The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) is a Baltic football club tournament, launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavian tournament Royal League and by the Baltic Basketball League. The top four club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania take part in the competition. Winners and runners-up from each group advance to the quarterfinals of the competition.
Starting from 2009–10, the competition will be expanded to 16 teams, with five sides from every Baltic state taking part. One additional slot will be allocated to the sixth best team from the country of the previous winner.
A similar competition is the Baltic Champions Cup which features the league champions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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