2011 in Lithuania

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2011 to Lithuania and its people.

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Incumbents

Chairmanships

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

Art and entertainment

Sports

Multi-sport events

Athletics (track and field)

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Basketball

Boxing

Darts

Football

Sambo

Snowboarding

Swimming

Volleyball

Deaths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaunas</span> Second-largest city in Lithuania

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">BC Rytas</span> Lithuanian basketball team

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<i>Lietuvos aidas</i>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">FK Kauno Žalgiris</span> Lithuanian football club

Futbolo klubas Kauno Žalgiris is a professional football club based in Kaunas, Lithuania, that competes in the A lyga, the top tier of Lithuania. The club was founded as FM Spyris Kaunas in 2004, became the football section of basketball club Žalgiris Kaunas and moved to their current stadium, the Darius and Girėnas Stadium, in 2015. After their debut season in the A Lyga, the club adopted the name FK Kauno Žalgiris in 2016.

Basketball is the most popular sport in Lithuania. During public opinion polls in Lithuania, the Lithuanians regularly describe basketball as their priority interest sport. A research in 2015 indicated that nearly 41% of all population in Lithuania watched the EuroBasket 2015 final between Lithuania and Spain and it became the most watched event of the 21st century in Lithuania. The popularity of basketball among Lithuanians led to it being nicknamed as the "second religion" in Lithuania.

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