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2015–16 KML Season
The 2015–16 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season (also known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. TÜ/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 KML season. The season began on 7 October 2015 and concluded on 27 May 2016 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 1 in the 2016 KML Finals to win their 8th Estonian Championship. Teams Personnel and sponsorship Coaching changes Regular season During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions: * TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total). * Kalev/Cramo will play 2 rounds away against teams other than TÜ/Rock (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total). Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games. League table {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 KML Season
The 2014–15 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 90th season of the Estonian basketball league and the second under the title sponsorship of Alexela. BC Kalev/Cramo, Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2013–14 KML season. The season started on 4 October 2014 and concluded on 22 May 2015 with Tartu Ülikool/Rock, TÜ/Rock defeating BC Kalev/Cramo, Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 1 in the 2015 KML Playoffs#Finals, 2015 KML Finals to win their 26th Estonian League title. Teams Coaching changes Regular season During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions: * BC Kalev/Cramo, Kalev/Cramo will play 1 round at home and 1 away (1 at home and 1 away in total). * Tartu Ülikool/Rock, TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home (1 at home and 2 away in total). * Audentese SG/Noortekoondis, Audentes/Noortekoondis will play 1 round at home and 1 away (1 at home and 1 away in total). Double points will be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapla
Rapla ( (the name ''Rappel'' was also used in other languages in the past) is a Populated places in Estonia, town in north-central Estonia'','' the capital of Rapla County and the centre of Rapla Parish. History The oldest records date back to 1241 in the Danish Census Book, when it was said that it was a small village with 8 acres of cultivated fields. By the end of the 13th century, the village centre was firmly established. At around the same time, a Cistercians, Cistercian monastery was built. Rapla's ambitious period of fast growth began only in the late 19th century. In 1866, a pharmacy was built, in 1868 a school, and in 1888 a hospital. In 1898, a brick factory was opened, and in 1900, a railway line was built between Rapla and Viljandi. The old stone church was demolished in the late 19th century and a new one was built in a Romanesque style, one of the purest examples of this style in all of Estonia. In 1913, Rapla consisted of around 20 stone and 60 wooden house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pärnu Sports Hall
The Pärnu Sports Hall () is a multi-purpose indoor arena complex in Pärnu. The hall was opened in 2009 and is the current home arena of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga team BC Pärnu BC Pärnu, also known as Pärnu Sadam (English: Port of Pärnu) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Pärnu, Estonia. The team plays in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Th ... and the Baltic Volleyball League team Pärnu VK. References External links Official website Sports venues in Estonia Basketball venues in Estonia Indoor arenas in Estonia Buildings and structures in Pärnu Volleyball venues in Estonia 2009 establishments in Estonia Sports venues completed in 2009 Sport in Pärnu {{Estonia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga, which is a part of the Baltic Sea. In the city, the Pärnu River drains into the Gulf of Riga. Pärnu is a popular summer Tourism, holiday resort town among Estonians with many hotels, restaurants and large beaches. The city is served by Pärnu Airport. History Pärnu or Old Pärnu (, , ), which was founded by the bishop of Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, Ösel–Wiek , suffered heavily under pressure of the concurrent town, and was finally destroyed . Another town, Embeke (later , ) was founded by the Livonian Order, who began building an Ordensburg nearby in 1265. The latter town, then known by the German name of , was a member of the Hanseatic League and an important ice-free harbor for Livonia. The Polish–Lithuanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saku Arena
Unibet Arena (named Saku Suurhall until 31 December 2022) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Haabersti subdistrict of the Estonian capital, Tallinn. Opened in November 2001, it is the largest multi-purpose hall in the country with around 7,200 seats but can hold up to 10,000 people. It generally hosts basketball games, as well as sport competitions, trade fairs, corporate events and concerts. The name sponsor for the arena is the Swedish sports betting company Unibet and the venue is owned by businessman Marcel Vichmann via his company Best Idea OÜ. History Initial plans for the arena were announced in August 1999. Unibet Arena opened in November 2001. Since 2002, the arena is a member of the European Arenas Association (EAA). A total of 13,220 m2 spread over four floors. Every year around 300 events take place in the hall, of which about 70 are major events. It accommodates up to 10,000 spectators, of which 7,200 are seated. The first event in the hall was the Irish danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audentes Sports Centre
Audentes Sports Center () is a multi-purpose indoor arena complex in Tallinn. The sports center has a swimming pool, gym, track&field arena, ball halls, a wrestling and judo hall and a tennis center. It's located in Tondi, a subdistrict of Kristiine Kristiine ( Estonian for ' Christina') is one of the 8 administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Kristiine is divided into 3 subdistricts (): * Järve * Lilleküla * Tondi The name of Kristiine originates from the Swedish .... References External linksOfficial website Sports venues in Estonia Basketball venues in Estonia Indoor arenas in Estonia Sports venues in Tallinn Athletics (track and field) venues in Estonia Volleyball venues in Estonia {{Estonia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and administratively lies in the Harju County, Harju ''Counties of Estonia, maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city, Tartu, however, only south of Helsinki, Finland; it is also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical Names of Tallinn in different languages, name Reval. “Reval” received Lübeck law, Lübeck city rights in 1248; however, the earliest evidence of human settlement in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Valga
BC Valga-Valka, also known as BC Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club representing the twin towns of Valga, Estonia and Valka, Latvia. The team plays in the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Their home arena is the Valga Sports Hall. From 2015 to 2018 the team uniquely competed in both Estonian and Latvian domestic top leagues. History Valga Korvpallikool (Valga Basketball School) was founded in 2001. In 2006, the team won the third tier II Liiga and was promoted to the top tier Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Valga finished the 2006–07 regular season in eighth place and advanced to the playoffs, where they were defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual champions University of Tartu, losing the series 0–2. Valga finished the 2008–09 regular season in fourth place. In the playoffs, Valga defeated Tallinna Kalev in the quarterfinals, winning the series 3–2, but were swept by University of Tartu in the semifinals. The team faced TT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Pärnu
KK, K.K., kK, k.k., or other sequences of two k's with or without punctuation may refer to: Arts and media *KK, the production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Faceless Ones'' * "KK" (song), a 2014 song by Wiz Khalifa * Kk. or Kirkpatrick number, a designation system for Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, devised by Ralph Kirkpatrick * ''Kobylańska Katalog'' or ''KK'', catalogue of the works of Frédéric Chopin, authored by Krystyna Kobylańska * ''Kvinner og Klær'' (''Women and Clothes'') or ''KK'', a Norwegian weekly magazine * '' Kritika Kultura'' or ''KK'', a Philippine journal of literary, language and cultural studies Language * Kazakh language (ISO 639-1 code kk), a Turkic language * Kenyon and Knott or KK Phonetic Transcription, a transcription system used in the 1944 ''Pronouncing Dictionary of American English'' * Kernewek Kemmyn (Common Cornish), a variety of the Cornish language * Kk (digraph), used to represent a consonant in various languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Rakvere Tarvas
BC Tarvas is a professional basketball club based in Rakvere, Estonia. The club competes in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. Their home arena is the Rakvere Sports Hall. History 2006–2017 Rakvere Tarvas was founded in 2006 by Andres Sõber and joined the top-tier Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) for the 2006–07 KML season, 2006–07 season, replacing another Rakvere based team, the financially troubled Rakvere Palliklubi. The team name Tarvas, meaning ''Aurochs'' in Estonian, is the Rakvere#Tarvas statue, symbol of Rakvere and is derived from the historic name of Rakvere, Tarvanpea (''Aurochs' head''). Rakvere Tarvas finished the 2006–07 regular season in 6th place, reaching the playoffs, where the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Sõber strengthened the team significantly during the 2009 off-season by signing point guard Valmo Kriisa, young shooting guard Rain Veideman and centers Richard Elias Anderson, Richard Anderson and Reinar Hallik. In February 2010, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TTÜ KK 21–19. TPI Spordiklubi (Tal ...
TalTech Basketball, also known as TalTech/ALEXELA for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Tallinn, Estonia. They are a part of the Tallinn University of Technology Sports Club. The team plays in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the TalTech Sports Hall. Tallinn University of Technology teams have won eight Estonian League championships and eight Estonian Cup titles. History Basketball was first played at Tallinn Tehnikum, the predecessor of the Tallinn University of Technology, on 4 February 1928, when the Tallinn Tehnikum team defeated the visiting University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
