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BK Ventspils
Leagues	Latvian–Estonian Basketball League Champions League
Founded	1994
History	BK Ventspils 1994–present
Arena	Ventspils Olympic Center
Capacity	3,085
Location	Ventspils, Latvia
Team colors	Yellow and Blue
President	Aivars Lembergs
Head coach	Roberts Štelmahers
Championships	10 Latvian Championships 1 BBL Championships
Website	bkventspils.lv
Uniforms
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BK Ventspils is a professional basketball club that is located in Ventspils, Latvia. The club competes in the Latvian Basketball League (LBL), the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) and the Champions League.

History

BK Ventspils was founded in 1994. In first years Ventspils proved themselves as relevant part of Latvian basketball, but major step came in 1997 when Ventspils Olympic Center was built. At that time Ventspils started to play in international competitions playing in 1997–98 edition of FIBA Korać Cup, which was followed by playing in FIBA Saporta Cup. Meanwhile, in the Latvian League Ventspils reached finals in both 1998 and 1999, but in 2000 they won their first domestic title and then went on to win seven consecutive from 2000 to 2006. The team won its eight Latvian League championship in 2009.^[1]

During that championship run Ventspils also had great performances in European competitions. In the 2002–03 season Ventspils reached FIBA Champions Cup Final Four, where they finished third. In the 2003–04 season Ventspils debuted in the ULEB Cup competition, making eighthfinals. In the 2004–05 ULEB Cup season, Ventspils reached new heights and missed semifinals after, losing by one point in two game series against Hemofarm. Before the 2009–10 season, Ventspils participated in the EuroLeague Qualifying round, becoming the first Latvian team to do so.

Ventspils has been a team for many players to establish themselves on the European stage, such as Mire Chatman, Marijonas Petravičius, Jānis Blūms, Brent Wright, and others, who later had successful careers at the EuroLeague level.

In 2013, BK Ventspils became the first Latvian club to have won the Baltic Basketball League, after winning the first leg by a score of 69:91,^[2] and losing the second, by a score of just 70:73,^[3] in the finals against Prienai, from Lithuania. In the following season, BK Ventspils won their first Latvian League title since 2009, becoming the champions of the 2014 Latvian Basketball League campaign.

Honours

League

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  Latvian League:

Winners (10): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2018

Runners-up (8): 1998, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017

Bronze (4): 1996, 2008, 2010, 2016

• Baltic League

Winners (1): 2013

Runners-up (1): 2015

Bronze (2): 2007, 2010

• North European Basketball League

Bronze (1): 2002

• FIBA Europe Champions Cup

Bronze (1): 2003

Season by season

Roster

BK Ventspils roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 7000100000000000000♠1 Aaron Johnson 7000173000000000000♠1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 7001790000000000000♠79 kg (174 lb) 30 – (1988-10-27)27 October 1988 G 7000300000000000000♠3 Artūrs Grīnbergs 7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001790000000000000♠79 kg (174 lb) 22 – (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 PG 7000700000000000000♠7 Ingus Jakovičs 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (1993-04-18)18 April 1993 SG 7000800000000000000♠8 Jānis Antrops  7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1991-02-28)28 February 1991 SG 7000900000000000000♠9 Rihards Lomažs 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001810000000000000♠81 kg (179 lb) 22 – (1996-04-13)13 April 1996 F 7001130000000000000♠13 Māris Gulbis (C) 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7002101000000000000♠101 kg (223 lb) 33 – (1985-10-04)4 October 1985 PF 7001170000000000000♠17 Roberts Freimanis 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 27 – (1991-07-03)3 July 1991 PF 7001210000000000000♠21 Jonathan Arledge 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb) 27 – (1991-09-21)21 September 1991 F/C 7001230000000000000♠23 Ousmane Drame 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 27 – (1991-12-09)9 December 1991 SG 7001250000000000000♠25 Anthony Beane 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 24 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994 C 7001300000000000000♠30 Ronalds Zaķis 7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002110000000000000♠110 kg (243 lb) 31 – (1987-07-08)8 July 1987 SF 7001310000000000000♠31 Jānis Bērziņš 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001960000000000000♠96 kg (212 lb) 25 – (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 SG 7001350000000000000♠35 Kristaps Ķilps 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb) 17 – (2001-03-20)20 March 2001	Head coach Roberts Štelmahers Assistant coach(es) Gints Fogels Akselis Vairogs Kaspars Rūmnieks Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 5, 2019

Notable players

Notable coaches

• 
  Armands Krauliņš
  


• 
  Kārlis Muižnieks
  


• 
  Agris Galvanovskis
  


• 
  Guntis Endzels
  


• 
  Gundars Vētra
  


• 
  Gašper Okorn
  


• 
  Silvano Poropat
  


• 
  Algirdas Brazys
  


• 
  Roberts Štelmahers
  

References

External links

• 
  Official Website (in Latvian)
  


• Eurocup Team Page


• FIBA Europe Team Page


• Baltic League Team Page


• Latvian League Team Page


• Eurobasket.com Team Page