Wikipedia - TalTech Basketball

TalTech Basketball, also known as TalTech/OPTIBET for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Tallinn, Estonia. They are a part of the Tallinn University of Technology Sports Club. The team plays in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the TalTech Sports Hall.

Tallinn University of Technology teams have won eight Estonian League championships and eight Estonian Cup titles.

History

Basketball was first played at Tallinn Tehnikum, the predecessor of the Tallinn University of Technology, on 4 February 1928, when the Tallinn Tehnikum team defeated the visiting University of Tartu 21–19. TPI Spordiklubi (Tallinn Polytechnic Institute Sports Club) was formed in 1948. TPI made their debut in the Estonian Championship in 1951 under coach Jaroslav Dudkin, who would stay with the team for the next 32 seasons. They established themselves as a major force in Estonian basketball in the 1960s, when Tõnno Lepmets and Priit Tomson led the team to six consecutive league titles from 1961 to 1966. August Sokk took over as head coach in 1982 and guided the team, led by his son Tiit Sokk and Margus Metstak, to two more championships in 1984 and 1985. In 1989, TPI changed its name back to TTÜ. The team began to struggle in the early 1990s as more professional basketball clubs joined the top division, and after the 1993–94 season, they withdrew from the league.

In 1999, TTÜ became affiliated with Tallinna Ülikoolid-A. Le Coq (formerly BC Tallinn). In 2001, the team moved to the newly renovated TTÜ Sports Hall and changed their name to TTÜ-A. Le Coq. After the 2001–02 season concluded, TTÜ and A. Le Coq shifted their sponsorship to BC Hotronic, who changed their name to TTÜ/A. Le Coq. Coached by Heino Enden and led by veterans Aivar Kuusmaa and Rauno Pehka, the team won the Estonian Cup in 2003.

On 6 September 2005, TTÜ announced that they will withdraw from the forthcoming KML season. They returned to the league for the 2006–07 season. In 2010, TTÜ Korvpalliklubi merged operations with Tallinna Kalev and became TTÜ/Kalev. However, the partnership ended after just one season, and TTÜ Korvpalliklubi continued independently. They have won the International Students Basketball League (ISBL) three times, in 2013, 2016 and 2017. In 2018, the university adopted TalTech as its official abbreviation.

에스토니아의 농구팀 "Ttu Kk"는 1962년에 설립되었습니다. 이 팀은 에스토니아 농구 리그에서 15회 우승했으며, 에스토니아 컵대회에서도 13회 우승했습니다. Ttu Kk는 또한 유럽 클럽 대회인 FIBA 유로컵에서 4강에 진출하기도 했습니다.

Ttu Kk는 에스토니아에서 가장 성공적인 농구팀 중 하나이며, 에스토니아 농구를 대표하는 팀으로 여겨집니다. 이 팀은 강력한 공격력과 끈질긴 수비로 유명하며, 많은 우수한 선수를 배출했습니다.

현재 Ttu Kk는 에스토니아 농구 리그에서 활약하고 있으며, 2021-22 시즌에는 리그 준우승을 차지했습니다. 이 팀은 유로컵에도 진출했으며, 16강에 진출했습니다.

Ttu Kk의 홈 구장은 에스토니아 타르투에 위치한 타르투 대학교 체육관입니다. 이 경기장은 7,000명을 수용할 수 있으며, Ttu Kk의 홈 경기가 열리는 곳입니다.