Barons Kvartāls played an integral part in Latvia's basketball history. Under the name Princips, Barons Kvartāls was one of the founding teams of the Latvian Basketball League (LBL) in 1992. In the first season Princips carried off bronze in the LBL. After two seasons Princips was renamed the LainERS, making their way into Latvia's basketball history with its first American legionary Mikki Jackson, with a cheerleader show and first ever game programmes in the Latvian league.
LainERS won LBL bronze in 1994, and in the next two seasons finished in 4th place. They also reached the semi-finals in 1998. For the next couple of seasons, they achieved no greater success.
The club's revival started in the fall of 2001 when LainERS became Barons. The road to success was made with small steps with Barons winning LBL bronze in 2004. The next two years was historical for Barons when they ended in 2nd place. Barons made history again with the first players' cards. In January 2007 the third issue of the beloved fan cards was released. In the last season of the LBL, in a series of five games, Barons/O!Karte lost to the next Latvian champions ASK Rīga in the semi-finals but won the fight for bronze against Liepājas Lauvas.
Barons/O!Karte has participated in all three of the Baltic Basketball League championships. Their highest achievement so far was in 2006 when Barons/O!Karte participated in the Final Six in Tallinn. On 15 October 2006, the Barons/O!Karte game against Kauņas Žalgiris was attended by a record high crowd of 11,500 spectators.
The 2008 season saw Barons/O!Karte get to the Baltic Basketball League final where they lost to Kalev/Cramo in a 'best out of two' game. The season can be considered historical for Barons/O!Karte, because for the first time Barons won the Latvian championship and FIBA EuroCup.
Barons won the Latvian championship again in 2010.
During the 2011 – 2012 season, Barons played in the Latvian Basketball League 2nd division (LBL2), where they were ranked first place. The next season they came back to the LBL as Barons Kvartāls.
In September 2017 the club announced they would not participate in LBL any further due to financial reasons.
barons, previously, barons, professional, basketball, club, based, riga, latvia, team, played, first, division, latvian, basketball, league, barons, ldzleagueslblbaltic, leaguefounded2001dissolved2017historyprincips, 1992, 1994, lainers, 1994, 2001, barons, 20. BK Barons LDz previously Barons LMT was a professional basketball club who was based in Riga Latvia The team played in the first division of the Latvian Basketball League Barons LDzLeaguesLBLBaltic LeagueFounded2001Dissolved2017HistoryPrincips 1992 1994 LainERS 1994 2001 Barons 2001 2004 Barons LU 2004 2006 Barons LMT 2006 2009 Barons O Karte 2011 2012 Barons Kvartals 2012 2014 Barons LDz 2014 2017 ArenaDaugavas Sporta namsLocationRiga LatviaPresidentIvo ZonneHead coachMartins GulbisChampionshipsLatvian Championships 2 2008 2010 FIBA EuroCup 1 2008 Websitebarons lvHomeAway Contents 1 History 2 Roster 3 Season by season 4 Notable players 5 Championships 6 References 7 External linksHistory editBarons Kvartals played an integral part in Latvia s basketball history Under the name Princips Barons Kvartals was one of the founding teams of the Latvian Basketball League LBL in 1992 In the first season Princips carried off bronze in the LBL After two seasons Princips was renamed the LainERS making their way into Latvia s basketball history with its first American legionary Mikki Jackson with a cheerleader show and first ever game programmes in the Latvian league LainERS won LBL bronze in 1994 and in the next two seasons finished in 4th place They also reached the semi finals in 1998 For the next couple of seasons they achieved no greater success The club s revival started in the fall of 2001 when LainERS became Barons The road to success was made with small steps with Barons winning LBL bronze in 2004 The next two years was historical for Barons when they ended in 2nd place Barons made history again with the first players cards In January 2007 the third issue of the beloved fan cards was released In the last season of the LBL in a series of five games Barons O Karte lost to the next Latvian champions ASK Riga in the semi finals but won the fight for bronze against Liepajas Lauvas Barons O Karte has participated in all three of the Baltic Basketball League championships Their highest achievement so far was in 2006 when Barons O Karte participated in the Final Six in Tallinn On 15 October 2006 the Barons O Karte game against Kaunas Zalgiris was attended by a record high crowd of 11 500 spectators nbsp Match against KK Zagreb in 2008 The 2008 season saw Barons O Karte get to the Baltic Basketball League final where they lost to Kalev Cramo in a best out of two game The season can be considered historical for Barons O Karte because for the first time Barons won the Latvian championship and FIBA EuroCup Barons won the Latvian championship again in 2010 During the 2011 2012 season Barons played in the Latvian Basketball League 2nd division LBL2 where they were ranked first place The next season they came back to the LBL as Barons Kvartals In September 2017 the club announced they would not participate in LBL any further due to financial reasons Roster editAs of August 3 2016 Player Pos Height Weight nbsp Salvis Metra G F 195 cm 92 kg nbsp Kristaps Mediss G 188 cm 89 kg nbsp Denis Krestinin F 202 cmSeason by season editSeason League Pos Significant Events Baltic League Pos European competitions 1991 92 LBL 3 1992 93 LBL 4 1993 94 LBL 3 1994 95 LBL 4 1995 96 LBL 4 1996 97 LBL 7 1997 98 LBL 4 1998 99 LBL 7 1999 00 LBL 6 2000 01 LBL 6 2001 02 LBL 5 2002 03 LBL 6 2003 04 LBL 3 2004 05 LBL 2 Elite Division 9 2005 06 LBL 2 Elite Division 6 Played EuroChallenge 2006 07 LBL 3 Elite Division 7 Played EuroChallenge 2007 08 LBL 1 Elite Division 4 EuroChallenge Champion 2008 09 LBL 2 Elite Division 8 2009 10 LBL 1 2010 11 LBL 4 2011 12 LBL 2 1 2012 13 LBL 4 2013 14 LBL 7 2014 15 LBL 6 Notable players editNote Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed Criteria To appear in this section a player must have either Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time nbsp Kaspars Berzins nbsp Armands Skele nbsp Kristaps Valters nbsp Ernests Kalve nbsp Gatis Jahovics nbsp Giedrius Gustas nbsp Dainius Adomaitis nbsp Dovydas Redikas nbsp Mikki Jackson nbsp Kebu Stewart nbsp Demetrius Alexander nbsp Dontell Jefferson nbsp Tyler Cain nbsp Jamar Anthony DiggsChampionships editLatvian Championships 2 2008 2010 FIBA EuroCup 1 2008 References editExternal links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title BK Barons amp oldid 1215194266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
