Basketball in Lithuania

Championship during the period prior to the break up of the Soviet Union in 1989. Zalgiris Kaunas was a power house in Soviet era basketball in the 1980's a tradition that continues on today in the EuroLeague. Sarunas Marciulionis became the first Lithuanian player to compete in the NBA. Since 1989 Lithuania has continued to demonstrate it's basketball prowess with Bronze medals in each of the last three Olympic games and most recently were crowned European Champions in the 2003 Euro Championships.
and several times have been European Club Champions League Championships- Soviet Union League Champion -85,86,87 Soviet Union League Finalist -79,83,84,88 Lithuanian League Champion -91-99,01 Lithuanian League Finalist -00, 02 European Championships- European Cup of Champions: Champions 93. 94. 96, and 98 Euroleague Champions1999 NEBL Champions1999, finalist 2001.
“Lietuvos Rytas” Vilnius history of Lietuvos Rytas basketball club dates back
only six seasons. But the annals of the team are already marked with important victories. In 2000 and 2002 Lietuvos Rytas won the national title, and were runnerups in1999, and 2001. The most remarkable season 2001, when the team took golden rings of LKL champions from Žalgiris Kaunas for the second time and beat the best Russian club, Ural Great Perm, in the final of NEBL Championship. For the first time The same year Lietuvos Rytas challenged basketball giants from Bologna, Kinder, in the semifinals of Saporta Cup. Italian
super club slipped to the finals by only two points: after losing 60-70 in Lithuania, Kinder took advantage at home, 83-71. Lietuvos Rytas reached the finals of the NEBL, where they lost to CSKA Moscow.
Lietuvos Rytas started the season of 2000--2001 having two Olympic bronze
medal winners, team leaders Ramûnas Šiškauskas and...

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