BC Valga-Valka, also known as BC Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club representing the twin towns of Valga, Estonia and Valka, Latvia. The team plays in the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Their home arena is the Valga Sports Hall. From 2015 to 2018 the team uniquely competed in both Estonian and Latvian domestic top leagues.
History Valga Korvpallikool (Valga Basketball School) was founded in 2001. In 2006, the team won the third tier II Liiga and was promoted to the top tier Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Valga finished the 2006–07 regular season in eighth place and advanced to the playoffs, where they were defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual champions University of Tartu, losing the series 0–2.
Valga finished the 2008–09 regular season in fourth place. In the playoffs, Valga defeated Tallinna Kalev in the quarterfinals, winning the series 3–2, but were swept by University of Tartu in the semifinals. The team faced TTÜ in the third place games, losing the series 0–2 and placing fourth in the final standings. Valga also made their debut in the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) in the 2008–09 season, but failed to advance past the group stage of the Challenge Cup competition.
In July 2015, it was announced that Valga will join the Latvian Basketball League (LBL) for the 2015–16 season, thus becoming the first club to simultaneously compete in both the Estonian and the Latvian League. Valga finished the 2015–16 regular season in sixth place. In the playoffs, the team faced VEF Rīga in the quarterfinals and lost the series 0–3.
Sponsorship naming Valga has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
Valga Welg/Kolmvedu: 2005–2006 Valga Welg: 2006–2008 Valga/CKE Inkasso: 2009–2011 BC Valga/Maks & Moorits: 2012–2015 BC Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits: 2015–present
Home arena Valga Sports Hall (2005–present)
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Coaches
Jaanus Liivak 2005–2009 Augenijus Vaškys 2009–2010 Andrus Renter 2010–2011 Ozell Wells 2011 Varis Krūmiņš 2011–2012
Tarmo Petter 2012 Sandis Buškevics 2012–2014 Varis Krūmiņš 2014–2016 Juris Umbraško 2016–2017
Kristaps Zeids 2017–2018 Armands Misus 2018 Mikhail Karpenko 2018–19 Marko Zarkovič 2018–2019
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionEstonian CupLatvian Basketball LeagueBaltic Basketball League2005–063II Liiga1st19–3Round of 16– – –– – –2006–071Korvpalli Meistriliiga8th14–20Fourth place– – –– – –2007–081Korvpalli Meistriliiga6th18–16Quarterfinalist– – –– – –2008–091Korvpalli Meistriliiga4th17–19Quarterfinalist– – –BBL Challenge Cup 4–102009–101Korvpalli Meistriliiga5th11–18Quarterfinalist– – –BBL Challenge Cup 1–72010–111Korvpalli Meistriliiga5th15–21Quarterfinalist–– ––– –2011–121Korvpalli Meistriliiga8th3–24Quarterfinalist–– ––– –2012–131Korvpalli Meistriliiga7th13–18Quarterfinalist–– –Baltic Basketball League2–82013–141Korvpalli Meistriliiga8th6–27Quarterfinalist–– –Baltic Basketball League0–122014–151Korvpalli Meistriliiga6th12–19Quarterfinalist–– –Baltic Basketball League4–82015–161Korvpalli Meistriliiga8th10–22QuarterfinalistLatvijas Basketbola Līga11–12–– –2016–171Korvpalli Meistriliiga6th10–20Fourth placeLatvijas Basketbola Līga3–15–– –2017–181Korvpalli Meistriliiga5th13–17–Latvijas Basketbola Līga6–13–– –
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