BC Valga-Valka

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.

Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits
Leagues	Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Founded	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
History	Valga KK (2001–2015) BC Valga-Valka (2015–present)
Arena	Valga Sports Hall
Capacity	561[1]
Location	Valga, Estonia
Team colors	Blue, White
Head coach	Mikhail Karpenko
Team captain	Timo Eichfuss
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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.^[2] 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.^[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^[4]

Home arena

• Valga Sports Hall (2005–present)

Players

See also: Category:BC Valga players

Current roster

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Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 King, Dashawn 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 33 – (1992-02-16)16 February 1992 PG 2 Endzels, Elvis 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 SG 3 Kaldre, Tom 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1998-06-27)27 June 1998 SG 4 Meister, Kristen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 PG 5 Wilson, Clay 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 32 – (1992-08-13)13 August 1992 C 6 Montgomery, Carl 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 36 – (1989-01-15)15 January 1989 PF 9 Eichfuss, Timo (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 36 – (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 SF 10 Peterson, Robert 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 35 – (1990-03-27)27 March 1990 PF 11 Jurtom, Martin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 31 – (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 SF 22 Miglinieks, Kristaps 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 35 – (1990-01-22)22 January 1990 C 33 Sīpoliņš, Guntis 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1993-11-10)10 November 1993	Head coach Mikhail Karpenko Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 6 November 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Guntis Sīpoliņš	Carl Montgomery
PF	Timo Eichfuss	Martin Jurtom
SF	Kristaps Miglinieks	Robert Peterson
SG	Dashawn King	Tom Kaldre	Kristen Meister
PG	Clay Wilson	Elvis Endzels

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

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Estonian Cup	Latvian Basketball League			Baltic Basketball League
2005–06	3	II Liiga	1st	19–3	Round of 16	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006–07	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	8th	14–20	Fourth place	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007–08	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	6th	18–16	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008–09	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	4th	17–19	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	BBL Challenge Cup	RS	4–10
2009–10	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	5th	11–18	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	BBL Challenge Cup	RS	1–7
2010–11	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	5th	15–21	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011–12	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	8th	3–24	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012–13	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	7th	13–18	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	Baltic Basketball League	RS	2–8
2013–14	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	8th	6–27	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	Baltic Basketball League	RS	0–12
2014–15	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	6th	12–19	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	Baltic Basketball League	RS	4–8
2015–16	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	8th	10–22	Quarterfinalist	Latvijas Basketbola Līga	QF	11–12	–	–	–
2016–17	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	6th	10–20	Fourth place	Latvijas Basketbola Līga	RS	3–15	–	–	–
2017–18	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	5th	13–17	–	Latvijas Basketbola Līga	QF	6–13	–	–	–