BK Jēkabpils
BK Jēkabpils | |||
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Nickname | Lūši (Lynxes) | ||
Leagues | Latvian–Estonian Basketball League | ||
Founded | 2012 | ||
Arena | |||
Location | Jēkabpils, Latvia | ||
Team colors | White and Red | ||
President | |||
Head coach | Artūrs Brūniņš | ||
Website | bkjekabpils.lv | ||
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BK Jēkabpils is a professional basketball club based in Jēkabpils, Latvia, playing in the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. It was founded in 2012 and since then the club is playing in LBL higher division. The club's home arena is the .
In its the club entered the Latvian Basketball League playoff quarterfinals, which they lost to Barons kvartāls team. Already in the next 2013–2014th season the club had even greater success with their coach Igors Miglinieks to win LBL bronze medals.[1] In their third season Jēkabpils outplayed Liepāja/Triobet and the second year in a row obtained LBL bronze.[2]
Roster[]
- As of September 7, 2021
# | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | |
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2 | PG | 195 cm | 87 kg | ||
4 | PG | 188 cm | 71 kg | ||
24 | Lauris Bērziņš | SG | 192 cm | ||
33 | SG | 195 cm | kg | ||
15 | SG | 190 cm | 78 kg | ||
25 | SF | 193 cm | 84 kg | ||
55 | SF | 195 cm | 75 kg | ||
12 | SF | 199 cm | 85 kg | ||
23 | PF | 198 cm | kg | ||
11 | (C) | C | 202 cm | 117 kg | |
6 | C | 205 cm |
Season by season[]
Season | League | Pos. | Baltic League |
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2012–13 | LBL | 5th | |
2013–14 | LBL | 3rd | Round of 16 |
2014–15 | LBL | 3rd | Round of 16 |
2015–16 | LBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist |
2016–17 | LBL | 5th | Round of 16 |
2017–18 | LBL | 7th |
Coaches[]
- (2012–2014)
- Igors Miglinieks (2014)
- (2014–2015)
- Igors Miglinieks (2015–2016)
- (2016–2017)
- Sandis Buškevics (2017–2018)
- (2018–2019)
- Agris Galvanovskis (2019–2021)
- Artūrs Brūniņš (2021–present)
Notable players[]
- Aigars Vītols
- Rinalds Sirsniņš
- Mārtiņš Kravčenko
- Pāvels Veselovs
- Andrejs Šeļakovs
- Povilas Čukinas
- Rihards Kuksiks
- Dovydas Redikas
References[]
External links[]
- Official website (in Latvian)
Categories:
- Jēkabpils
- Basketball teams in Latvia