uzbrucējs Tomass Kristofers Birstiņš". Latvijas Florbola savienība. 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Valmieras līderis Šmits atzīts par oktobra MVP Elvi florbola līgā vīriešiem". Sportacentrs.com. 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Par @myfloorball mēneša spēlētāju ELVI florbola līgā vīriešiem atzīts "Talsu NSS/Krauzers" uzbrucējs Valters Kalnietis". Latvijas Florbola savienība. 8 December 2022.
  6. ^ ""My Floorball" mēneša spēlētāji decembrī". Latvijas Florbola savienība. 3 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Par @myfloorball mēneša spēlētāju ELVI florbola līgā vīriešiem atzīts "Lekrings" uzbrucējs Toms Rīsmanis". Latvijas Florbola savienība. 9 February 2023.
  8. ^ ""My Floorball" mēneša spēlētāji februārī". Latvijas Florbola savienība. 3 March 2023.
  9. ^ ""My Floorball" mēneša spēlētāji martā". Latvijas Florbola savienība. 6 April 2023.