VHC Šviesa

VHC Šviesa
Full name	Vilnius Handball Centre Šviesa
Founded	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Arena	Sport School Tauras
President	Marius Devyžis
Head coach	Žygimantas Sinkevičius
League	Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

VHC Šviesa is a team handball club from Vilnius, Lithuania. They compete in Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL) and Baltic Handball League.

Vilnius

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Location of VHC Šviesa

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2017	Erima
2017 - present	Adidas

Kits

HOME
2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24

AWAY
2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season[1]

VHC Šviesa

Goalkeepers 01 Ricardas Bilinskis 12 Matas Pranckevičius 32 Giedrius Morkūnas Left Wingers 04 Taurintas Markiavičius 08 Adas Maželis 10 Skirmantas Plėta 20 Ignas Jonuška 99 Mantas Urvikis Right Wingers 03 Marius Miškinis 11 Laurynas Palevičius 35 Valdas Drabavičius Line Players 31 Šarūnas Ugianskis 37 Domantas Pukas 66 Rokas Žiliukas Central Backs 02 Matas Maželis 17 Karolis Antonovičius 33 Tadas Rasakevičius 34 Karolis Bliuvas 77 Rytis Paškevičius Left Backs 07 Grantas Aniulis 13 Tomas Bernatavičius Right Backs 05 Eimantas Sinkevičius

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Žygimantas Sinkevičius
• Goalkeeping Coach: Darius Čivilis
• Coach: Raimondas Maldžius
• Physiotherapist: Deimante Grinceviciute
• Physiotherapist: Paulius Rakauskas
• Physiotherapist: Karolis Tuska

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining Matas Pranckevičius (GK) from Haukar Handball

Leaving Edmundas Pelėda (GK) Karolis Ubeika (LP)

Accomplishments

• Baltic Handball League:
  •  Silver (1): 2021
  •  Bronze (2): 2011, 2022
• Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL):
  •  Gold (3): 2021, 2022, 2023
  •  Silver (3): 2014, 2018, 2019
  •  Bronze (3): 2003, 2004, 2015

EHF ranking

As of 6/4/2024[2]

Rank	Team	Points
133	Saint-Raphaël VHB	36
134	HC Butel Skopje	36
135	HRK Gorica	35
136	VHC Šviesa	35
137	RK Metaloplastika	35
138	RK Metalurg Skopje	34
139	HK Malmö	34

Former club members

Notable former players

• Karolis Antanavičius (2017–2021)
• Gintaras Savukynas (2002–2003)

References

1. https://vhc.lt/komandos-zaidejai/
2. "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

• Official website
• VHC Šviesa on Facebook
• VHC Šviesa on Instagram
• VHC Šviesa at Handball Base