Tanel Kurbas
Encyclopedia
Tanel Kurbas is an Estonia
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player who currently plays for basketball club Tartu Ülikool/Rock
. He plays small forward position. His junior years were spent playing for Tiit Soku Korvpallikool and his coach was the 1988 Soul Olympic champion Tiit Sokk. He won several national youth championships with his team. Kurbas started his professional career in 2005 when he signed with Noortekoondis/Audentes. After playing for a year there he played with Dalkia Nybit in 2006–2007. Kurbas also finished 2nd in Estonian Slam Dunk Contest in 2007. With the Triobet Dalkia team he played 2007–2008 season. Currently Kurbas is playing with Estonian top team TÜ/Rock.
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player who currently plays for basketball club Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Tartu Ülikool is an Estonian professional basketball club, based in Tartu, currently participating in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Baltic Basketball League and the EuroChallenge. The basketball team belongs to The University of Tartu and plays their home games at the Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone ...
. He plays small forward position. His junior years were spent playing for Tiit Soku Korvpallikool and his coach was the 1988 Soul Olympic champion Tiit Sokk. He won several national youth championships with his team. Kurbas started his professional career in 2005 when he signed with Noortekoondis/Audentes. After playing for a year there he played with Dalkia Nybit in 2006–2007. Kurbas also finished 2nd in Estonian Slam Dunk Contest in 2007. With the Triobet Dalkia team he played 2007–2008 season. Currently Kurbas is playing with Estonian top team TÜ/Rock.
Honours
- 2008–09 Estonian CupEstonian Basketball CupThe Estonian Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. The tournament is organized by Eesti Korvpalliliit.- Winners :*1946 – Tallinna Kalev*1947 – N/A*1948 – Tallinna Kalev...
(BC Kalev/Cramo) - 2008–09 Estonian League (BC Kalev/Cramo)
- 2010–11 BBL Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock)
- 2010–11 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock)