Rapla KK
Rapla KK, also known as Hepa Rapla for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Rapla, Estonia. The team plays in the Saku I liiga. Their home arena is the Sadolin Sports Hall.
History
The origins of the team can be traced back to Korvpalliklubi Rapla, which was founded in 1996 as a division of the Rapla Sports School. Rapla Korvpallikool was founded in 2004. In 2010, they moved to the newly built Sadolin Sports Hall and Rapla's first team joined the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the top tier of Estonian basketball. The team also joined the Challenge Cup competition of the Baltic Basketball League for the 2011–12 season. TYCO Rapla reached the Estonian Cup final in 2012, but were defeated by BC Rakvere Tarvas.Coached by Aivar Kuusmaa, the team finished third in the Estonian League in 2015 and 2016. AVIS UTILITAS Rapla made it to the KML Finals for the first time in 2017, but were swept in four games by defending champion BC Kalev/Cramo. They came third again in the 2017–18 season.
In 2018, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League was formed. AVIS UTILITAS Rapla reached the playoffs in the league's inaugural season, where they lost to VEF Riga in the quarterfinals.
On 30 June 2025, Rapla announced that they will withdraw from the top flight and play in the I liiga.
Sponsorship naming
- Piimameister Otto/Rapla: 2010–2012
- TYCO Rapla: 2012–2015
- AVIS Rapla: 2015–2017
- AVIS UTILITAS Rapla: 2017–2024
- Utilitas Rapla: 2024–2025
- Hepa Rapla: 2025–present
Home arenas
- Rapla Sports Hall
- Alu Sports Hall
- '''Sadolin Sports Hall'''
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Head coaches
- Indrek Ruut 2008–2014, 2025–present
- Aivar Kuusmaa 2014–2018
- Toomas Annuk 2019–2021
- Lluís Riera 2021–2022
- Arnel Dedić 2022–2023
- Brett Nõmm 2023–2025
Season by season
Trophies and awards
Trophies
- Estonian League
- '''Estonian Cup'''
Individual awards
- Martin Dorbek – 2013
- Rait-Riivo Laane – 2012, 2013
- Aivar Kuusmaa – 2017
- Heigo Erm – 2011
- Janar Soo – 2012
- Domagoj Bubalo – 2015
- Indrek Kajupank – 2016, 2017
- Martin Paasoja – 2017
- Thomas van der Mars – 2017
- Dominique Hawkins – 2018
- Roberts Freimanis – 2021
- Tormi Niits – 2024
- Brandon Childress – 2021