Kęstutis Kemzūra
Kęstutis Kemzūra (born 20 April 1970) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League. During his playing career, at a height of tall, he played at the point guard position. Professional playing career Kemzūra started his club playing career as a point guard, with the Lithuanian club Atletas Kaunas. He averaged 6.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1 assist per game in the FIBA Saporta Cup competition's 1992–93 season, in his first year. His next year he had better stats, as he recorded 12.5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the Saporta Cup's 1993–94 season. In 1996, he moved to the Lithuanian club Šilutė. After that, he went to the Lithuanian club Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, for the 1998–99 season, where he became a player coach. Kemzūra left the team in November, and joined the Lithuanian club Kalnapilis Panevėžys. In the 1999–2000 season, he played in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lithuania Men's National Basketball Team
The Lithuania men's national basketball team () represents Lithuania in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Lithuania. Despite Lithuania's small size, with a population of less than 3 million, the country's devotion to basketball has made them a traditional force of the sport in Europe. The Lithuanian national team won the last EuroBasket tournaments prior to World War II, in EuroBasket 1937, 1937 and EuroBasket 1939, 1939. The 1939 team was led by Frank Lubin, who helped popularize basketball in the country and was called the "grandfather of Lithuanian basketball". Following the country's Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1944), annexation by the Soviet Union during the war, Lithuanian players frequently formed the core of the Soviet Union national basketball team, Soviet national team. The most prevalent example was the Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Olympic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Latvia Men's National Basketball Team
The Latvia men's national basketball team () represents Latvia in international basketball. They are organized and run by the Latvian Basketball Association. Latvia has reached the European Basketball Championship 15 times, with their ultimate success occurring during the inter-war period, when they became the first team to win the tournament in 1935. Four years later, they had another impressive run to come away with the silver in 1939. Although after 1939, Latvia were forced to suspend their national team operations, due to the Occupation of the Baltic states during World War II. Latvia regained independence in 1991, with their national team taking part in international competition once again a year later. History Origins of the team On 26 November 1923, the Latvijas Basketbola Savienība was founded, earlier than most basketball federations from other countries. On 29 April 1924, Latvia played their first international game versus Estonia, winning it 20–16. In the wint ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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EuroCup Basketball
EuroCup Basketball, commonly known as the EuroCup and currently called BKT EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball club competition organized by Euroleague Basketball. The league is regarded as Euroleague Basketball's second-tier professional basketball club tournament. Founded as ULEB Cup in 2002, the competition lasted until 2008 when a new competition was introduced after an agreement between ULEB and FIBA under the name of ''EuroCup'' for the 2008–09 Eurocup Basketball, 2008–09 season, following a change in format. Given that the FIBA EuroChallenge was known as EuroCup until 2008, a new era of stronger cooperation between ULEB and FIBA Europe was set in 2008. The number of the new competition was increased to a total of 48 and the winner of the 3rd tier FIBA EuroCup Challenge, formerly known as EuroCup would get an automatic qualification for the tournament's following season, for first time. Though initially advertised as a new competition ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Czech Republic Basketball Cup
The Czech Basketball Cup is the annual top-tier level national basketball cup competition that is held in the Czech Republic, for professional teams. It is organized by the Czech Basketball Federation (''Česká Basketbalová Federace''), the governing body of basketball in the Czech Republic. The first edition of the competition was played in 1994. ČEZ Nymburk is the all-time record holder, with 14 titles. The competition concludes with a Final Four each season, including a third-place game. Title holders * 1993–94 JIP Pardubice * 1994–95 Tonak Nový Jičín * 1995–96 Tonak Nový Jičín * 1996–97 Opava * 1997–98 Opava * 1998–99 Opava * 1999–00 Mlékárna Kunín * 2000–01 Opava * 2001–02 Mlékárna Kunín * 2002–03 Opava * 2003–04 ČEZ Nymburk * 2004–05 ČEZ Nymburk * 2005–06 Mlékárna Kunín * 2006–07 ČEZ Nymburk * 2007–08 ČEZ Nymburk * 2008–09 ČEZ Nymburk * 2009–10 ČEZ Nymburk * 2010–11 ČEZ Nymburk * 2011–12 ČEZ Nymburk * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Basketball League (Czech Republic)
The Czech Republic National Basketball League (NBL) () is the top-tier level professional basketball league in the Czech Republic. It is run by the Asociace Ligových Klubů. The league operates under a promotion and relegation system. The bottom two NBL teams from each season's standings are relegated to the 2nd-tier level 1. Basketbalová Liga, 1. Liga, while the top two 1. Liga teams from each season's standings are promoted to the NBL. Basketball Nymburk, ERA Nymburk has won the most titles with 19. Logos Matttoni NBL Logo.gif , (The former sponsorship logo of the league, when it was named the "Mattoni NBL" 1998–2014.) NBL Czech Republic logo.png , (The current sponsorship logo of the league, named "Kooperativa NBL" 2014–present.) Teams The following are the teams in the 2023–24 season: * BK Děčín, Armex Děčín * Basket Brno * Basketball Nymburk, ERA Nymburk * BC Kolín, Geosan Kolín * BK Pardubice, KVIS Pardubice * BK NH Ostrava, NH Ostrava * BK Opava, Opav ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Russian Basketball Cup
The Russian Basketball Cup is the primary professional national domestic basketball cup competition of Russia. History After the cease of the USSR Basketball Cup in 1987, the Russian Federation did not launch any Cup competition in the following years despite the fact that the Russian Basketball Super League 1 had started in 1992. The first cup tournament took place in the year 2000 with the Final Four being hosted at Sochi. It was not held in the following two seasons, but it returned in 2002. Starting from the 2014-15 season most of the VTB League clubs withdrew as the Russian Federation did not allow the use of foreign players in the competition resulting in only 3 VTB teams (BC Khimki, Khimki, BC Krasnye Krylia, Krasnye Krylia and BC Krasny Oktyabr, Krasny Oktyabr) participating. BC UNICS was the last club from the VTB League to win the trophy in 2014. The last two seasons (2020-22) no VTB club applied to participate in the competition as normally two or three teams would join ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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BC Juventus
BC Juventus (), also known as Uniclub Bet Juventus for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Utena, Lithuania. Founded in 1999, the club currently plays in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lithuanian Basketball League. History 2000–2007: foundation and participation in RKL Juventus basketball club was founded in 1999 and debuted in Naujametinis Utenos rajono Mero taurės turnyras (Utena's new year's mayor's cup tournament) and took third place. First team roster consisted of other sports players: football players and one Team handball, handball player. First team captain, which also founded Juventus basketball team was football player Nerijus Kuzmickas (played in Kaunas, Kauno Inkaras team), now Šiauliai football academy, child and teenage coach. In the debut Juventus season also played: Egidijus Varnas (FK Ekranas), Tomas Keraitis, Tomas Karvelis and others. In 2003–2004 season, Juventus basketball team was coached by Rimvydas Vaitkus. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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BC Wolves
Basketball Club Wolves, officially named Wolves Twinsbet for sponsorship reasons, was a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The team competed in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). The team played its home games at the 10,800-seat Avia Solutions Group Arena, Twinsbet Arena. Wolves suspended its operations in June 2025. History The club was founded on 2 June 2022, with the name Wolves referring to the mythical Iron Wolf (character), Iron Wolf and the founding legend of the city of Vilnius. The license of BC Dzūkija, Dzūkija Alytus was used starting from the 2022–23 LKL season. LKL league expanded to 12 teams again, and a second basketball club appeared in the capital after over a decade. Some Lithuanian basketball communities view the club skeptically because it appeared in the top league based on monetary over-playing principles, and because of the club owner's alleged connection with Russian businesses. Wolves claim its ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Petkim Spor
Petkim Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as Socar Spor is a Turkish professional basketball club based in İzmir which currently competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). The team was founded by Petkim in 2013 and got promoted to the first division in 2020. Their home arena is Aliağa Belediyesi ENKA Spor Salonu with a capacity of 3,000 seats. The team is sponsored by SOCAR, an oil and gas company in Azerbaijan. In the 2024–25 season, Petkim Spor will play in a European competition for the first time, when the team entered the Basketball Champions League, after beating Heroes Den Bosch, Cholet and PAOK in qualification rounds. History On 29 July 2020 Sigortam.Net İTÜ was removed from the Basketbol Süper Ligi due to financial issues. Instead of them, Petkim Spor were granted a place in the Turkish top-tier league. Players Current roster Notable former players * Ege Arar * İlkan Karaman * Cemal Nalga * Bora Hun Paçun * Ümit Sonkol * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olympiacos B
Olympiacos Football Club B, or simply Olympiacos B (), is the reserve team of Greek club Olympiacos that will be competing in the Super League Greece 2. It was founded in 2021. Stadium The stadium that hosted Olympiacos B' is the Rentis Training Centre with a capacity of 3,000. Coach and staff Ariel Ibagaza was appointed the coach in July 2021, with former Nottingham Forest youth coach Guilherme Ramos appointed his assistant in August 2021. Dissolution and reconstitution In the season 2023–24 of Super League 2, Olympiacos B finished 10th hence was relegated to Gamma Ethniki, the third highest football league in Greece.However, clubs in Gamma Ethniki can only consist of amateur players since it's an amateur division, hence no professional players can play in the reserve team of Olympiakos which was the case in the past for players like Youssef El Arabi,Kostas Fortounis e.t.c. and young players like Apostolopoulos. However, according to statements by Olympiacos F.C. vi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Darüşşafaka S
Darüşşafaka, meaning "home of compassion" in Ottoman Turkish, may refer to: * Darüşşafaka Society, a Turkish educational association founded to train apprentices ** Darüşşafaka High School, a school in Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey * Darüşşafaka Basketbol, a professional basketball club based in İstanbul * Darüşşafaka (Istanbul Metro), a railway station in Istanbul * Darüşşafaka, a neighbourhood in the Sarıyer Sarıyer () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 177 km2 and its population is 350,454 (2022). It is on the northeastern part of Istanbul's European side. Sarıyer al ... district of Istanbul. {{DEFAULTSORT:Darussafaka tr:Darüşşafaka ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Austria Men's National Basketball Team
The Austria men's national basketball team () represents Austria in international basketball competition. The team is controlled and organised by Basketball Austria. Austria has competed at the EuroBasket six times throughout their history. Their best performance overall came at the EuroBasket 1951, 1951 tournament. However, the team is still seeking qualification to their first appearance on to the global stage at the FIBA World Cup. History EuroBasket 1947 Austria first competed in the European Basketball Championship at EuroBasket 1947, placing 12th of 14 teams. Initially, the team struggled and lost both of their preliminary round matches, along with their first semifinal round match. Then they defeated Albania national basketball team, Albania to place second in the group and set up a match against the Netherlands national basketball team, Netherlands for 11th and 12th place, which Austria lost after a long battle. EuroBasket 1951 Austria made their second appearance on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |