BC Jonava, also known as CBet Jonava () for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional

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club based in

Jonava Jonava () 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 International Airport. ''Achema'', t ...

. The team competes in the

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(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 (Nat ...

) 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. BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship at the end of the season. 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 2024–25 season

In

Out

Season by season

: Cancelled due to the

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Notable players

* Lukas Brazdauskis *

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* Laimonas Kisielius *

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* Lukas Kreišmontas *

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* Martins Laksa *

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Head coaches

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: 2009–2016 * Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2016–2018, 2019–2020 * Murat Didin: 2018 *

: 2018–2019 *

Virginijus Šeškus Virginijus Šeškus (born February 8, 1967) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach. He was previously the head coach of M Basket Mažeikiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). Career Virginijus Šeškus was born in Prienai, ...

: 2020–2024 *

Mantas Šernius Mantas Šernius (born 29 June 1983) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He is also an assistant coach of the Lith ...

: 2024–present

References

External links

Official website

BC Jonava
at LKL.lt {{DEFAULTSORT:CBet Jonava Basketball teams in Lithuania Basketball teams established in 1999 Sport in Jonava 1999 establishments in Lithuania