| Rīgas ASK | |||
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| Leagues | USSR Premier League (1953–1991) LBL (1991–1997) | ||
| Founded | 1931 | ||
| Folded | 1997 | ||
| History | Rīgas ASK (1931–1997) | ||
| Location | Riga,Latvian SSR &Latvia | ||
| Team colors | Yellow and Blue | ||
| Championships | EuroLeague Championships (3) USSR Premier League Championships (3) | ||
Rīgas Armijas Sporta Klubs was a professionalbasketball club that was based inRiga, Latvia.
Rīgas ASK was founded in 1931, and started playing in the Latvian Basketball Championship. In the years that Latvia was controlled by theSoviet Union, the club was a member of theUSSR Premier League, which lasted until 1991 (and to 1992 as theCIS Unified League). In 1953,head coachAlexander Gomelsky came to the club, and he remained with it until 1966.[1]
Almost immediately, Gomelsky led ASK to the top of the USSR League, as he and the club's star player,Jānis Krūmiņš, led them to USSR League championships in 1955, 1957, and 1958,[2] and also to the top of theEuropean-wide top-tier level, by winning theFIBA European Champions Cup (now calledEuroLeague) three times in a row, in1958,1959, and1960.[3][4][5] As well as tothe final in1961.
In 1997, Rīgas ASK merged with BK Brocēni, and the new club ofBK ASK Brocēni was thus created.[6] In 2004, a new club, under the name ofBK Rīga was founded; and in 2006, it was renamed to ASK Rīga, after gaining the support of Riga City Council, the National Latvian Army Forces, and some powerful sponsors.
Total titles: 6
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Romanas Brazdauskis
Alvils GulbisJānis Krūmiņš
Aivar KuusmaaJaak LipsoValdis MuižnieksRauno PehkaMaigonis Valdmanis Gunārs Baldzēns(1953)
Alexander Gomelsky(1953–1966)Maigonis Valdmanis(1966–1969) Gunārs Baldzēns(1969–1970)Juris Kalniņš(1970–1971) Jānis Zeltiņš(1971–1974 & 1987–1988) Valentīns Meļņičuks(1974–1981) Nikolajs Bolvačovs(1981–1986 & 1988) Aleksandrs Gostevs(1988)Armands Krauliņš(1989–1990) Pēteris Višņēvics(1990–1991)
