BK Skonto

BK Skonto is the name of a former professional basketball club that was based in Riga, Latvia.

History

BK Skonto was founded in 2001 as a basketball section of FC Skonto. The basketball team was founded by FC Skonto president Guntis Indriksons and basketball legend Valdis Valters. Skonto took the place in Latvian Basketball League from BK Brocēni, another basketball club from Riga, which stopped to exist in 2001. Skonto's main focus was developing young Latvian talents and they did so by developing players such as Andris Biedriņš, Kristaps Valters, Jānis Blūms, Sandis Valters, Kaspars Bērziņš, Kristaps Janičenoks and others.
Skonto lasted for three seasons, making the Latvian [Basketball League|Latvian league] finals in every one of them. In 2004 club's president Guntis Indriksons announced that he would not continue to support the basketball section, thus, ending the existence of BK Skonto.

Season	League	Regional	Europe
2001–02	Latvian League Runner-up	North European Basketball League Second round	Did not participate
2002–03	Latvian League Runner-up	No tournament	FIBA Europe Champions Cup Pan-European phase
2003–04	Latvian League Runner-up	No tournament	FIBA Europe League Qualifying round