Pärnu basketball team


KK Paulus Pärnu, also known as Pärnu Sadam for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Pärnu, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Their home arena is the Pärnu Sports Hall.

History

Korvpalliklubi Pärnu was founded in 2000. In 2006, the Pärnu men's team were promoted to the top-tier Korvpalli Meistriliiga. The team finished the 2006–07 season last, winning only two games. Pärnu finished the 2007–08 regular season in seventh place and advanced to the playoffs for the first time where they were defeated in the quarterfinals by Kalev, losing the series 0–2. The team made their debut in the Baltic Basketball League in the 2012–13 season, reaching the Top 16 stage. In 2016, Pärnu finished third in the Estonian Cup. Pärnu entered the 2017 KML Playoffs as the fourth seed and defeated TTÜ in the quarterfinals, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Kalev and lost to University of Tartu in the third place games.
On 12 July 2017, Pärnu announced that the men's team will withdraw due to financial difficulties. However, the team would stay in the KML after reaching an agreement with KK Paulus.

Sponsorship naming

Pärnu has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Current roster

Depth chart

Coaches

Trophies and awards

Individual awards

KML Best Defender
KML Best Young Player