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) 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 * Romanas Brazdauskis * Ramūnas Butautas *

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* Tomas Masiulis * Darius Maskoliūnas * Darius Sirtautas * Arvydas Šikšnius * Edgaras Ulanovas * Arūnas Visockas * Martynas Pacevičius * Edvinas Šeškus * Laimonas Kisielius * Vytautas Šulskis * Artūras Valeika * Dovis Bičkauskis * Lukas Kreišmontas * Aurimas Majauskas * Justas Furmanavičius * Martins Laksa *

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Head coaches

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

: 2018–2019 *

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: 2020–2024 * Mantas Šernius: 2024–present

References

External links

Official website

BC Jonava
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