Lietkabelis returns to the European Cup / News



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At the European Cup tournament next season, we will continue to see a club competing from Lithuania: Vilnius “Rytas”, who moved to the FIBA ​​Champions League, was replaced by Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”.

Lietkabelis returns to the European Cup after a two-year break: he competed in this tournament in 2016-2017. and 2017-2018 stations.

“We are pleased that the organizers of the European Cup have confirmed that Lietkabelis will compete in this tournament.” The club will not be a newcomer to this tournament, as it will participate for the third time, but we accept it as a great challenge.

We believe this will help attract additional sponsors and will be a great challenge for the players and the club in general that we will have to deal with. Assembly work is now waiting. Although it is mid-June, the market is active enough. We follow the players, negotiate with them and announce newcomers to the team in the near future. I hope we can keep basketball players who have already played on the team, “said Martynas Purlys, director of Lietkabelis.

The following teams will also compete in the tournament next season: AS Monaco from Monaco, Bahcheshir from Istanbul, Bursaspor from Bursa, Breso Burgo, Maccabi from Rishon, Metropolitan’s 92 from Paris, MoraBanc from Andorra, Nantet 92, Antwerp Giants ”, Podgorica Budučnost , Ljubljana Cedevita Olimpija, Frankfurt Skyliners, Brescia Germani Leonessa, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Badalona Joventut, Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban, Belgrade Partizan, Patras Promitheas, Ulm Ratiopharm, Bologna Virtus, Venice Umana Reyer, Malaga Unicaja and Kazan UNIKS.

Spells will be drawn on July 10. The regular season will run from September 30 to December 16. The Top 16 stage will begin on December 30 and will continue until February 3. The dates of the quarterfinals are from March 2 to 10, the semifinals from March 16 to 24 and the final series will be held from April 6 to 14.

Waterproof composition:

Panevėžys “Waterproof”

Position Player Years Height
SG Marius Valinskas twenty-one 187
SF Tadas Vaičiūnas twenty-one 200
SF Vytenis Lipkevičius (news) 31 198
SF / PF Tomas Lekūnas (+1) 27 198
PF / C Gabrielius Maldūnas (+1) 27 204 204
Coach Nenad Chanak (News)
Contracts
finished:
Željko Šakičius (will not return), Martynas Sajus (will not return), Margiris Normantas, Rihards Kuksiks, Paulius Valinskas, Tomas Dimša (will not return)
Dominates Margiris Normantas, Paulius Valinskas, Gytis Masiulis, Matas Jogėla



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