London Stars are a British-Lithuanian basketball club, based in London, England.

History

The club was founded in 2012, initially entering the British Lithuanian Basketball League. Achieving early success in the competition, Medelynas joined the

English Basketball League The National Basketball League, or NBL for short, is a league competition representing semi-professional and amateur basketball clubs from England and Wales. It forms levels 2 to 4 on the British basketball pyramid, in line with the Scottish B ...

the following season, winning the Division 4 South East title and finishing as runners-up in the national Division 4 Playoffs. Medelynas re-entered the NBL in 2017, achieving back-to-back promotions into the newly organised Division 2 South. In 2019, the club merged with the Baltic Stars basketball club, an extensive junior basketball program founded in 2011. The junior teams retained the Baltic Stars name.

Teams

For the 2019–20 season, Medelynas / Baltic Stars will field the following national league teams: :Senior Men: National League Division 2 South :U16 Boys: National League U16 Premier South :U14 Boys: National League U14 Premier South East :U14 Boys II: National League U14 Conference South :U14 Boys III: National League U14 Conference South

Honours

:Men's National League Division 3 Playoffs Champions: 2018-19 :Men's National League Division 3 South League Champions: 2018-19 :Men's National League Division 4 South East League Champions: 2017-18 :Men's National League Division 4 South East League Champions: 2013-14 :British Lithuanian Basketball League Division A Champions: 2012-13

Home Venue

Medelynas play their home games at Newham Sixth Form College in the east end of London.

Season-by-season records

References

{{English Basketball League Basketball teams in England Basketball teams in London Basketball teams established in 2000 2000 establishments in England Lithuanian diaspora in Europe Sport in the London Borough of Newham Diaspora sports clubs Plaistow, Newham