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BC Jonava
Basketball team in Jonava, Lithuania
BC Jonava, also known as CBet Jonava (Lithuanian: Jonavos CBet) for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Jonava. The team competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).
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Leagues | LKL | ||
Founded | 1969; 55 years ago (1969) | ||
History | List
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Arena | Jonava Sports Arena | ||
Capacity | 2,200 | ||
Location | Jonava, Lithuania | ||
Team colors | Blue, cyan, white | ||
President | Vaidas Vaškevičius | ||
Head coach | Laimonas Eglinskas | ||
Championships | 1 NKL | ||
Website | bcjonava.lt | ||
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The club was officially founded in 1999, and had been playing in the second-tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as LKAL) since its inception. Having been promoted to the top division, the club played a strong first season in the LKL, finishing fifth.
The first basketball club in Jonava known as "Statyba" was founded in 1969. In 1980, a furniture enterprise started sponsoring the team. BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship at the end of the season. A decade later, the historic Jonava basketball club ceased to exist, and was replaced by the sports club "Triobet" in 1999.[1]
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Updated: June 4, 2024 |
Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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C | Dominykas Černius | ||||
PF | Strahinja Mićović | Tauras Jogėla | |||
SF | Lukas Kreišmontas | Nedas Rauluševičius | |||
SG | Edvinas Šeškus | Dastinas Morkūnas | |||
PG | Mike Lewis | Ivan Gandia-Rosa |
Squad changes for/during the 2023–24 season
In
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Moving from | |
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Out
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Moving to | |
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7 | PF | Artūras Valeika | Free agent | ||
22 | C | Evan Maxwell | Free agent | ||
2 | PG | Dovis Bičkauskis | 7bet-Lietkabelis | ||
4 | PF | Jeffery Garrett | Niners Chemnitz |
Season | Tier | League | Pos. | KMT Cup | European Competitions | |
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2001–02 | 2 | LKAL | 10th | |||
2002–03 | 2 | LKAL | 8th | |||
2003–04 | 2 | LKAL | 3rd | |||
2004–05 | 2 | LKAL | 2nd | |||
2005–06 | 2 | NKL | 4th | |||
2006–07 | 2 | NKL | 2nd | |||
2007–08 | 2 | NKL | 3rd | |||
2008–09 | 2 | NKL | 9th | |||
2009–10 | 2 | NKL | 2nd | |||
2010–11 | 2 | NKL | 9th | |||
2011–12 | 2 | NKL | 8th | |||
2012–13 | 2 | NKL | 4th | |||
2013–14 | 2 | NKL | 5th | |||
2014–15 | 2 | NKL | 7th | |||
2015–16 | 2 | NKL | 4th | |||
2016–17 | 2 | NKL | 14th | |||
2017–18 | 2 | NKL | 9th | |||
2018–19 | 2 | NKL | 12th | |||
2019–20 | 2 | NKL | –1 | |||
2020–21 | 2 | NKL | 1st | First round | ||
2021–22 | 1 | LKL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | ||
2022–23 | 1 | LKL | 4th | Second place | ||
2023–24 | 1 | LKL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | QR |
- ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
- Lukas Brazdauskis
- Romanas Brazdauskis
- Ramūnas Butautas
- Vidas Ginevičius
- Rimantas Grigas
- Tomas Masiulis
- Darius Maskoliūnas
- Darius Sirtautas
- Arvydas Šikšnius
- Edgaras Ulanovas
- Arūnas Visockas
- Martynas Pacevičius
- Edvinas Šeškus
- Laimonas Kisielius
- Vytautas Šulskis
- Artūras Valeika
- Dovis Bičkauskis
- Lukas Kreišmontas
- Aurimas Majauskas
- Justas Furmanavičius
- Martins Laksa
- Manu Lecomte
- Goran Huskić
- Strahinja Micovic
- Glynn Watson Jr.
- Jeff Garrett
- Stanley Whittaker[2]
- Kęstutis Naruševičius: 2009–2016
- Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2016–2018, 2019–2020
- Murat Didin: 2018
- Rimantas Grigas: 2018–2019
- Virginijus Šeškus: 2020–2024
- Laimonas Eglinskas: 2024–present
- Topscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS abseits-ka.de, 16 August 2021. Accessed 4 October 2021.(in German)
- Official website (in Lithuanian)
- BC Jonava at LKL.lt (in English and Lithuanian)