{{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}} {{refimprove|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox Basketball club | color2 = #FFDF00 | color1 = black | color3 = #99BADD | name = ASK Rīga | nickname = | imagesize = 250px | logo = ASK Riga (logo).png | leagues = | 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 | colors = White with Yellow-Gold stripes and Carolina Blue<br />{{color box|white}} {{color box|#FFDF00}} {{color box|#99BADD}} | championships = '''1''' Latvian Championships | website = [http://www.askriga.lv/ askriga.lv] | h_pattern_b = _thinwhitesides | h_body = FFDF00 | h_shorts = FFDF00 | h_pattern_s = _whitesides | a_pattern_b = _thinwhitesides | a_body = 99BADD | a_shorts = 99BADD | a_pattern_s = _whitesides }} '''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 ASK Rīga on March 23, 2006, which was supported by the Riga City Council, the National Latvian Army Forces, and some powerful sponsors<ref>{{Cite web |last=курс |first=The Baltic Course-Балтийский |title=Debts of Latvian basketball club "ASK Riga" exceeded LVL 90,000 |url=https://www.baltic-course.com/eng/markets_and_companies/://baltic-course.com/eng/markets_and_companies/?doc=3369&output=d |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=The Baltic Course {{!}} Baltic States news & analytics}}</ref>, as well as the brand new Arēna Rīga, with room for 12,500 fans.
The team then made it to both the 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 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's 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 League, and also finished in 3rd place in the Latvian League. The 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 League''' : '''Winners (1)''': 2006–07
== Notable players == {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *20px Sandis Buškevics (28) *20px Dairis Bertāns (45) *20px Gatis Jahovičs (9) *20px Kaspars Kambala (34) *20px Roberts Štelmahers (7) *20px Sandis Valters (10) *20px Arnis Vecvagars (15) *20px Uģis Viļums (7) *20px Uvis Helmanis (4) *20px Raitis Grafs (5) *20px Ernests Kalve (11) *20px Aigars Vītols (55) *20px Darius Lukminas *20px Martynas Andriukaitis (13) *20px Steponas Babrauskas (11) *20px Vytautas Danelius *20px Marius Runkauskas (10) *20px Andrius Mažutis (12) *20px Milutin Aleksić (7) *20px Bruno Šundov (14) *20px Marko Antonijević *20px Smiljan Pavič *20px Rodney Billups (4) *20px Torraye Braggs (32) *20px A. J. Bramlett (42) *20px Corey L. Brewer (31) *20px Dwayne Broyles (8) *20px Ricardo Marsh (21) *20px Curtis Millage (14) *20px Aerick Sanders (34) *20px Sean Colson (8) {{Div col end}}
== Notable coaches == *20px Ramunas Butautas *20px Donaldas Kairys *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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Category:Basketball teams in Latvia Category:Sport in Riga Category:Basketball teams established in 1929 Category:Basketball teams established in 2005 Category:Basketball teams in the Soviet Union