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VEF Rīga is the name of a professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

club that is based in Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. The club plays their home domestic league games at Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs in Riga

Riga

. VEF Rīga is the oldest professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

club in Latvia

Latvia

and the Baltic region

Baltic region

The terms Baltic region, Baltic Rim countries, and Baltic Rim refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea.- Etymology :...

. The club name VEF came from the radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

manufacturing company VEF

VEF

VEF, Latvian acronym for Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika , is a manufacturer of electrical and electronic products in Riga, Latvia. VEF was the biggest Latvian factory in Soviet era and the leading communication technology producer in the Soviet Union...

which founded VEF Rīga basketball club in 1929. During the 2010-2011 BBL

Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...

season, VEF Rīga caused surprise when they eliminated the Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n club Lietuvos Rytas

BC Lietuvos Rytas

BC Lietuvos rytas is a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League , the VTB United League, and the Eurocup...

at the BBL

Baltic Basketball League

quarter-finals, beating them 79:68. This made it the first time that one of the BBL

Baltic Basketball League

finalists wasn't Lietuvos Rytas. However, VEF Rīga lost in the final

Final (competition)

The final of a competition is the match or round in which the winner of the entire event is decided.In sports competitions following a knockout system, where only two individuals or teams compete in each match, the final is usually played between the winners of two semi-finals...

to Lithuania

Lithuania

n basketball club Žalgiris

BC Žalgiris

BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

, with a final score of 69:75.

Notable player(s)

Patrick Sanders

Patrick Sanders is an American professional basketball player. He played for UC-Irvine.-College career:Sanders arrived at UC-Irvine after averaging 17 points and 12 rebounds per game in high school. His freshman year saw him receive minimal playing time, with Sanders averaging 1.7 points and 1.6...

Artsiom Parakhouski

Artsiom "Art" Parakhouski is a Belarusian basketball player who recently finished his American college career in 2010 with the Radford University Highlanders, located in Radford, Virginia. A 6'11" center, Parakhouski led NCAA Division I in rebounds in 2009–10 at 13.4 per game...

Raitis Grafs

Raitis Grafs is a Latvian professional basketball center. He is a member of the Latvia national basketball team....

Derek Williams

Derek Williams is a British documentary film director and writer who was active from the 1950s until 1990...

Ivan Nelyubov Mārtiņš Laksa Cheyne Gadson Bojan Bakič

Season by season

Season	League	Pos.	Significant Events	Baltic League Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...	Pos.	VTB League VTB United League VTB United League is an international professional basketball league that was founded in 2008. Its goal is to unite the leading basketball clubs of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe together into one league. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank. In its inaugural 2009–10 season, it featured clubs...	European competitions
2007–08	LBL Latvian Basketball League Latvian Basketball League is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK...	4	Semifinalist	Challenge Cup Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...	2	–	–
2008–09	LBL Latvian Basketball League Latvian Basketball League is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK...	4	Semifinalist	Challenge Cup Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...	2	–	–
2009–10	LBL Latvian Basketball League Latvian Basketball League is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK...	2	Runner-up	Elite Division Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...	6	Group stage VTB United League 2009–10 The VTB United League 2009-10 was the first complete season of Eastern Europe's competition for men's professional basketball clubs.-Teams of the 2009–2010 season:-Group stage:-Group A:Game 1----Game 2----Game 3...	Played EuroChallenge
2010–11	LBL Latvian Basketball League Latvian Basketball League is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK...	1	Champion	Elite Division Baltic Basketball League 2010–11 Baltic Basketball League 2010–11 season is a basketball competition between basketball clubs in Eastern Europe.- Participants : Dolphins Kalev/Cramo Liepājas Lauvas Lietuvos Rytas Nevėžis Perlas Rūdupis Šiauliai Tartu Ülikool/Rock TTÜ/Kalev Valmiera VEF Riga Ventspils Žalgiris - Žalgiris vs....	2	Group Stage	Played Eurocup
2011–12 2011–12 Latvian Basketball League The Latvijas Basketbola līga 2011-2012 is the twenty-first season. The regular season starts on October 2011.- Participants :VEF RīgaBK VentspilsLiepājas LauvasBK ValmieraBA TurībaLU/Latvijas UniversitāteBK JelgavaJūrmala*Latvia U18...	LBL Latvian Basketball League Latvian Basketball League is the national basketball championship of Latvia. The first LBL season was played in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 all championships were won by BK Brocēni, however from 2000 to 2006 BK Ventspils were the champions. In 2007, ASK Rīga stopped BK Ventspils winning streak. BK...			Elite Division Baltic Basketball League 2011–12 Baltic Basketball League 2011–12 season is a basketball competition between Baltic states basketball clubs. The season started on 30 September 2011....		In progress VTB United League 2011–12 The VTB United League 2011-12 is the third complete season of Eastern Europe's most competitive basketball clubs. The tournament featured 18 teams from 10 countries.- Participants :-Group A:-Group B:-Final Round:-Regular Season:-Group A:...	Eurocup 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 is the tenth edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, one level below the Euroleague...

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