Latvian_Basketball_Association References

Latvijas Basketbola Savienība
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1923
President	Raimonds Vējonis
Country	Latvia
Headquarters	Riga
Continent	FIBA Europe
Official website	basket.lv

The Latvian Basketball Association ( Latvian: Latvijas Basketbola Savienība), also known as LBS, is the national governing body of basketball in Latvia. It was founded in 1923 and was one of the FIBA Europe co-founders, but due to the Soviet and Nazi occupations, the federation disappeared from FIBA from 1940 to 1991. Its headquarters are located in Riga.^[1]

Tournaments organized

Latvian Basketball Association is recognized as one of the best international tournament organizers for FIBA. Latvia has organized EuroBasket 1937, EuroBasket Women 2009, EuroBasket 2015, EuroBasket Women 2019 and will organize EuroBasket 2025. Also, Latvia has been a host for 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup and a number of other youth competitions in all age groups. In June 2019, Latvian Basketball Association, in cooperation with NBA and FIBA hosted Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp in Riga.^[2]

Local tournaments organized

Presidents

Fricis Ķergalvis (1923–1925)
Roberts Plūme (1925–1935)
Alfrēds Ivanovskis (1935–1936)
Eduards Ceplītis (1936–1937)
Eduards Lapiņš (1937–1940)
Edgars Ošiņš (1940–1941)
Osvalds Porietis (1942–1943)
Eduards Andersons (1943–1944)
Jānis Augusts (1944–1945)
Augusts Raubens (1945–1946)
Edgars Ošiņš (1946–1949)
Arnolds Brambergs (1949–1950)
Viesturs Baldzēns (1950–1951)
Ādolfs Runcis (1951–1956)
Miervaldis Ramāns (1956–1971)
Artūrs Punenovs (1971–1989)
Uldis Grāvītis (1989–1992)
Indulis Ozols (1992–1997)
Ojārs Kehris (1997–2011)
Valdis Voins (2011–2020)
Raimonds Vējonis (2020–Present)

(Presidents during the occupation of Latvia marked in italics)

References

External links

Official website

[1] Federation Focus: Latvia

[2] 64 top boys and girls from 26 European countries head to Latvia for 18th Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp

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v t e Sports governing bodies in Latvia (LAT)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Practical Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
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Paralympic Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
Latvian Olympic Committee Latvian Paralympic Committee

v t e National members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
FIBA Africa	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CPV CAF CHA COM CGO COD CIV DJI EGY GEQ ERI ETH GAB GAM GHA GUI GBA KEN LES LBR LBA MAD MAW MLI MTN MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG NGR RWA RSA STP SENl SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD SWZ TAN TGA TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
FIBA Americas	ANT ARG AUR BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA BVI CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MEX MSR AHO NCA PAN PAR PER PUR MSR SKN VIN SUR TCA TRI URU USA ISV VEN
FIBA Asia	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRN CAM CHN PRK HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI SYR TJK THA TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
FIBA Europe	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROM RUS SMR SCO SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR WAL
FIBA Oceania	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM KIR MHL NRU NCL NZL NMI PLW PNG SAM SOL TAH TGA TUV VAN Wallis & Futuna
Pinnacle Events Olympics World Cup

Tournaments organized

Local tournaments organized

Presidents

See also

References

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