Basketball Club Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania, and competes domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga. Founded in 1944, it is one of the oldest teams in the EuroLeague. Žalgiris is one of 11 European clubs to hold long-term licenses with the EuroLeague, which provides a guaranteed place in the regular-season phase of this league. Since the 2011–12 season, Žalgiris plays its home games in Žalgiris Arena, which was built just before EuroBasket 2011. The club's name commemorates the victorious Battle of Žalgiris. Both Žalgiris and Grunwald translate to "green grove".
Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL), also known as Betsafe LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional men's club basketball league in Lithuania. It is composed of 10 teams, and it is a member of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation. The best LKL clubs are also annual participants of the top European-wide basketball competitions, including the top-tier level EuroLeague.
Marcin (Polish pronunciation:, is a male given name or surname. It is the Polish equivalent of the English name Martin; the female version is Martyna.
Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. People so named include:
The Lithuania men's national basketball team represents Lithuania in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Lithuania. Despite Lithuania's small size, with a population of less than 3 million, the country's devotion to basketball has made them a traditional force of the sport in Europe.
Antanas Sireika is a professional Lithuanian basketball coach.
Darjuš Lavrinovič is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the BC Vytis of the National Basketball League. He is 2.12m in height. He plays the center position. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. Lavrinovič was an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2006.
Kšyštof Lavrinovič is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the BC Vytis of the National Basketball League. He plays at the power forward and center positions.
Piotrowski is a Polish surname derived from the masculine given name Piotr (Peter). The name, and its variations indicate a family's origin as being from a town, such as for instance Piotrów and Piotrowo, or a toponym deriving from a holding, manor or estate. Variants and related names include Piotrowicz, Piotrowiak, Piotrowsky, Pietrowski, Pietrkowski, Pietrowsky, and Pietrowiak.
The Polish minority in Lithuania, estimated at 164,000 people, according to the Lithuanian estimates of 2015, or 5.6% of the total population of Lithuania, is the largest ethnic minority in the country and the second largest Polish diaspora group among the post-Soviet states. Poles are concentrated in the Vilnius Region.
BC Lietkabelis is a Lithuanian professional basketball team based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lithuanian Basketball League and internationally in the Champions League. BC Techasas had many financial problems at the 2011–2012 season's start, and they even boycotted an LKF Cup game. Because of that Darius Gaudiešius sold the basketball club to Algirdas Kriščiūnas, Antanas Kazys Liorentas and Kazimieras Antanynas. Due to the club owner changes, club got back the legendary name Lietkabelis.
Klimowicz is a Polish-language surname. The East Slavic equivalent is Klimovich, the Lithuanian on is Klimavičius.
Paulauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Of Slavic origin; Polish counterpart: Pawlowski, Russian and Ukrainian: Pavlovsky. Its feminine forms are: Paulauskienė and Paulauskaitė.
Ivanauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. It corresponds to the Russian surname Ivanovsky and Polish surname Iwanowski. Its feminine forms are: Ivanauskienė and Ivanauskaitė.
BC Alytus is the historical basketball club of Alytus, Lithuania. It was founded in 2005 and participated in the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga and the Baltic Basketball League for a few seasons. In 2011 BC Alytus went to bankruptcy, and another basketball club, called BC Savanoris, was established in Alytus.
BC Alita was a basketball club from Alytus, Lithuania. It was founded in 1995, when the BC Savy Vilnius headquarters moved the club to Alytus, as part of the geographical expansion of the LKL. The team was named after its sponsor, Alita.
Giedraitis is a Lithuanian language family name. The Polish-language version is Giedroyć.
Andriuškevičius is a Lithuanian language surname. Polish counterpart: Andruszkiewicz, Russian/Belarusian: Andryushkevich. Notable people with the surname include:
Virginijus Šeškus is a Lithuanian basketball coach. He is currently head coach of Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).
Karolina, Karolína or Karolīna is a feminine given name. Karolina is a Croatian, Danish, Faroese, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, and Swedish name. Karolína is a Czech, and Icelandic name that is a form of Karolina and Carolina and a diminutive form of Karola and Carola. Karolīna is a Latvian name. Notable people with the name include the following:
