BC Rytas

Basketball Club Rytas, commonly referred to as Rytas Vilnius, is a basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), the top tier of Lithuanian basketball, and internationally in the Basketball Champions League (BCL) since 2020. The club plays its home matches in the 2,741-capacity Active Vilnius Arena, with select domestic and all international matches played at the 10,000-capacity Arena Vilnius. For the 2026–27 season, all games will be played at the Arena Vilnius. Nicknamed juodai baltai raudoni (The Black White Reds), Rytas are one of the most successful basketball clubs in Lithuania. Domestically, the club has won seven league titles, three LKF Cups and two King Mindaugas Cups. Internationally, Rytas has won one Basketball Champions League title, two EuroCup titles and three Baltic Basketball League (BBL) titles. The club's affiliate teams, Rytas-2 and Rytas-MRU, are used for development of young players and compete in the National Basketball League (NKL) and the Regional Basketball League (RKL), respectively. Notable members of the club include Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Arvydas Macijauskas, Jonas Valančiūnas, Martynas Gecevičius, Renaldas Seibutis, Simas Jasaitis, Robertas Javtokas, Darius Songaila, Marijonas Petravičius, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Gintaras Einikis, Deividas Sirvydis, Rokas Giedraitis, Artūras Gudaitis, Ąžuolas Tubelis.