Vevey Riviera Basket

Vevey Riviera Basket
Nickname	VRB
Leagues	LNA
Founded	1952 (1952)
History	Vevey Basket 1952–1998 Vevey Riviera Basket 1998–present
Arena	Galeries du Rivage
Capacity	2,800
Location	Vevey, Switzerland
President	Nathan Zana
Head coach	Ivan Beram
Team captain	Jonathan Dubas
Championships	2 Swiss Championships 3 Swiss Cups
Website	www.vevey-basket.ch

Vevey Riviera Basket, also known as Riviera Lakers, is a Swiss basketball club based in Vevey. It plays in the first national tier.

History

The club was founded in 1952 as Vevey Basket. Vevey won the Swiss League championship 2 times, in the years 1984 and 1991. Their first Swiss League championship came under coach Jim Boylan. They also won the Swiss Cup three times, in the years 1983, 1984, and 1985.

Vevey qualified to the Korać Cup for the 1974–75 and 1987–88 seasons. Vevey qualified for the Saporta Cup in the 1983–84 and 1985–86 seasons. Vevey also qualified to the EuroLeague for the 1984–85 season. They also played in the knockout rounds of both the 1991–92 Euroleague and the 1991–92 Saporta Cup. In 1998 Vevey merged with Blonay Basket and change its name to Vevey Riviera Basket.

Thabo Sefolosha began his senior men's club career with Vevey.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Thabo Sefolosha (2 seasons: 2001–02, 2022-23 )
• Jim Boylan
• Jim Grandholm
• Dave Angstadt
• Vince Reynolds
• Herb Johnson
• Wayne Yearwood
• Brett Beeson
• Herman Alston
• Lee Matthews
• Dwight Walton
• Babacar Touré
• Bojan Lapov
• Jonathan Dubas

Head coaches

• Nathan Zana
• Niksa Bavcevic
• Ivan Beram

External links

• Official Website (in French)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile