BK Liepājas Lauvas
BK Liepājas Lauvas
| Liepājas Lauvas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leagues | LBL Baltic League | ||
| Founded | 1991 | ||
| Dissolved | 2018 | ||
| History | Liepājas Metalurgs Baltika/Kaija BK Liepāja Līvu alus/Liepāja Liepājas Lauvas | ||
| Arena | Liepāja Olympic Center | ||
| Location | Liepāja, Latvia | ||
| Team colors | Dark blue, white and black | ||
| President |  Artis Lagzdiņš | ||
| Head coach | Agris Galvanovskis | ||
| Website | liepajaslauvas.lv [3] | ||
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BK Liepājas Lauvas is a professional basketball club in Liepāja, Latvia playing in the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. Previous team names were Liepājas Metalurgs, Baltika/Kaija, BK Liepāja, Līvu alus/Liepāja, Liepājas Lauvas, but since 2012 team is called Liepāja/Triobet.
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.
The club was dissolved in 2018 and was replaced by Liepājas Basketbols.[1]
| Liepājas Lauvas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leagues | LBL Baltic League | ||
| Founded | 1991 | ||
| Dissolved | 2018 | ||
| History | Liepājas Metalurgs Baltika/Kaija BK Liepāja Līvu alus/Liepāja Liepājas Lauvas | ||
| Arena | Liepāja Olympic Center | ||
| Location | Liepāja, Latvia | ||
| Team colors | Dark blue, white and black | ||
| President | Artis Lagzdiņš | ||
| Head coach | Agris Galvanovskis | ||
| Website | liepajaslauvas.lv [3] | ||
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Season by season
| Season | League | Pos. | Baltic League | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | LBL | 8th | ||
| 1992–93 | LBL | 8th | ||
| 1993–94 | LBL | 11th | ||
| 1994–95 | LBL | 9th | ||
| 1995–96 | LBL | 7th | ||
| 1996–97 | LBL | 2nd | ||
| 1997–98 | LBL | 5th | ||
| 1998–99 | LBL | 5th | ||
| 1999–00 | LBL | 3rd | ||
| 2000–01 | LBL | 4th | ||
| 2001–02 | LBL | 7th | ||
| 2002–03 | LBL | 4th | ||
| 2003–04 | LBL | 5th | ||
| 2004–05 | LBL | 5th | Challenge Cup | 5th |
| 2005–06 | LBL | 6th | Elite Division | 13th |
| 2006–07 | LBL | 4th | ||
| 2007–08 | LBL | 6th | Challenge Cup | 4th |
| 2008–09 | LBL | 6th | Challenge Cup | 8th |
| 2009–10 | LBL | 5th | Elite Division | 9th |
| 2010–11 | LBL | 3rd | Elite Division | 12th |
| 2011–12 | LBL | 3rd | Elite Division | 14th |
| 2012–13 | LBL | 9th | Regular season | |
| 2013–14 | LBL | 6th | Round of 16 | |
| 2014–15 | LBL | 4th | Round of 16 | |
| 2015–16 | LBL | 4th | Quarterfinalist | |
| 2016–17 | LBL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | |
| 2017–18 | LBL | 8th | Regular season | |
Notable players
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[[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x|United States|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Malcolm Griffin
[[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x|Lithuania|h14|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Martynas Andriukaitis
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