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Olimpas Plungė
KK Olimpas is a basketball team based in Plungė, Lithuania. The team currently competes in the third-tier Regional Basketball League (RKL). The club previously competed in the first-tier Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and second-tier National Basketball League (NKL). History The team was founded in 1989. In 1993, the club competed in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), falling to BC Lavera in the quarterfinals. The team was led by Augenijus Vaškys, who averaged the highest number of points per game for that season – 22.9. The next season, the team signed two Americans – Patrick Jones and Tim Brooks. The team finished in seventh place in the group stage, upsetting Žalgiris Kaunas and Atletas Kaunas in the last few group stage games to secure a ticket to the LKL playoffs. However, the team again lost in the quarterfinals, this time to the star–studded BC Atletas 2–1. Patrick Jones, who was second in the league in points per game with 24.4, left the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Basketball League (Lithuania)
RKL ''(Lithuanian: Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga, English: Regional Basketball League)'' is a third Lithuania basketball league. Regional Basketball League started their activity in 2005. RKL consists of 32 basketball teams from 28 Lithuania cities. Regions divided to four groups: Aukštaitija, Žemaitija, Suvalkija and center of Lithuania. Each group has eight basketball teams. In the 2006-2007 RKL season, there was some differences as the regions was divided to two groups: East and West of Lithuania and the number of participants was 28 (14 teams for each group). There is B Division of RKL, which is the 4th tier basketball league of Lithuania. League champions * 2005–2006 season (debut): BC Mažeikiai * 2006–2007 season: BC Juventus * 2007–2008 season: Šiaulių ABRO-Saulė * 2008–2009 season: BC Radviliškis * 2009–2010 season: BC Ežerūnas-Karys * 2010–2011 season: BC Ežerūnas-Karys * 2011–2012 season: BC Olimpas Plungė * 2012–2013 season: BC Trakai * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |