Vilnius \u201cStatyba\u201d was founded in 1964.<\/p>\n
In 1965 BC \u201cStatyba\u201d won the title of \u201c\u017dalgiris\u201d association and finished third in the Lithuanian cup. In 1966 BC \u201cStatyba\u201d won the second place in Lithuanian championships and in 1967 it became the representative team of Vilnius in USSR championships. That year BC \u201cStatyba\u201d finished the season in 4th<\/sup>\u00a0place.<\/p>\n Led by the coach and team founder Antanas Paulauskas BC \u201cStatyba\u201d started to form the rich history of a club that exists until this day.<\/p>\n Throughout the years BC \u201cStatyba\u201d developed many talented Lithuanian basketball players and awarded the fans of Vilnius with many titles and prizes.<\/p>\n In 1971 BC \u201cStatyba\u201d debuted in the top tier of the USSR basketball championships and joined \u201cZalgiris\u201d Kaunas. From 1974 Lithuania always had 2 teams in the top tier of the USSR championships.<\/p>\n One of the most memorable years in BC \u201cStatyba\u201d history was in 1979. In that season the players of Vilnius club showed a very good performance throughout the season and beat the favorites \u201cCSKA\u201d Moscow. Team that was led by J.Kazlauskas, R.Girskis and A.Pavilionis surprised a lot of people when they took the third place in the USSR championships.<\/p>\n In 1986 BC \u201cStatyba\u201d had another great year because of the performance by Lithuanian basketball legend Sarunas Marciulionis.<\/p>\n BC \u201cStatyba\u201d played 16 seasons in USSR basketball championships. In 1990 Lithuanian basketball clubs exited the USSR championships due to political reasons. In the first two seasons the club of Vilnius came in 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0in the Lithuanian league.<\/p>\n In 1994 BC \u201cStatyba\u201d took the third place in the Lithuanian basketball league.<\/p>\n In 1998 the club changed it\u2019s name to BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d and finished second in Lithuanian basketball league.<\/p>\n In 1999-2000 season BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d became the first team to beat \u201cZalgiris\u201d Kaunas in the fight for the Lithuanian basketball league title.<\/p>\n In the year 2000 BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d debuted in FIBA \u201cSuproLeague\u201d and didn\u2019t disappoint. The club made the 1\/8 finals.<\/p>\n In the 2001-2002 season BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d won it\u2019s second Lithuanian basketball league title and in the \u201cNEBL\u201d final they beat the best team of Russia – former \u201cUral Great\u201d of Perm.<\/p>\n BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d were unstoppable again in the 2005-2006 season. The club of Lithuania\u2019s capital beat \u201c\u017dalgiris\u201d in the fight for Lithuanian basketball league title and won the BBL trophy as well.<\/p>\n BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d won it\u2019s second BBL title in 2007 and won the local cup multiple times: 1998, 2009, 2010, 2016.<\/p>\n BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d came in second in the Lithuanian basketball league multiple times: 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015. In 1998, 2014, 2016 and 2017 the club of Vilnius finished third in the Lithuanian basketball league.<\/p>\n The club of the capital of Lithuania won it\u2019s most prestigious trophies in 2005 and 2009. In those years BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d won \u201c7DAYS EuroCup\u201d. In 2007 the club of Vilnius lost the finals match to \u201cReal\u201d Madrid but still were awarded with the chance to play in EuroLeague.<\/p>\n The second most successful season in EuroLeague for BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d came in 2007-2008. Then the club of Vilnius were first in their group, advanced to \u201cTop 16\u201d but failed to reach the quarterfinals. The best year in this prestigious competition for the team of Vilnius was in 2010-2011 when BC \u201cLietuvos rytas\u201d was only one win short of the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n In 2018 the club was renamed and became “Rytas”.<\/p>\n In 2019 King Mindaugas Cup final “Rytas” at home 70-67 won against “Zalgiris” and took the local cup.<\/p>\n 2019-2020 season was stopped by COVID-19 pandemic and “Rytas” finished 2nd in domestic league and TOP16 stage in EuroCup.<\/p>\n Since the 2020-21 season “Rytas” participates in FIBA Champions league competition and finished their international season in group stage.<\/p>\n BC \u201cRytas\u201d starts it\u2019s 57th<\/sup>\u00a0season and the goals remain the same – fight for the victory in every game, be loud and proud of the city of Vilnius and Lithuania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vilnius \u201cStatyba\u201d was founded in 1964. 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