BC Nevėžis

Nevėžis Kėdainiai
Leagues Lithuanian Basketball League
Baltic Basketball League
Founded 1992
History BC Nevėžis
(1992–2011)
BC Kėdainiai Triobet
(2011–2012)
BC Nevėžis
(2012–present)
Arena Kėdainiai Arena
(capacity: 2200)
Location Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Team colors Green, orange and white
              
President Arūnas Danilevičius
Head coach Ramūnas Cvirka
Championships LKAL Champions (2002)
BBL Challenge Cup (2005)
BBL Challenge Cup (2008)
BBL Cup (2013)
Website www.kknevezis.lt
Uniforms
Home
Away

BC Nevėžis (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis) is a professional Lithuania basketball club which currently plays in Lithuanian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League.

History

BC Nevėžis was founded in 1992 by Stasys Mickevičius. In 1993 BC Nevėžis was renamed to KK Notra because of the club supporters UAB Notra. In 1999 because of the supporters changes, BC Notra was renamed to BC Nevėžis again until now. Club name came from the Nevėžis River, flowing through Kėdainiai city.

Current roster

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BC Nevėžis roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 5 Lithuania Gedeika, Aldas 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 18 – (1998-12-12)12 December 1998
SG 7 Lithuania Šelekas, Domas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 19 – (1998-01-13)13 January 1998
PF 12 Lithuania Volkus, Vaidotas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1985-05-21)21 May 1985
PF 13 Lithuania Bertašius, Antanas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – (1994-06-14)14 June 1994
G/F Lithuania Matulis, Gintautas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1986-12-06)6 December 1986
PG Lithuania Juknevičius, Rytis 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 23 – (1993-12-15)15 December 1993
PF Lithuania Mikalauskas, Laurynas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 31 – (1985-10-02)2 October 1985
PF Lithuania Maldūnas, Gabrielius 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 24 – (1993-04-19)19 April 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Lithuania Tomas Gaidamavičius
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: October 16, 2016

Depth Chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C Gabrielius Maldūnas Antanas Bertašius
PF Vaidotas Volkus Laurynas Mikalauskas
SF Domas Šelekas
SG Gintautas Matulis Aldas Gedeika
PG Rytis Juknevičius

Squad changes for the 2017/18 season

In

No. Position Player
Lithuania SG Gintautas Matulis (from Sūduva-Mantinga)
Lithuania PG Rytis Juknevičius (from Sūduva-Mantinga)
Lithuania PF Laurynas Mikalauskas (from Sūduva-Mantinga)
Lithuania PF Gabrielius Maldūnas (from CD Maristas Palencia)

Out

No. Position Player
25 Lithuania SF Ignas Vaitkus (to BC Šiauliai)
6 Lithuania SG Jermaine Love (to)

History

Kėdainiai Sports School in Vilainiai is the place where BC Nevėžis previously played his home matches.
BC Nevėžis moved to the newly built Kėdainiai Arena in 2013.
Season Tier League Pos. National cup Baltic League Pos. European competitions
2000–01 2 LKAL 5th
2001–02 2 LKAL 1st
2002–03 1 LKL 10th
2003–04 1 LKL 7th
2004–05 1 LKL 6th Challenge Cup 1st
2005–06 1 LKL 4th Elite Division 4th
2006–07 1 LKL 5th Third qualified Elite Division 10th
2007–08 1 LKL 6th Challenge Cup 1st
2008–09 1 LKL 5th Quarterfinalist Elite Division 10th
2009–10 1 LKL 12th Fourth qualified Elite Division 10th
2010–11 1 LKL 9th Third round Elite Division 8th
2011–12 1 LKL 7th Third qualified Elite Division 7th
2012–13 1 LKL 8th Semifinalist Regular season
2013–14 1 LKL 8th Fifth round Quarterfinalist
2014–15 1 LKL 10th Group stage
2015–16 1 LKL 9th Quaterfinalist Quaterfinalist
2016–17 1 LKL 9th Quaterfinalist
2017–18 1 LKL 4 FIBA Europe Cup
Detailed information of former rosters and results.[1][2]

Notable players

Jonas Mačiulis was a Nevėžis team leader in the 04–05 season.

References

  1. ↑ "Nevezis". LKL.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "NEVEZIS KEDAINIAI". BBL.net. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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