BC Tarvas

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

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 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

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

Players

Current roster

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BC Tarvas roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 1 Estonia Lippasaar, Arden-Joosep 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 18 – (2005-07-17)17 July 2005
SG 3 Estonia Pahmart, Martti 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2004-08-17)17 August 2004
SG 4 Estonia Kägo, Robin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (2004-01-19)19 January 2004
C 6 Estonia Lindmets, Renato (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 39 – (1984-05-04)4 May 1984
SG 7 Estonia Kaasik, Erik 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (2000-05-20)20 May 2000
SF 9 Estonia Kaldmäe, Gert 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1995-09-12)12 September 1995
PF 11 Ukraine Shymanskyi, Vitalii 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2003-03-11)11 March 2003
SF 13 Estonia Lippasaar, Arvan-Johhannes 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2000-06-13)13 June 2000
SF 21 Ukraine Shevchenko, Volodymyr 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1994-12-03)3 December 1994
PG 44 Slovenia Razdevšek, Jan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2000-12-16)16 December 2000
SG 48 Estonia Sats, Ralf 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2003-11-19)19 November 2003
Head coach
  • Estonia Vaido Rego
Assistant coach(es)
  • Estonia Mihkel Kurg
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 28 March 2023

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

Coaches

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. Estonian Cup Regional competitions European competitions
2006–07 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6th Quarterfinalist
2007–08 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 9th Quarterfinalist
2008–09 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6th Quarterfinalist
2009–10 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 2nd Quarterfinalist
2010–11 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Runner-up BBL Challenge CupRS
2011–12 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rd Third place BBL Challenge CupRU
2012–13 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rd Champion Baltic Basketball LeagueQF 3 EuroChallengeQR
2013–14 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 3rd Third place Baltic Basketball LeagueT16 3 EuroChallengeRS
2014–15 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Runner-up Baltic Basketball LeagueT16
2015–16 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5th Quarterfinalist Baltic Basketball LeagueT16
2016–17 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8th Quarterfinalist Baltic Basketball LeagueRS
2017–18 3II liiga 1st
2018–19 2I liiga 1st
2019–20 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5th[lower-alpha 1] Estonian-Latvian Basketball League–[lower-alpha 1]
2020–21 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Runner-up Estonian-Latvian Basketball LeagueRS
2021–22 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8th Quarterfinalist Estonian-Latvian Basketball League13th
2022–23 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 9th Quarterfinalist Estonian-Latvian Basketball League16th

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Estonian League

Estonian Cup

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

Individual awards

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

    References
    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.
    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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