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BK Levickí
BK Patrioti Levice, commonly known as Levickí Patrioti, is a Slovak professional basketball team based in Levice. The team currently plays in the national top-tier Slovak Basketball League (SBL). Honours * Slovak League **Champions (6): 2010–11, 2017–18, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 *Slovak Cup **Champions (2): 2018/2019, 2023/2024 *Alpe Adria Cup **Champions (1): 2021–22 **Runners-up (1): 2017–18 Notable players * Mihkel Kirves * Severi Kaukiainen * Aatu Kivimäki * Joel Mäntynen * Miha Lapornik * D'Mitrik Trice D'Mitrik Alexander Trice (born May 2, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who plays for BK Patrioti Levice of the Slovak Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. High school career Trice played b ... References External linksOfficial website Basketball teams in Slovakia Basketball teams established in 1941 Levice District Sport in Nitra Region 1941 establishments in Czechoslovakia Basket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovak Extraliga (basketball)
The Slovenská Basketbalová Liga (SBL) () is the highest level tier league of men's professional club basketball in Slovakia. The league was founded in 1993. MBK Pezinok is the league's most successful team, having won a league record 9 championships. Before 2014, the league was named the Extraliga. Current clubs The following 10 teams participated in the 2024–25 Slovak Basketball League: Finals Performance by club See also *Slovak Basketball Cup, Slovak Cup External links * Slovak league on Eurobasket.com Slovak Extraliga (basketball), Professional sports leagues in Slovakia Top-level basketball leagues in Europe Basketball leagues in Slovakia {{basketball-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aatu Kivimäki
Aatu Kivimäki (born 8 June 1997) is a Finnish basketball player who plays as a point guard for Slovak Basketball League team Patrioti Levice. Career Kivimäki started basketball with . Salon Vilpas (2016–2021) During 2016–2021, he played for Salon Vilpas in Korisliiga, winning the Finnish championship in 2021. He was also awarded the Korisliiga Rookie of the Year in 2017. Vilpas also won two silver medals in the league in 2017 and 2018. Tigers Tübingen (2021–2024) In 2021, he joined Tigers Tübingen in German ProA. In 2023, they won the promotion to Basketball Bundesliga. Next season Kivimäki averaged 6.4 points and 4.1 assists in Bundesliga. Patrioti Levice (2024–present) In September 2024, Kivimäki joined Patrioti Levice in Slovak Basketball League. They won the domestic championship in 2025. They also played in the FIBA Europe Cup. National team career A former youth international, Kivimäki has played for Finland senior national team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Nitra Region
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levice District
Levice District (; ) is a district in the Nitra Region of western Slovakia. It is the largest of Slovakia's 79 districts. The west of the district was in the Hungarian county of Bars until 1918, while the east of the district was in Hont County Hont County was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia, while a smaller southern portion is part of Hungary. Today, in Slovakia Hont is the i ...: Farná in the south was in the county of Esztergom (Ostrihom). Municipalities ''Source'': References Districts of Nitra Region {{Nitra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Teams Established In 1941
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Mitrik Trice
D'Mitrik Alexander Trice (born May 2, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who plays for BK Patrioti Levice of the Slovak Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. High school career Trice played basketball for Wayne High School in Huber Heights, Ohio under his father's coaching. As a senior, he averaged 10.3 points and 5.7 assists per game, leading his team to the Division I state title. Trice left as the school's all-time leader in assists. He was also the starting quarterback on Wayne's football team for two years, reaching the state championship game in his senior season. Trice played a postgraduate season of basketball at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, averaging 12.3 points, 4.1 assists and four rebounds per game. He committed to play college basketball for Wisconsin over Ohio State and Vanderbilt. College career As a freshman at Wisconsin, Trice averaged 5.6 points and 1.7 assists in 18.3 minutes per game. He appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miha Lapornik
Miha Lapornik (born 18 October 1993) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Twarde Pierniki Toruń of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He is a tall shooting guard. Professional career Lapornik started playing professional basketball for Zlatorog Laško. On 27 July 2015, Lapornik signed a three-year contract with Union Olimpija. In July 2016, he parted ways with Union Olimpija and signed a one-year contract with an option to extend it for one more year with Spanish team Bilbao Basket . In October 2017, he signed an open contract with Zlatorog Laško. In January 2018, Lapornik signed with U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca out of Romania. On 26 June 2018, he signed a contract with Petrol Olimpija. He spent the 2019–20 season with Pieno žvaigždės in Lithuania, averaging 13.3 points per game. On 25 July 2020, Lapornik signed with Heroes Den Bosch until 2022. He was named to the All-DBL Team for the 2021–22 season. On 5 July 2021, Heroes announced Laporni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Mäntynen
Joel Mäntynen (born 13 January 2002) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for Karlsruhe Lions in the German ProA. Early career Mäntynen was born in Kotka, but moved to nearby town of Kouvola when aged 16. He joined ''Korikouvot'', the reserve team of Kouvot in 2018, competing in second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona. Career Mäntynen played with Kouvot in Korisliiga during 2020–2024. In August 2024, Mäntynen signed with Slovak champions BK Patrioti Levice in Slovak Basketball League The Slovenská Basketbalová Liga (SBL) () is the highest level tier league of men's professional club basketball in Slovakia. The league was founded in 1993. MBK Pezinok is the league's most successful team, having won a league record 9 champions .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severi Kaukiainen
Severi Tino Kalevi Kaukiainen (born 11 May 1998) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for Estonian club Kalev/Cramo in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga and Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Career Born in Kotka, Kaukiainen started playing basketball in his home town local club Peli-Karhut and the youth sector of KTP Basket, and continued his senior career with the same club in 2015. During 2017–2021, he played for a fellow Korisliiga team Kouvot in neighbouring town Kouvola. In 2019, Kouvot won the silver medal as they finished 2nd in the league. Kaukianen won the Finnish championship title with Karhu Basket in 2022, and silver medal in 2023. At the end of the 2022–23 season, Kaukiainen was named the Korisliiga Most Valuable Player and Korisliiga Sixth Man of the Year at the same time. In the summer 2023, he signed with Slovak champions Patrioti Levice. He terminated his contract with the club on 1 December 2023, after Levice were knocked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levice
Levice (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavic name of the town was ''Leva'', which means "the Left One". The town is located in the north-eastern corner of the Danubian Lowland (''Podunajská nížina''), east of Bratislava, south-east of Nitra, south-west of Banská Štiavnica, south-west of Zvolen and from the border with Hungary. It is the capital of the Levice District, which is the largest district in Slovakia at . The town's heraldic animal is lion (in Slovak ''lev''), and the town's colours are green and yellow. History Levice is first mentioned as Leua, one of the villages belonging to the parish of Martin of Tours, St. Martin's Church in Bratka () in 1156. It was part of the Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus Tekov (''Bars''). First attacked by the Ottoman Empire, Turks in 1544, the town was set on fire while the castle was left unharmed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihkel Kirves
Mihkel Kirves (born 6 December 1996) is an Estonian professional basketball player for CBet Jonava of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). Standing at , he plays at the small forward position. Professional career Kirves debuted in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) in the 2012–13 season with BC Pärnu. He was named KML Best Defender in 2017 and 2018. On 9 July 2024, Kirves signed with M Basket Mažeikiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). National team career Kirves made his debut for the Estonian national team on 13 September 2018, in a 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup European qualifier against Germany, scoring 2 points in a 43–86 home defeat. Awards and accomplishments Individual *2× Estonian League Best Defender: 2017, 2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
