Dissolved 1997 Team colors Black and White | Location Vilnius, Lithuania Date founded 1964 | |
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BC Statyba was a basketball club from Vilnius. It was renamed to Lietuvos rytas in 1997.
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History
During the 1963 in Lithuania's capital Vilnius first basketball club, "Žalgiris", was established. Next year it was renamed to "Plastikas". Plastikas was the basis of Statyba when it was created in 1964. In the 1965 Statyba became Žalgiris association champions, while in Lithuanian cup tournament it took third place. In 1966 Statyba became Lithuanian vice-champions. In 1967 it became representational basketball team of Vilnius, debuted in USSR A class championship and won fourth place. 1979 season was the most successful for Statyba - it won USSR Premier Basketball League's bronze medals. In 1997 Statyba was renamed to Lietuvos rytas. HoweverLietuvos rytas currently doesn't consider itself to be successor to Statyba. Because of that, in 2011, fans of old Statyba created a new team, claiming to be successor to the old Statyba.