Latvia Basketball Association

Latvijas Basketbola Savienība

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1923
President	Valdis Voins
Country	Latvia
Headquarters	Riga
Continent	FIBA Europe
Official website	basket.lv

Latvia Basketball Association (Latvian: Latvijas Basketbola Savienība), also known as LBS, is a national governing body of basketball in Latvia. It was founded in 1923 and was one the FIBA Europe co-founders, but due to Soviet occupation, the federation disappeared from FIBA. Its headquarters are located in Riga.

Presidents

• Fricis Ķergalvis (1923—1925)
• Roberts Plūme (1925—1935)
• Alfrēds Ivanovskis (1935—1936)
• Eduards Ceplītis (1936—1937)
• Eduards Lapiņš (1937—1940)
• Edgars Ošiņš (1940—1941)
• Osvalds Porietis (1942—1943)
• Eduards Andersons (1943—1944)
• Jānis Augusts (1944—1945)
• Augusts Raubens (1945—1946)
• Edgars Ošiņš (1946—1949)
• Arnolds Brambergs (1949—1950)
• Viesturs Baldzēns (1950—1951)
• Ādolfs Runcis (1951—1956)
• Miervaldis Ramāns (1956—1971)
• Artūrs Punenovs (1971—1989)
• Uldis Grāvītis (1989—1992)
• Indulis Ozols (1992—1997)
• Ojārs Kehris (1997—2011)
• Valdis Voins (2011—present)

See also

• Latvia national basketball team