BC Tarvas

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BC Tarvas
Tarvas-rakvere logo.png
Leagues Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Estonian-Latvian Basketball League
FoundedRakvere Tarvas
(2006–2017)
BC Tarvas
(2017–present)
Arena Rakvere Sports Hall
Capacity2,747 [1]
Location Rakvere, Estonia
Team colorsWhite, Blue, Black
   
Head coachVaido Rego
Championships1 Estonian Cup

BC Tarvas is a professional basketball club based in Rakvere, Estonia. The club competes in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. Their home arena is the Rakvere Sports Hall.

Contents

History

2006–2017

Rakvere Tarvas was founded in 2006 by Andres Sõber and joined the top-tier Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) for the 2006–07 season, replacing another Rakvere based team, the financially troubled Rakvere Palliklubi. [2] The team name Tarvas, meaning Aurochs in Estonian, is the symbol of Rakvere and is derived from the historic name of Rakvere, Tarvanpea (Aurochs' head). Rakvere Tarvas finished the 2006–07 regular season in 6th place, reaching the playoffs, where the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Martin Muursepp played for Tarvas in the 2009-10 season and coached the team in the 2021-2022 season. Martin Muursepp.jpg
Martin Müürsepp played for Tarvas in the 2009–10 season and coached the team in the 2021–2022 season.

Sõber strengthened the team significantly during the 2009 off-season by signing point guard Valmo Kriisa, young shooting guard Rain Veideman and centers Richard Anderson and Reinar Hallik. In February 2010, they were joined by forward Martin Müürsepp. [3] Rakvere Tarvas finished the 2009–10 regular season in second place and reached the finals in the playoffs. In the finals, Rakvere Tarvas faced the top-seeded TÜ/Rock and lost the series 2 games to 4, despite winning the first 2 games. Kriisa and Veideman were named to the All-KML Team, while Sõber won the Coach of the Year award. [4] After the season, Rakvere Tarvas lost several star players, including Kriisa, Müürsepp and Veideman, and failed to repeat their success in the 2010–11 season, finishing in fourth place. Rakvere Tarvas also joined the Baltic Basketball League for the 2010–11 season, but failed to advance past the group stage of the Challenge Cup competition.

Rakvere Tarvas' logo BC Rakvere Tarvas logo.jpg
Rakvere Tarvas' logo

Rakvere Tarvas spent the 2011 off-season rebuilding. The team re-acquired Valmo Kriisa and signed Latvian players Kaspars Cipruss, Rinalds Sirsniņš and Juris Umbraško. [5] [6] In response, some Rakvere Tarvas fans started showing their support by attending games wearing Latvian national team uniforms. [7] Rakvere Tarvas finished the 2011–12 regular season in third place and reached the semifinals in the playoffs, where the team was defeated by BC Kalev/Cramo. The team placed third in the final standings, after defeating Rapla 2 games to 0 in the third place games.

On 22 December 2012, Rakvere Tarvas won their first Estonian Cup, beating Rapla in the final 81–64. The team came third in the 2012–13 season, once again defeating Rapla in the third place games. Reimo Tamm was the KML top scorer with 16.36 points per game, while Brandis Raley-Ross and Juris Umbraško were named to the All-KML Team. Rakvere Tarvas competed in the 2013–14 EuroChallenge but failed to advance past the group stage with a 1–5 record. The team finished the 2013–14 season in third place, losing the semifinals against BC Kalev/Cramo 0 games to 3 and defeating Tallinna Kalev in the third place games 2 games to 1. Rakvere Tarvas folded after the 2016–17 season.

2017–present

For the 2017–18 season, a new Rakvere club, RSK Tarvas, was created. In 2019, they won the second tier I liiga and were promoted to the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. [8]

Home arena

Rakvere Sports Hall is the home arena of BC Tarvas Kastani Arena.jpg
Rakvere Sports Hall is the home arena of BC Tarvas

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

BC Tarvas roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 1 Flag of Estonia.svg Lippasaar, Arden-Joosep 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)19 – (2005-07-17)17 July 2005
SG 3 Flag of Estonia.svg Pahmart, Martti 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)20 – (2004-08-17)17 August 2004
SG 4 Flag of Estonia.svg Kägo, Robin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)20 – (2004-01-19)19 January 2004
C 6 Flag of Estonia.svg Lindmets, Renato  (C)2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)102 kg (225 lb)40 – (1984-05-04)4 May 1984
SG 7 Flag of Estonia.svg Kaasik, Erik 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)24 – (2000-05-20)20 May 2000
SF 9 Flag of Estonia.svg Kaldmäe, Gert 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)95 kg (209 lb)28 – (1995-09-12)12 September 1995
PF 11 Flag of Ukraine.svg Shymanskyi, Vitalii 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)21 – (2003-03-11)11 March 2003
SF 13 Flag of Estonia.svg Lippasaar, Arvan-Johhannes 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)24 – (2000-06-13)13 June 2000
SF 21 Flag of Ukraine.svg Shevchenko, Volodymyr 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)100 kg (220 lb)29 – (1994-12-03)3 December 1994
PG 44 Flag of Slovenia.svg Razdevšek, Jan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)23 – (2000-12-16)16 December 2000
SG 48 Flag of Estonia.svg Sats, Ralf 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)20 – (2003-11-19)19 November 2003
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: 28 March 2023

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C
PF Renato Lindmets
SF
SG Arvan-Johhannes Lippasaar Erik Kaasik
PG Arden-Joosep Lippasaar

Coaches

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos. Estonian Cup Regional competitionsEuropean competitions
2006–071 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6thQuarterfinalist
2007–081 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 9thQuarterfinalist
2008–091 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6thQuarterfinalist
2009–101 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 2ndQuarterfinalist
2010–111 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4thRunner-up BBL Challenge Cup RS
2011–121 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rdThird place BBL Challenge Cup RU
2012–131 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rdChampion Baltic Basketball League QF3 EuroChallenge QR
2013–141 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rdThird place Baltic Basketball League T163 EuroChallenge RS
2014–151 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4thRunner-up Baltic Basketball League T16
2015–161 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5thQuarterfinalist Baltic Basketball League T16
2016–171 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8thQuarterfinalist Baltic Basketball League RS
2017–183II liiga1st
2018–192I liiga1st
2019–201 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5th [lower-alpha 1] Estonian-Latvian Basketball League [lower-alpha 1]
2020–211 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4thRunner-up Estonian-Latvian Basketball League RS
2021–221 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8thQuarterfinalist Estonian-Latvian Basketball League 13th
2022–231 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 9thQuarterfinalist Estonian-Latvian Basketball League 16th

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Estonian League

Estonian Cup

Individual awards

Notes

  1. 1 2 The season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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