KK Viimsi

Viimsi
Viimsi
Leagues	Korvpalli Meistriliiga; Estonian-Latvian Basketball League
Founded	30 October 2002; 22 years ago
History	Korvpalliklubi Viimsi; (2002–present)
Arena	Forus Sports Center
Capacity	500
Location	Haabneeme, Viimsi, Estonia
Team colors	White, Black, Orange;
CEO	Tanel Einaste
Head coach	Valdo Lips
Website	kkviimsi.ee
Home	Away

Korvpalliklubi Viimsi (English: Basketball Club Viimsi) is a professional basketball club based in Haabneeme, Viimsi, Estonia. The team plays in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the Forus Sports Center.

History

KK Viimsi was founded in 2002 by Tanel Einaste, Anti Kalle and Teet Tiisvelt.^[1] In 2021, the team won the Estonian second division title and joined the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. They reached the playoffs in their first season in the league. KK Viimsi/Sportland defeated BK Ventspils the quarterfinals and Pärnu Sadam in the semifinal to advance to the championship game, where they lost to VEF Riga, 64–95.^[2]

Sponsorship naming

KK Viimsi/Noto: 2017–2021
KK Viimsi/Sportland: 2021–2023

Home arenas

Viimsi School Sports Hall (2011–2018)
Forus Sports Center (2018–present)^[3]

Players

Current roster

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Viimsi roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SF	1	Lehe, Gerrit	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		19 – (2005-03-16)16 March 2005
SF	2	Hint, Aleksander Oliver (C)	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	24 – (2000-05-27)27 May 2000
PG	5	Kuusmaa, Kaspar	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	20 – (2004-01-27)27 January 2004
PF	8	Sarap, Artur	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	18 – (2006-11-22)22 November 2006
SF	13	Kokk, Kristjan	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	23 – (2001-10-09)9 October 2001
SF	14	Sünd, Kevin	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	24 – (2000-11-11)11 November 2000
C	15	Shvydchenko, Heorhii	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)		18 – (2006-03-01)1 March 2006
PG	17	Normak, Hans Norman	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)		18 – (2006-02-01)1 February 2006
PG	18	Laanemaa, Ron	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	20 – (2004-09-29)29 September 2004
SF	23	Jaakson, Mark-Andreas	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	24 – (2000-02-15)15 February 2000
C	29	Pajić, Omar	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)		25 – (1999-08-24)24 August 1999
SG	31	Rikberg, Jorgen	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	22 – (2002-03-09)9 March 2002
SF	44	Reinart, Ken-Martti	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	21 – (2003-02-10)10 February 2003
PF		Allemann, Georg	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	23 – (2001-03-11)11 March 2001

Head coach

Valdo Lips

Assistant coach(es)

Dmytro Kolomyichenko

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 19 October 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Omar Pajić	Heorhii Shvydchenko
PF	Artur Sarap
SF	Kristjan Kokk	Mark-Andreas Jaakson	Aleksander Oliver Hint	Kevin Sünd
SG	Stefan Vaaks	Jorgen Rikberg
PG	Kaspar Kuusmaa

Head coaches

Tanel Einaste 2011–2012, 2014–2015
Valdo Lips 2013–2015, 2016–2021, 2021–present
Indrek Ruut 2015–2016
Martin Toomas 2021

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Estonian Cup	Baltic competitions
2015–16	3	II liiga	25th
2016–17	3	II liiga	1st	Second round
2017–18	2	I liiga	7th
2018–19	2	I liiga	3rd
2019–20	2	I liiga	2nd^[a]
2020–21	2	I liiga	1st	Quarterfinalist
2021–22	1	KML	5th	Fourth place	Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	RU
2022–23	1	KML	4th	Runner-up	Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	8th
2023–24	1	KML	7th	Fourth place	Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	15th