BC Alytus () is the historical

basketball 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 (appro ...

club of

Alytus Alytus () is a city with Town privileges, municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, sixth-largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, 14th-largest city in the Baltic ...

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

. It was founded in 2005, as a successor to

BC Alita BC Alita is a defunct basketball club that was based in Alytus, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1995 when the headquarters of the basketball club BC Savy Vilnius were moved to Alytus, Lithuania as part of the geographical expansion of the Lithu ...

, and participated in the

Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL; ), also known as Betsafe LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the premier men's professional club basketball league in Lithuania. It is composed of 10 teams, and it is a member of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation. ...

(Lithuanian Basketball League) and the

Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus Belarus, officially the Rep ...

for a few seasons. In 2011 BC Alytus changed their name to BC Savanoris, playing in the third-tier RKL, and later becoming

BC Dzūkija BC Dzūkija () was a professional basketball club located in Alytus, Lithuania. It was founded in 2012 and participated in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). It was the newest basketball club based in Alytus after BC Alita and BC Alytus were di ...

, was established in Alytus.

Achievements

Notable players

* Saulius Kazevičius * Nerijus Varnelis * Andrius Aleksandrovas * Mindaugas Jaruševičius *

Žygimantas Janavičius Žygimantas Janavičius (born February 20, 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for BC Neptūnas, Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). Standing at tall and weighing , he plays as a point guard. Professi ...

* Tadas Klimavičius *

Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič (, born 1 November 1979) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. At in height, he played primarily at the center position. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. Lavrinovič was an ...

Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič (; born 1 November 1979) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he played at the power forward and Center (basketball), center positions. Lavrinovič was a two-time All-EuroLeague Te ...

References

External links

Official website of Alytus

BC Alytus LKL.lt
Basketball teams in Lithuania Sport in Alytus 2005 establishments in Lithuania {{Lithuania-sport-team-stub