TalTech Basketball is the basketball team of Tallinn University of Technology based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the

Latvian–Estonian Basketball League The Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is the highest professional men's club basketball league in Latvia and Estonia; it has been organised since 2018, run by the Latvian Basketball Association and the Estonian Basketball Association. History ...

. Their home arena is the

TalTech Sports Hall The TalTech Sports Hall ( et, TalTech Spordihoone) is a multi-purpose indoor arena complex in Mustamäe, Tallinn. It was opened in 1975 and renovated in 2001. It is the current home arena of the TalTech Basketball TalTech Basketball is the bas ...

. The team has won eight Estonian Championships and seven Estonian Cups.

History

The game of basketball was first introduced to the Tallinn Tehnikum (predecessor of the Tallinn University of Technology) in 1928. The team's first game was played on 4 February 1928, in the NMKÜ Sports Hall, with Tallinn Tehnikum beating the visiting University of Tartu team 21–19. Tallinn University of Technology basketball team first played in the top tier Estonian Championship in 1951. Coached by Jaroslav Dudkin, the team emerged as a major force in Estonian basketball in the 1960s. Led by

Tõnno Lepmets Tõnno Lepmets (March 31, 1938 in Tallinn, Estonia – June 26, 2005) was an Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1963 and 1967 EuroBasket. Elected t ...

and Priit Tomson, the team won 6 consecutive Estonian Championships from 1961 to 1966. In 1982, Dudkin retired and was replaced as head coach by August Sokk. In 1984 and 1985, the team led by Tiit Sokk and

Margus Metstak Margus Metstak (born June 16, 1961) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the center position. Club career Early career Margus Metstak started his career at the age of 18 with Tallinn Pedagogical Institute fo ...

won two more Estonian Championship titles. TTÜ began to struggle in the early 1990s as new professional basketball clubs joined the league and following the 1993–94 season, the university team was relegated from the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). From 1999 to 2002, TTÜ sponsored the KML team

TTÜ-A. Le Coq TTÜ-A. Le Coq was an Estonian professional basketball club founded in 1989 and dissolved in 2002. They played in the Estonian League. The team won 4 Estonian League championships and 1 Estonian Cup. The team played its home games at TTÜ Spo ...

(former BC Tallinn) and from 2002 to 2004, TTÜ/A. Le Coq (former BC Hotronic). TTÜ/A. Le Coq won the Estonian Cup in 2003. In 2004, TTÜ/A. Le Coq folded and TTÜ continued in the I Liiga. TTÜ returned to the KML in 2006 and finished the 2006–07 season in ninth place. In 2008, TTÜ reached the Estonian Cup final, but were defeated by Kalev/Cramo 90–61. The team finished the 2008–09 regular season in third place. In the playoffs, TTÜ swept Rakvere Tarvas in the quarterfinals and faced Kalev/Cramo in the semifinals, losing the series 0–3. TTÜ defeated Valga in the third place games. In 2011, the team merged with

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and became TTÜ/Kalev. TTÜ/Kalev finished the 2010–11 season in third place, being eliminated by University of Tartu in the semifinals and beating Rakvere Tarvas in the third place games. The unified team dissolved after the 2010–11 season and both clubs continued separately. TTÜ have won the International Students Basketball League three times, in 2013, 2016 and 2017. In September 2018, the university adopted TalTech as the new short name.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Coaches

Jaroslav Dudkin Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...

1951–1982 *

August Sokk August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

1982–1986 *

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1986–1987 *

Märt Kermon Märt Kermon (born 17 May 1940) is an Estonian basketballer and basketball coach. He was born in Tallinn. In 1965 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Institute's Faculty of Physical Education. He started his basketball exercising under the gui ...

1987–1989 *

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1989–1992 *

Mihkel Reinsalu Mihkel is an Estonian masculine given name, a version of Michael. People named Mihkel include: *Mihkel Ainsalu (born 1996), footballer *Mihkel Aksalu (born 1984), football goalkeeper *Mikk-Mihkel Arro (born 1984), decathlete *Mihkel Järveoja ( ...

1992–1993 *

1993–1994 *

Viktor Viktorov The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

2002–2005 *

Priit Vene Priit is an Estonian masculine given name, cognate to English Fred or Frederick and to German Friedrich. People named Priit include: *Priit Aavik (born 1994), swimmer *Priit Aimla (born 1941), writer, poet, humorist and politician *Priit Herod ...

2005–2007 * Aivar Kuusmaa 2007–2010 * Üllar Kerde 2010–2011 *

Heino Lill Heino Lill (born on 13 February 1944 in Tartu) is an Estonian basketball coach and former basketballer. 1963-1972 he played for Estonian national basketball team and for BC Tallinna Kalev Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ is a professional basketball club ...

2011–2012 * Tiit Sokk 2012–2014 *

2014–2015 *

Rait Käbin Rait Käbin (born 2 September 1981) is an Estonian professional basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rect ...

2015–2019 *

Gert Kullamäe Gert Kullamäe (born 3 June 1971) is an Estonian basketball coach and a former professional basketball player who currently coaches Estonian team BC Pärnu Sadam. Kullamäe mostly played at the shooting guard position and was a great 3-poin ...

2019 *

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2019–2021 * Alar Varrak 2021–present

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Estonian Championship *Winners (8): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1983–84, 1984–85 Estonian Cup *Winners (7): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970

Individual awards

KML Best Young Player *

Matthias Tass Matthias Tass (born 23 March 1999) is an Estonian college basketball player for Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays at the power forward and center positions. College career His second season in college w ...

– 2018 *

Ralf Küttis Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

– 2022 All-KML Team *

Bambale Osby Bambale Osby (born May 21, 1986) is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiate for New Mexico and Maryland. College career Professional career In January 2013, he signed with Kolossos Rodou of Greece. In March 2014, he l ...

– 2011 *

Kristjan Kitsing Kristjan Kitsing (born December 11, 1990) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Kalev/Cramo of VTB United League. Kitsing is also a member of the Estonia national basketball team. Club career Kitsing started his career with the junio ...

– 2016 * Toomas Raadik – 2019

References

External links

Official website
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