Klāvs Čavars (born February 11, 1996) is a Latvian professional

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player for Sabah BC of the Azerbaijan Basketball League. The center played six seasons for VEF Rīga.

Professional career

VEF Rīga

Čavars first joined the VEF Rīga and played in the 2012–13 season. Although loaned to other teams, Čavars played a total of six seasons for VEF Rīga. Čavars' career high was during the 2013–14 season, playing 4 games and averaging 9.0 points and 9.5 rebounds. During the 2018–19 season, Cavars finished with 23 games played and averaged 2.5 points, 0.2 assists and 2.2 rebounds. This was his second career low with the team after the 2018–19 season finishing with an average of 6.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists.

BK Liepājas Lauvas

Čavars played one season for the

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. During the 2015–16 season he played in both the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League, in a total of 54 combined games (42 in LBL, 12 in BBL).

BK Ventspils

Čavars played for the BK Ventspils during the 2019–20 season. He played for 20 minutes in 20 games and averaged 11.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

Tsmoki-Minsk

On June 10, 2020, he has signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the

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Astoria Bydgoszcz

On July 23, 2021, he has signed with

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of the PLK.

Start Lublin

On July 23, 2022, he has signed with

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of the PLK.

Yokohama Excellence

On July 4, 2023, it was announced that Čavars had signed with Yokohama Excellence which at the time of the announcement was in the third division of the Japanese B.League.

Sabah BC

On August 31, 2024, he signed with Sabah BC of the Azerbaijan Basketball League. On November 7, 2024, Čavars set a

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single-game record for most blocks in a game, when he had 8 blocks in a loss against

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National team career

Čavars represented the

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in the

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. Latvia finished the tournament in fifth place.

References

External links

FIBA Europe ProfileProBallers.com ProfileBasketball.RealGM.com Profile
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