KK Viimsi

Viimsi
Leagues	Korvpalli Meistriliiga Estonian-Latvian Basketball League
Founded	30 October 2002; 21 years ago (2002-10-30)
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.

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]

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

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

Viimsi roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Vaaks, Stefan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (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 (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) 17 – (2006-11-22)22 November 2006 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 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) 19 – (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	Head coach Valdo Lips Assistant coach(es) Dmytro Kolomyichenko Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 10 September 2024

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

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

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

• Estonian-Latvian League

Runners-up (1): 2021–22

• Estonian Cup

Runners-up (1): 2022

• Estonian 2nd League

Winners (1): 2020–21

• Estonian 3rd League

Winners (1): 2016–17

KML All-Star Five

• Karl Johan Lips – 2023

Estonian-Latvian League All-Star Five

• Tyler Roberson – 2022

• Official website (in Estonian)