BC Valga-Valka, also known as BC Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits for sponsorship reasons, is a
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club representing the twin towns of
Valga,
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
and
Valka
Valka (; german: Walk) is a town and municipality in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia along both banks of the river Pedele.
Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "O ...
,
Latvia. The team plays in the
Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
The Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is the highest professional men's club basketball league in Latvia and Estonia; it has been organised since 2018, run by the Latvian Basketball Association and the Estonian Basketball Association.
History ...
. Their home arena is the
Valga Sports Hall
The Valga Sports Hall ( et, Valga Spordihoone) is a multi-purpose indoor arena complex in Valga. It was opened in 2005 and is the current home arena of the Estonian Basketball League team BC Valga
BC Valga-Valka, also known as BC Valga-Valka/M ...
. From 2015 to 2018 the team uniquely competed in both Estonian and Latvian domestic top leagues.
History
Valga Korvpallikool (Valga Basketball School) was founded in 2001. In 2006, the team won the third tier II Liiga and was promoted to the top tier
Korvpalli Meistriliiga
The Korvpalli Meistriliiga ( en, Basketball Champions League), known as the OlyBet Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier level and most important professional basketball league in Estonia. It is controlled by the Es ...
(KML). Valga finished the
2006–07 regular season in eighth place and advanced to the playoffs, where they were defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual champions
University of Tartu
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, losing the series 0–2.
Valga finished the
2008–09 regular season in fourth place. In the playoffs, Valga defeated
Tallinna Kalev in the quarterfinals, winning the series 3–2, but were swept by University of Tartu in the semifinals. The team faced
TTÜ in the third place games, losing the series 0–2 and placing fourth in the final standings. Valga also made their debut in the
Baltic Basketball League
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(BBL) in the
2008–09 season, but failed to advance past the group stage of the Challenge Cup competition.
In July 2015, it was announced that Valga will join the
Latvian Basketball League (LBL) for the 2015–16 season, thus becoming the first club to simultaneously compete in both the Estonian and the Latvian League. Valga finished the
2015–16 regular season in sixth place. In the playoffs, the team faced
VEF Rīga in the quarterfinals and lost the series 0–3.
Sponsorship naming
Valga has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
*Valga Welg/Kolmvedu: 2005–2006
*Valga Welg: 2006–2008
*Valga/CKE Inkasso: 2009–2011
*BC Valga/Maks & Moorits: 2012–2015
*BC Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits: 2015–present
Home arena
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Valga Sports Hall
The Valga Sports Hall ( et, Valga Spordihoone) is a multi-purpose indoor arena complex in Valga. It was opened in 2005 and is the current home arena of the Estonian Basketball League team BC Valga
BC Valga-Valka, also known as BC Valga-Valka/M ...
(2005–present)
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Coaches
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Jaanus Liivak
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2005–2009
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Augenijus Vaškys 2009–2010
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Andrus Renter 2010–2011
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Ozell Wells 2011
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Varis Krūmiņš 2011–2012
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Tarmo Petter 2012
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Sandis Buškevics
Sandis Buškevics (born 28 January 1977 in Ventspils, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently an interim head coach for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). Buškevics was a ...
2012–2014
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Varis Krūmiņš 2014–2016
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Juris Umbraško
Juris Umbraško (born 29 July 1978 in Jekabpils, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball coach and former player.
He is the current head coach of Latvian-Estonian Basketball League team Rīgas Zeļļi.
Club career
Umbraško started his ...
2016–2017
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Kristaps Zeids 2017–2018
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Armands Misus 2018
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Mikhail Karpenko 2018–
Season by season
References
External links
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Valga-Valka
Basketball teams established in 2001
2001 establishments in Estonia
Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Sport in Valga, Estonia