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Sport
  
Basketball

President
  
Arvydas Sabonis

Headquarters
  
Vilnius

Founded
  
1936

Country
  
Lithuania

Lithuanian Basketball Federation

Motto
  
Mes už Lietuvą (We for Lithuania)

Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija), also known as LKF, is a national governing body of basketball in Lithuania. It was founded in 1936, but due to Soviet occupation, the federation disappeared from FIBA. It was reinstated in 1991 following the Independence of Lithuania. In 2011, the famous basketball player Arvydas Sabonis was elected as the commissioner of the federation.

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Accomplishments

  • European Championship
  • 1937: Champions
  • 1939: Champions (also hosted)
  • 1995: 2nd place
  • 2003: 1st place
  • 2007: 3rd place
  • 2013: 2nd place

    • Eurobasket 2015 2nd place

  • Olympic Games
  • 1992: 3rd place
  • 1996: 3rd place
  • 2000: 3rd place
  • World Championship
  • 2010: 3rd place
  • U-19 World Championship
  • 2003: 2nd place
  • 2011: Champions

    • Leagues

  • LKL: premier men's basketball league (founded in 1993)
  • NKL: secondary men's basketball league (founded in 2005)
  • LKAL: secondary men's basketball league (founded in 1994, disbanded in 2005)
  • LMKL: premier women's basketball league (founded in 1994)
  • LSKL: student basketball league (founded in 1998)
  • MKL: elementary student basketball league (founded in 2001)
  • LKVL: veteran basketball league

    • Commissioners

  • Stanislovas Stonkus – served from 1990 till 1994.
  • Algimantas Pavilonis – served from 1994 till 2003.
  • Vladas Garastas – served from 2003 till 2011.
  • Arvydas Sabonis – serves since 2011.

    • References

    Lithuanian Basketball Federation Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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