Sport (Vilnius) - Ringer-Europameisterschaften 2009, BC Lietuvos Rytas, V Tra Vilnius, Algiris-Stadion, FC Vilnius (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: BC Lietuvos Rytas is a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League, the Baltic Basketball League, and the Euroleague. They play most of their home LKL games at the 1,700-seat Lietuvos Rytas Arena; high-demand LKL games (such as the national derby against algiris) and all home games in European competition are held at the 11,000-seat Siemens Arena. The team now known as Lietuvos Rytas began play as Statyba in 1964. Jonas Kazlauskas, Rimas Girskis, and then head coach Rimantas Endrijaitis led Statyba to win third place in the 1979 Soviet Union Championship. Three years later, ar nas Mar iulionis joined the team and became the leader. In 1987, Art ras Karni ovas joined the team at the age of 16. In 1997, the team was renamed to Lietuvos Rytas Statyba, then just Lietuvos Rytas as the club was bought by the Lithuanian newspaper Lietuvos Rytas. The newspaper's investment helped establish the club as one of two best in Lithuania, the other being BC algiris from the country's second-largest city Kaunas. The first success came in 2000, when Vilnius' side was led by the so called "big three" - Ram nas i kauskas, Andrius Giedraitis and Eric Elliott, also combined with youngsters Arvydas Macijauskas and Robertas Javtokas. The team was coached by former player Jonas Kazlauskas. It was the first time in the history of the Lithuanian Basketball League when algiris did not win the LKL title. Also, Rytas managed to reach the Saporta Cup semifinal, where it met last season Euroleague runner-up Kinder. After an upsetting home win 70-60, Rytas lost in Italy 71-83, with i kauskas missing a three-pointer which would've won the two-game series for his team. Two years later, Lietuvos Rytas repeated their triumph, this time in a dramatic seven-game final series with the last game decided in overtime. The team played without center Robertas Javtoka...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de