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{{Short description|Latvian basketball club}}
{{For|the former basketball team, that played between 1953 and 1997|Rīgas ASK}}
{{For|the former football team|FK ASK}}

{{Unreferenced|date=May 2022}}

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| founded       = 2004{{efn|The club was founded in 2004 as BK Rīga and re-founded in 2006 as ASK Rīga.}}
| dissolved     = 2009
| history       = '''BK Rīga'''<br />(2004–2006)<br />'''ASK Rīga'''<br />(2006–2009)
| arena         = [[Arēna Rīga]]
| capacity      = 12,500
| location      = [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]
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| championships = '''1''' [[Latvian Basketball League|Latvian Championships]]
| website       = [http://www.askriga.lv/ askriga.lv]
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'''ASK Rīga''' is a former professional basketball club that was based in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]].  "ASK" stood for "Armijas Sporta Klubs" (in English: Army Sports Club).

== History ==
BK Rīga  was then founded in 2004 as an attempt to revive the defunct club [[Rīgas ASK]] which was founded in 1931 and considered the most successful Latvian club on international level. BK Riga got back the original name of [[Rīgas ASK|ASK Rīga]] on March 23, 2006, which was supported by the [[Riga City Council]], the [[Military of Latvia|National Latvian Army Forces]], and some powerful sponsors, as well as the brand new [[Arēna Rīga]], with room for 12,500 fans.

The team then made it to both the [[Baltic Basketball League|Baltic League]] and the [[FIBA EuroCup]] quarterfinals, but the best was yet to come. The arrival of [[Torraye Braggs]] happened to be the key piece in a roster already featuring [[Sandis Valters]], [[Raitis Grafs]], [[Curtis Millage]], [[A.J. Bramlett]], and [[Sandis Buškevics]]. ASK won the best-of-seven 2006–07 [[Latvian Basketball League|Latvian League]] finals 4–2, and started a new era for the club, breaking [[BK Ventspils]]'s seven-year Latvian League dynasty. ASK hosted the [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]'s [[2007–08 ULEB Cup|2007–08]] opening game, but a plague of injuries did not allow the team to reach the competition's elimination rounds. In that season same 2007–08 season, ASK Rīga finished fourth in the [[Baltic Basketball League|Baltic League]], and also finished in 3rd place in the [[Latvian Basketball League|Latvian League]]. The [[2008–09 Eurocup Basketball|2008–09 season]] was the last season of ASK Rīga to date.

== Arena ==
ASK Rīga played its home games at the 12,500 seat [[Arēna Rīga]].

== Honours ==

=== Domestic competitions ===
* '''[[Latvian Basketball League|Latvian League]]'''
: '''Winners (1)''': 2006–07

== Notable players ==
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*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Sandis Buškevics]] (28)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Dairis Bertāns]] (45)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Gatis Jahovičs]] (9)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Kaspars Kambala]] (34)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Roberts Štelmahers]] (7)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Sandis Valters]] (10)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Arnis Vecvagars]] (15)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Uģis Viļums]] (7)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Uvis Helmanis]] (4)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Raitis Grafs]] (5)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Ernests Kalve]] (11)
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Aigars Vītols]] (55)
*[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] [[Darius Lukminas]]
*[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] [[Martynas Andriukaitis]] (13)
*[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] [[Steponas Babrauskas]] (11)
*[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] [[Vytautas Danelius]]
*[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] [[Marius Runkauskas]] (10)
*[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] [[Andrius Mažutis]] (12)
*[[File:Flag of Serbia.svg|20px]] [[Milutin Aleksić]] (7)
*[[File:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px]] [[Bruno Šundov]] (14)
*[[File:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px]] [[Marko Antonijević]]
*[[File:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px]] [[Smiljan Pavič]]
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Rodney Billups]] (4)
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Torraye Braggs]] (32)
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[A. J. Bramlett]]  (42)
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Corey L. Brewer]] (31)
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Dwayne Broyles]] (8)
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Ricardo Marsh]] (21)
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Curtis Millage]] (14)
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Aerick Sanders]] (34)
*[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Sean Colson]] (8)
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*[[List of ASK Rīga players]]

== Notable coaches ==
*[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] [[Ramunas Butautas]]
*[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] [[Donaldas Kairys]]
*[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] [[Raimonds Miglinieks]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/?clubcode=ASK EuroCup Team Page]
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.roundID_6491.season_2009.teamID_3144.html FIBA Europe Team Page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090227040506/http://bbl.net/index.php/b19sYW5nPWVuJm9fc2Vhcz0yMSZvX2xlYWc9OCZmdXNlYWN0aW9uPXRlYW1zLm1haW4mdD01NQ%3D%3D Baltic League Team Page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090621120418/http://basket.lv/lbl/komandas/ask_riga-1 Latvian League Team Page] {{in lang|lv}}

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