KK Viimsi

Viimsi/Sportland
Viimsi/Sportland
Leagues	Korvpalli Meistriliiga; Estonian-Latvian Basketball League
Founded	30 October 2002; 21 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), also known as Viimsi/Sportland for sponsorship reasons, 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 edit

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 edit

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

Home arenas edit

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

Players edit

Current roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Viimsi roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	0	Vaaks, Stefan	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		18 – (2005-05-08)8 May 2005
SF	1	Lehe, Gerrit	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		19 – (2005-03-16)16 March 2005
SF	2	Hint, Aleksander Oliver	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	23 – (2000-05-27)27 May 2000
SF	3	Lishchyna, Illia	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		18 – (2005-08-13)13 August 2005
SF	3	Trempi, Marten	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		20 – (2004-03-20)20 March 2004
C	4	Arop, Birk Birger	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	19 – (2005-03-24)24 March 2005
SF	13	Kokk, Kristjan	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	22 – (2001-10-09)9 October 2001
SF	14	Sünd, Kevin	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	23 – (2000-11-11)11 November 2000
PG	18	Laanemaa, Ron	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	19 – (2004-09-29)29 September 2004
PG	22	Suurorg, Oliver	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	24 – (2000-01-08)8 January 2000
C	23	Kovalov, Artem	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	26 – (1997-11-28)28 November 1997
SG	31	Rikberg, Jorgen	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	22 – (2002-03-09)9 March 2002
SF	44	Reinart, Ken-Martti	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	21 – (2003-02-10)10 February 2003
PF		Mõttus, Markkus	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)		21 – (2003-01-21)21 January 2003
PF		Teppo, Karl	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		18 – (2005-05-22)22 May 2005

Head coach

Valdo Lips

Assistant coach(es)

Dmytro Kolomyichenko

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 27 October 2023

Depth chart edit

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Malik Toppin	Birk Birger Arop
PF	Ronalds Zaķis	Kristjan Kokk
SF	Karl Johan Lips	Aleksander Oliver Hint	Kevin Sünd	Kaur Erik Suurorg
SG	Egert Haller	Jorgen Rikberg
PG	Devin Harris	Siim-Markus Post	Ron Laanemaa

Head coaches edit

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

Season by season edit

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