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Granitas Kaunas
Granitas Kaunas is a team handball club from Kaunas, Lithuania. Currently, Granitas Kaunas competes in the Lithuanian First League of Handball. Kaunas Granitas is the most successful team in Lithuania Handball history. It is the only team from Lithuania having won EHF Cup. Accomplishments *EHF Cup: 1 **1987 **1988 (finalist) * LHL:1st **1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 Famous players * Voldemaras Novickis * Gintaras Savukynas * Aidenas Malašinskas * Rolandas Bernatonis Rolandas Bernatonis (born 22 January 1987) is a Lithuanian handball player who currently plays for DVTK-Eger and the Lithuania national team. He was one of the best foreign scorers in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons of Liga ASOBAL Lig ... References External links *Team pageat eurohandball.com Lithuanian handball clubs Lithuanian Handball League clubs Sport in Kaunas {{Lithuania-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian University Of Health Sciences
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences ( lt, Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas, LSMU) is a medical school in Kaunas, Lithuania. The present-day Lithuanian University of Health Sciences is a consolidation of two institutions of higher education, Kaunas University of Medicine and the Lithuanian Veterinary Academy. It uses the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics and the Kaunas Red Cross Hospital as teaching hospitals. History It was founded in 2010 by merging ''Kaunas University of Medicine'' and the ''Lithuanian Veterinary Academy''. In 2013, Secondary school of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences was established in Vilijampolė district of Kaunas. Medical Academy Medical Academy of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences was founded in 1919 and from 1922 it was a Faculty of Medicine of University of Lithuania. It is located in the center of Kaunas. In 1950, after the closure of Kaunas University, it was reformed into a separat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Handball League
The Lithuanian Handball League ( lt, Lietuvos rankinio lyga), is the top-tier team handball competition in the Republic of Lithuania. Current teams ;Alytus *Alytaus Varsa - Stronglasas ;Kaunas * Granitas Kaunas ;Klaipėda * Dragūnas Klaipėda ;Panevėžys ; HC „Grifas-R.Sargūno sporto gimnazija-KKSC“ ;Šiauliai * SM Dubysa-Gubernija ;Utena * HC Utena ;Varėna * Ūla Varėna ;Vilnius * HC Vilnius *VHC Šviesa Lithuanian Handball League past champions * 1991 : Granitas Kaunas * 1992 : Granitas Kaunas (2) * 1993 : Granitas Kaunas (3) * 1994 : Granitas Kaunas (4) * 1995 : Granitas Kaunas (5) * 1996 : Granitas Kaunas (6) * 1997 : Granitas Kaunas (7) * 1998 : Granitas Kaunas (8) * 1999 : Granitas Kaunas (9) * 2000 : Granitas Kaunas (10) * 2001 : Granitas Kaunas (11) * 2002 : Granitas Kaunas (12) * 2003 : Granitas Kaunas (13) * 2004 : Granitas Kaunas (14) * 2005 : Granitas Kaunas (15) * 2006 : Panevėžio Viking Malt * 2007 : Panevėžio Viking Malt (2) * 2008 : Granitas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact is permitted for the def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, the interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as among the finest examples of European Art Deco and has received the European Heritage Label. It contributed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EHF Cup
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previously called the EHF Cup, the competition will be known as the EHF European League from the season 2020–21. Portuguese side S.L. Benfica (handball), Benfica are the current holders. History It was formerly known as the IHF Cup until 1993. Also, starting from the 2012–13 EHF Cup, 2012–13 season the competition has been merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. The EHF coefficient rank decides, which teams have access and in which stage they enter. Winners IHF Cup EHF Cup EHF European League Statistics Winning clubs Titles by country Notes *Results until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. One club from present day Ukraine won the title once and was runner-up another time, one club from present day Lithuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voldemaras Novickis
Voldemaras Novickis (22 February 1956 – 31 January 2022) was a Lithuanian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1980, he won the silver medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored nine goals. Eight years later, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played five matches including the final. In 1987 he won EHF Cup with Granitas Kaunas. One year later in 1988, Granitas Kaunas managed to get into the EHF Cup final one more time, however they lost by a very narrow margin. From 1993 he became head coach of Granitas Kaunas and managed until 2019 with numerous titles won. He died from cancer in Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ... on 31 January 2022, at the age of 65. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gintaras Savukynas
Gintaras Savukynas (born 18 February 1971) is a professional Lithuanian handball player, who played in center back position. Savukynas played in the World and European championships with the Lithuania National Handball team as the team captain. In 2005, he officially announced the end of his career as a player, to which he became an assistant coach for the Lithuania men's national handball team, before becoming the head of the national handball team for five years. Biography Gintaras Savukynas started his career in Granitas Kauno and played there for long period of time. During that time, they won the Lithuanian Handball League six times and Lithuania Handball Cup five times. In 1996, he was loaned out to GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk, a team in the Polish Superliga (the top men's handball league in Poland). During the same year, he also moved to Norway to play for HC Kristiansand IF. After the successful season in Norway and during the 1997 World Handball Championship in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidenas Malašinskas
Aidenas Malašinskas (born 29 April 1986) is a Lithuanian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ... player who plays for HC Buzău and the Lithuania national team. Was honored as best Lithuanian handball player of 2021. References Lithuanian male handball players Sportspeople from Vilnius Living people 1986 births Expatriate handball players Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine BM Granollers players Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain {{Europe-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolandas Bernatonis
Rolandas Bernatonis (born 22 January 1987) is a Lithuanian handball player who currently plays for DVTK-Eger and the Lithuania national team. He was one of the best foreign scorers in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons of Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 1 ..., scoring a total of 240 goals in 48 games. References External links * Lithuanian male handball players Sportspeople from Kaunas Living people 1987 births Expatriate handball players Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Liga ASOBAL players BM Granollers players {{Europe-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Handball Clubs
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Lithuanian Handball League Clubs
Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim See also * List of Lithuanians This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of modern ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
