The BC Jonava, known for sponsorship reasons as the BC CBet ( lt, Jonavos CBet; en, CBet Jonava), are a Lithuanian professional

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team based in

Jonava Jonava ( ; pl, Janów; german: Janau) is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of . It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas Interna ...

. The CBet compete in the

Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) (''English'': Lithuanian Basketball League), also known as Betsafe LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional men's club basketball league in Lithuania. It is composed of 12 teams, and it is a member o ...

(LKL). The club was officially founded in 1999, and had been playing in the second-tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as

LKAL LKAL - Lietuvos Krepšinio A Lyga (English: Lithuanian Basketball A League), was the second Lithuanian basketball league until it ceased to exist in the spring of 2005. The new created league named ''NKL'', Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga (Natio ...

) since its inception. Having been promoted to the top division, the club played a strong first season in the LKL, finishing fifth.

History

The first basketball club in Jonava known as "Statyba" was founded in 1969. In 1980, a furniture enterprise started sponsoring the team. At the end of the season, BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship. A decade later, the historic Jonava basketball club ceased to exist, and was replaced by the sports club "Triobet" in 1999.

Current roster

Depth chart

Squad changes for/during the 2021–22 season

In

Out

Season by season

: Cancelled due to the

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Notable players

* Lukas Brazdauskis *

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* Darius Maskoliūnas * Darius Sirtautas * Arvydas Šikšnius *

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References

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