BC Lietkabelis-2 is dissolved the

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for

BC Lietkabelis BC Lietkabelis (), commonly known as Lietkabelis Panevėžys, also known as 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lit ...

. BC "Palanga" professional basketball club was founded in 1999. In 2006 club name was changed to BC "Naglis-Adakris" because of the club supporters UAB „Adakris“ but in 2011, club name was reverted to BC "Naglis" again, changing its name to "Palanga" in 2012. For the 2014–2015 season the team moved to

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and became BC Vilnius, after that one season in the capital, they moved to

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to become the reserve team of

Current roster

Season by season

Club history

* In the 2007-2008 NKL season, BC "Naglis-Adakris" was only one step away from the chance to enter

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basketball super league LKL as they won Silver. Lithuanian basketball legend

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played the season and was the team's biggest star. * The 2008-2009 NKL season was unsuccessful for BC "Naglis-Adakris" as they left only seventh in the league. * The dream of LKL for BC "Naglis-Adakris" came true in the 2009-2010 NKL season when BC "Naglis-Adakris" became NKL champions and won challenge for LKL slot against

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(actually this match was never played because

was suspended their activities that season).

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played the last season of his career. * The debut 2010-2011 LKL season was very unsuccessful for „Naglis“ as they took only 12th place from 13 places in regular season. Because of that „Naglis“ played survival match against NKL champions „Pieno Žvaigždės“ (if „Naglis“ would lost that serie, „Pieno Žvaigždės“ would get „Naglis“ slot in the

super

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league LKL). On 26 April 2011, „Naglis“ won first transition serie match against „Pieno žvaigždės“ in

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. However, on 29 April 2011, „Naglis“ lost the second game of the transition serie in

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. The final (third game) took place in

, which BC „Naglis“ miraculously won by only one point with result 69:68 and automatically saved their place in LKL. * The 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons did not fare better, as both times the team was at the bottom of the standings. The 2012-2013 season was in particular a disaster, as BC Palanga lost all 20 of their games. During a game against

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, the team lost 36:96, with the 36 points being an all-time low in the LKL. The team was relegated after the season. * For the 2014–2015 season the team moved to

and became BC Vilnius, after that one season in the capital, they moved to

to become the second team of

Notable players

Renaldas Seibutis Renaldas Seibutis (born July 23, 1985) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Lithuanian national team internationally. Professional career Europe In the 2010–11 season, Seibutis played for Olin Ed ...

(2002–2003) *

(2007–2008) *

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(2008–2012) * Vytautas Buzas (2008–2010) *

(2009–2010) *

Mantas Mockevičius Mantas Mockevičius (born 16 January 1993) is a Lithuanian basketball player who plays at the point guard position. He last played for Úrvalsdeild karla club Keflavík during the 2018–19 season. Playing career Mockevičius started his care ...

(2008–2013)

External links

Official website of BC Lietkabelis

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lietkabelis-2 Basketball teams established in 1999 1999 establishments in Lithuania BC Lietkabelis