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.

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.