BK Ventspils

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lv/sports/news/basketball/news/lbl-isa-vesture-21-sezona-pieci-cempioni.d?id=42717326&page=2|title = Tronī uzkāpj 'Ventspils' (2000-2006; 2009)|date = 3 October 2012}}

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,[http://www.scorespro.com/basketball/livescore/bc-prienai-vs-bk-ventspils/02-04-2013/ BC Prienai - BK Ventspils : 69:91 (Match report)] ScoresPro.com and losing the second, by a score of just 70:73,[http://www.scorespro.com/basketball/livescore/bk-ventspils-vs-bc-prienai/06-04-2013/ BK Ventspils - BC Prienai : 70:73 (Match report)] ScoresPro.com 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.

• Latvian-Estonian League

::Winners (1): 2019

• Latvian League:

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

:::Runners-up (12): 1998, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

::::Bronze (6): 1996, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2020, 2024

• Latvian Cup

:::Runners-up (1): 2022

• 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

==Roster==

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{{player3 | num = 2 | nat = LAT | name = Artūrs Ausējs | pos = G | m= 1.92 | kgs=90 |year=1990 |month=12 |date=16}}

{{player3 | num = 3 | nat = FIN | name = Perttu Blomgren | pos = PG| m= 1.95| kgs= 88|year=2001 |month=09 |date=13}}

{{player3 | num = 5 | nat = USA | name = M. J. Randolph | pos = PG| m= 1.92 | kgs=90 |year=1999 |month=11 |date=18}}

{{player3 | num = 7 | nat = LAT | name = Renārs Birkāns | pos = PG| m= 1.86 | kgs=82 |year=1997 |month=06 |date=26|inj=yes}}

{{player3 | num = 8 | nat = LTU | name = Tomas Lekūnas | pos = F | m= 1.98 | kgs=100|year=1993 |month=04 |date=06}}

{{player3 | num = 10 | nat = LAT | name = Roberts Bērze | pos = F | m= 1.98 | kgs=94 |year=2001 |month=08 |date=01}}

{{player3 | num = 11 | nat = USA | name = Zac Watson | pos = F | m= 2.01 | kgs=98 |year=2000 |month=02 |date=04}}

{{player3 | num = 13 | nat = LAT | name = Rūdis Donis | pos = PF| m= 2.00 | kgs=85 |year=2006 |month=11 |date=12}}

{{player3 | num = 15 | nat = LAT | name = Valters Vēveris | pos = SG| m= 1.93 | kgs=82 |year=2000 |month=04 |date=21}}

{{player3 | num = 30 | nat = LAT | name = Ronalds Zaķis | pos = C | m= 2.07 | kgs=110|year=1987 |month=07 |date=08}}

{{player3 | num = 31 | nat = LAT | name = Edvards Mežulis | pos = C | m= 2.02 | kgs=115|year=2000 |month=01 |date=14}}

{{player3 | num = 35 | nat = ROM | name = Mihail Miseailo | pos = SF| m= 1.97 | kgs= |year=2002 |month=08 |date=01}}

{{player3 | num = 44 | nat = LAT | name = Jānis Censonis | pos = PG| m= 1.85 | kgs=75 |year=2005 |month=02 |date=08}}

{{player3 | num = 51 | nat = LAT | name = Kārlis Šķiliņš | pos = G | m= 1.93 | kgs= |year=2007 |month=05 |date=12}}

{{player3 | num = 55 | nat = LAT | name = Tailers Tīģers | pos = PG| m= 1.72 | kgs= |year=2007 |month=09 |date=12}}

{{player3 | num = 69 | nat = LAT | name = Roberts Prūsis | pos = G | m= | kgs= |year=1998 |month=07 |date=22}}

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| asst_coach =

• {{player||LAT|Andris Gūtmanis}}
• {{player||LAT|Edgars Seredjuks}}

| roster_url = http://www.bkventspils.lv/bk-ventspils/

| accessdate = 20 April, 2025

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|bench 1_pg = Jānis Censonis

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• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Rihards Lomažs
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Artis Ate
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Ainars Bagatskis
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Dairis Bertāns
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Artūrs Bērziņš
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Jānis Blūms
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Sandis Buškevics
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Kaspars Cipruss
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Raitis Grafs
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Māris Gulbis
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Uvis Helmanis
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Kristaps Janičenoks
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Mareks Jurevičus
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Ernests Kalve
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Rihards Kuksiks
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Toms Leimanis
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Mārtiņš Meiers
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Kārlis Muižnieks
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Ivars Timermanis
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Jānis Timma
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Mārtiņš Skirmants
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Artūrs Strēlnieks
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Jānis Strēlnieks
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Andrejs Šeļakovs
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Aigars Šķēle
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Armands Šķēle
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Žanis Peiners
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Juris Umbraško
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Raimonds Vaikulis
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Arnis Vecvagars
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Sandis Valters
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Ronalds Zaķis
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Uģis Viļums
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Aigars Vītols
• {{flagdeco|Latvia}} Akselis Vairogs
• {{flagdeco|Lithuania}} Marijonas Petravičius
• {{flagdeco|Lithuania}} Kęstutis Šeštokas
• {{flagdeco|Lithuania}} Simas Buterlevičius
• {{flagdeco|Lithuania}} Edgaras Želionis
• {{flagdeco|Serbia}} Vladimir Štimac
• {{flagdeco|Montenegro}} Bojan Bakić
• {{flagdeco|Greece}} Georgios Tsiakos
• {{flagdeco|Greece}} {{flagdeco|Serbia}} Dušan Jelić
• {{flagdeco|Greece}} Nikos Gkikas
• {{flagdeco|Nigeria}} Akin Akingbala
• {{flagdeco|Jamaica}} Weyinmi Efejuku
• {{flagdeco|Puerto Rico}} Emmanuel Ubilla
• {{flagdeco|UK}} {{flagdeco|USA}} Mike Lenzly
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Rashad Anderson
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Jimmy Baxter
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Tyrone Brazelton
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Rasheed Brokenborough
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Dominez Burnett
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Folarin Campbell
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Tweety Carter
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Warren Carter
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Mire Chatman
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Willie Deane
• {{flagicon|USA}} Daeshon Francis
• {{flagdeco|United States}} John Gilchrist
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Jerai Grant
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Steven Gray
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Blake Hamilton
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Brandon Hunter
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Ted Jeffries
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Michael-Hakim Jordan
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Justin Love
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Bernard King
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Willie Kemp
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Chester Mason
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Dan McClintock
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Gerry McNamara
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Eddie Shannon
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Casey Shaw
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Jamaal Tatum
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Terrance Thomas
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Lorenzo Williams
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Brent Wright
• {{flagdeco|United States}} Jahmar Young

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• {{flagicon|LAT}} Armands Krauliņš
• {{flagicon|LAT}} Kārlis Muižnieks
• {{flagicon|LAT}} Agris Galvanovskis
• {{flagicon|LAT}} Guntis Endzels

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• {{flagicon|LAT}} Gundars Vētra
• {{flagicon|SLO}} Gašper Okorn
• {{flagicon|CRO}} Silvano Poropat
• {{flagicon|LTU}} Algirdas Brazys

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• {{flagicon|LAT}} Roberts Štelmahers
• {{flagicon|LAT}} Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.bkventspils.lv/ Official Website] {{in lang|lv}}
• [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/?pcode=jku&gamenumber=2&seasoncode=u2007&gamecode=31&phasetypecode=rs&clubcode=VEN Eurocup Team Page]
• [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.roundID_6491.season_2009.teamID_4045.html FIBA Europe Team Page]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090323064514/http://www.bbl.net/index.php/b19sYW5nPWVuJm9fc2Vhcz0yMSZvX2xlYWc9OCZmdXNlYWN0aW9uPXRlYW1zLm1haW4mdD01OA== Baltic League Team Page]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090605022212/http://www.basket.lv/lbl/komandas/ventspils-1 Latvian League Team Page]
• [http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=LAT&Team=1433 Eurobasket.com Team Page]

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