Liepajas
- Alias
- Liepajas Lauvas
- Leagues Played
- Letland - LBL 187 Letland-Estland - BL 164 Baltic League 57 Vriendschappelijke clubwedstrijden 14 Letland - Beker 13 ENBL 4
- Links
- liepajaslauvas.lv Facebook Twitter liepajasbasketbols.lv Instagram YouTube Wikipedia
- Related Teams
- Liepajas Lauvas 2 Liepajas Lauvas U20
Results
| Letland - LBL | 05/01 13:00 | 2 |
VEF Riga
v
BK Liepaja
|
L | 73-48 | |
| Letland - LBL | 04/28 14:00 | 2 |
BK Liepaja
v
VEF Riga
|
L | 64-86 | |
| Letland - LBL | 04/25 16:00 | 2 |
VEF Riga
v
Liepajas Lauvas
|
L | 77-56 | |
| Letland - LBL | 04/22 16:00 | 3 |
Ogre
v
BK Liepaja
|
W | 81-85 | |
| Letland - LBL | 04/19 16:00 | 3 |
BK Liepaja
v
Ogre
|
W | 99-73 | |
| Letland - LBL | 04/16 16:00 | 3 |
Ogre
v
BK Liepaja
|
L | 94-79 | |
| Letland - LBL | 04/13 14:00 | 3 |
BK Liepaja
v
Ogre
|
W | 83-72 | |
| Letland - LBL | 04/10 16:00 | 3 |
Ogre
v
BK Liepaja
|
L | 89-81 | |
| Letland-Estland - BL | 03/23 17:00 | - |
[6] Rigas Zelli
v
BK Liepaja
[11]
|
L | 81-79 | |
| Letland-Estland - BL | 03/16 15:00 | - |
[11] BK Liepaja
v
KK Viimsi
[14] |
L | 73-79 | |
| Letland-Estland - BL | 03/13 17:00 | - |
[11] BK Liepaja
v
Valmiera
[13] 
|
W | 83-74 | |
| Letland-Estland - BL | 03/09 15:00 | - |
[15] Kalev/SNABB
v
BK Liepaja
[11]
|
L | 85-77 |
Wikipedia - BK Liepāja
BK Liepāja is a professional basketball club in Liepāja, Latvia playing in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and Latvian Basketball League.
History
Basketball team in the city of Liepāja was first founded in 1991, just after Latvia regained independence from Soviet Union. During the years team changed names, according to sponsorships. Previous team names were Liepājas Metalurgs, Baltika/Kaija, BK Liepāja, Līvu alus/Liepāja, Liepājas Lauvas, Liepāja/Triobet.
The club was dissolved in 2018 and was replaced by Liepājas Basketbols. Team has a strong bond with the local basketball school.
Liepāja team's greatest achievement in Latvian Basketball League is gained second place in 1997, but in 2000, 2011 and 2012 team won the third place.
Since 2020, with the hiring of Latvian National team assistant and 2018 FIBA U18 European Championship silver medalist Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis as their head coach, BK Liepāja focuses on building teams around new talents.
In 2021/2022 season BK Liepāja made their international debut, competing in newly founded European North Basketball League. Liepāja won one of five games and finished the tournament at 5th place.
During the 2022/2023 season Liepāja won the bronze medal in Latvian league. Many players established themselves for the next level. After an excellent season with Liepāja, Kārlis Šiliņš signed in German Bundesliga. Renārs Birkāns signed with 10-time Latvian champion BK Ventspils.
Liepajas heeft in de loop der jaren verschillende successen geboekt, waaronder het winnen van het Letse kampioenschap in 2005 en 2007. Het team heeft ook deelgenomen aan verschillende Europese competities, waaronder de FIBA EuroCup en de Baltic Basketball League.
Enkele van de meest opmerkelijke spelers die voor Liepajas hebben gespeeld zijn Kaspars Kambala, Kristaps Valters en Arturs Strautnieks. Het team wordt momenteel gecoacht door Armands Krauliņš.
Liepajas staat bekend om zijn aanvallende stijl van spelen en zijn sterke thuisvoordeel in de Liepaja Olympic Hall. Het team heeft een trouwe aanhang en is een belangrijke kracht in het Letse basketbal.