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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.

BC Tarvas
BC Tarvas logo
LeaguesKorvpalli Meistriliiga
Estonian-Latvian Basketball League
FoundedRakvere Tarvas
(2006–2017)
BC Tarvas
(2017–present)
ArenaRakvere Sports Hall
Capacity2,747[1]
LocationRakvere, Estonia
Team colorsWhite, Blue, Black
     
Head coachVaido Rego
Championships1 Estonian Cup

History

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2006–2017

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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 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

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

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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

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Rakvere Sports Hall is the home arena of BC Tarvas

Players

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Current roster

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

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

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured  Injured

Updated: 28 March 2023

Depth chart

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

Coaches

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Season by season

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Season Tier Division Pos. Estonian Cup Regional competitions European competitions
2006–07 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6th Quarterfinalist
2007–08 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 9th Quarterfinalist
2008–09 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6th Quarterfinalist
2009–10 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 2nd Quarterfinalist
2010–11 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Runner-up BBL Challenge Cup RS
2011–12 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rd Third place BBL Challenge Cup RU
2012–13 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rd Champion Baltic Basketball League QF 3 EuroChallenge QR
2013–14 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rd Third place Baltic Basketball League T16 3 EuroChallenge RS
2014–15 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Runner-up Baltic Basketball League T16
2015–16 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5th Quarterfinalist Baltic Basketball League T16
2016–17 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8th Quarterfinalist Baltic Basketball League RS
2017–18 3 II liiga 1st
2018–19 2 I liiga 1st
2019–20 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5th[a] Estonian-Latvian Basketball League [a]
2020–21 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Runner-up Estonian-Latvian Basketball League RS
2021–22 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8th Quarterfinalist Estonian-Latvian Basketball League 13th
2022–23 1 Korvpalli Meistriliiga 9th Quarterfinalist Estonian-Latvian Basketball League 16th

Trophies and awards

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Trophies

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Estonian League

Estonian Cup

  • Winners (1): 2012
  • Runners-up (3): 2010, 2014, 2020

Individual awards

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b The season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "Rakvere Spordihall". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian).
  2. ^ "Kaheksa klubi ihkab meistriliigasse" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. 27 June 2006.
  3. ^ "Müürsepp liitubki Rakvere Tarvaga" (in Estonian). Postimees Sport. 25 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Selgunud on Eesti korvpallihooaja parimad" (in Estonian). Eesti Päevaleht.
  5. ^ "Rakvere Tarvas palkas Läti tsentri" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport.
  6. ^ "Rakvere Tarva treeningutega ühines veel üks Läti ekskoondislane" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport.
  7. ^ "Tarva fännid käivad mängudel Läti koondise dressidega" (in Estonian). Virumaa Teataja.
  8. ^ "Rakvere Tarvas teeb korvpalli meistriliigas tagasituleku" (in Estonian). Postimees Sport. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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