Klāvs Čavars

Klāvs Čavars

Čavars in 2021
No. 15 – Sabah BC
Position	Center
League	Azerbaijan Basketball League FIBA Europe Cup
Personal information
Born	(1996-02-11) February 11, 1996 (age 28) Ventspils, Latvia
Nationality	Latvian
Listed height	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2018: undrafted
Career history
2012–2014	VEF Rīga
2012–2014	LMT Basketbola Akademija
2015–2016	BK Liepāja
2016–2017	İTÜ B.K.
2017–2018	VEF Rīga
2019–2020	BK Ventspils
2020–2021	BC Tsmoki-Minsk
2021–2022	Astoria Bydgoszcz
2022–2023	Start Lublin
2023–2024	Yokohama Excellence
2024–present	Sabah

Klāvs Čavars (born February 11, 1996) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Sabah BC of the Azerbaijan Basketball League. The 2.08 metres (6.8 ft) center played six seasons for VEF Rīga.

Professional career

VEF Rīga

Čavars first joined the VEF Rīga and played in the 2012–13 season. Although loaned to other teams, Čavars played a total of six seasons for VEF Rīga. Čavars' career high was during the 2013–14 season, playing 4 games and averaging 9.0 points and 9.5 rebounds.[1] During the 2018–19 season, Cavars finished with 23 games played and averaged 2.5 points, 0.2 assists and 2.2 rebounds. This was his second career low with the team after the 2018–19 season finishing with an average of 6.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists.[2]

BK Liepājas Lauvas

Čavars played one season for the BK Liepājas Lauvas. During the 2015–16 season he played in both the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League, in a total of 54 combined games (42 in LBL, 12 in BBL).[3]

BK Ventspils

Čavars played for the BK Ventspils during the 2019–20 season. He played for 20 minutes in 20 games and averaged 11.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.[4]

Tsmoki-Minsk

On June 10, 2020, he has signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League.[5]

Astoria Bydgoszcz

On July 23, 2021, he has signed with Astoria Bydgoszcz of the PLK.[6]

Start Lublin

On July 23, 2022, he has signed with Start Lublin of the PLK.[7]

Yokohama Excellence

On July 4, 2023, it was announced that Čavars had signed with Yokohama Excellence which at the time of the announcement was in the third division of the Japanese B.League.[8]

Sabah BC

On August 31, 2024, he signed with Sabah BC of the Azerbaijan Basketball League.[9]

On November 7, 2024, Čavars set a FIBA Europe Cup single-game record for most blocks in a game, when he had 8 blocks in a loss against Maroussi.[10]

National team career

Čavars represented the Latvia men's national basketball team in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Latvia finished the tournament in fifth place.[11]

References

1. ProBallers.com Profile
2. Profile on Proballers.com
3. Basketball.RealGM.com Profile
4. FIBA Europe profile
5. "BC Tsmoki-Minsk ink Klavs Cavars". Sportando. June 10, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
6. "Łotysz środkowym Enea Astorii". plk.pl (in Polish). July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
7. "Cavars zmienia klub, zagra w Lublinie". plk.pl (in Polish). July 23, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
8. "クラヴス・チャバルス選手、2023-24シーズン契約合意のお知らせ". yokohama-ex.jp (in Japanese). July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
9. "Sabah adds Cavars to their roster". hoopsagents.com. Eurobasket. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
10. "Cavars snaps FIBA Europe Cup single-game blocks record". www.fiba.basketball. 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
11. "Latvia cruise to win over Lithuania in battle for fifth". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-02-29.

External links

• FIBA Europe Profile
• ProBallers.com Profile
• Basketball.RealGM.com Profile