LKF Cup

The LKF Cup was an annual national domestic cup competition for Lithuanian professional basketball teams. It was organised by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija - LKF). The competition's full name was Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija Taurė (English: Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup). Before 2007, the LKF Cup wasn't held regularly, but after that, its finals were organised every January, February, or March.

LKF Cup
SportBasketball
Founded2007
Ceased2015
No. of teams8
CountryLithuania Lithuania
ContinentEurope
Last
champion(s)		Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
(5th title)
Most titlesLithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
(5 titles)
Official websitemusukrepsinis.lt/lt/index

Between 2007 and 2014, the competition was played between teams from the LKL, the NKL, and the RKL. In 2015, the LKF decided to change the competition format, and it was then played between the top eight qualified teams of the LKL, after the first half of the season.

Only three teams, (Žalgiris, Lietuvos rytas, and Prienai) won the cup.[1]

The competition was replaced in 2016, by the King Mindaugas Cup.

Winners

Before 2007
Season Champion Score Runner-up Third
1989–90 Žalgiris
81:80; 89:77; 73:86; 84:76
 BC Statyba
1997–98 Statyba-Lietuvos Rytas Šiauliai Šilutė

[2]

Since 2007
Season Host Champion Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth Dates
Final Four format
2007 Klaipėda Žalgiris 84–65 Lietuvos Rytas Nevėžis 80–78 Šiauliai 6–7 February 2007
2008 Šiauliai Žalgiris 83–72 Lietuvos Rytas Šiauliai 111–92 Neptūnas 5–6 February 2008
2009 Panevėžys Lietuvos Rytas 84–82 Žalgiris Šiauliai 97–89 Aisčiai 23–24 January 2009
2010 Vilnius Lietuvos Rytas 77–65 Žalgiris Šiauliai 79–76 Nevėžis 19–20 February 2010
2010–11 Alytus Žalgiris 81–69 Lietuvos Rytas Prienai 98–74 Neptūnas 12–13 February 2011
2011–12 Kaunas Žalgiris 99–62 Pieno žvaigždės Kėdainiai Triobet 69–65 Rudūpis 17–18 February 2012
2012–13 Pasvalys/
Prienai		 Prienai 77–75
81–60		 Pieno žvaigždės Nevėžis and Šiauliai
(No 3rd place match)		 15–28 March 2013
(Finals)
2013–14 Panevėžys Prienai 92–91 Lietuvos rytas Žalgiris 91–67 Neptūnas 29–30 March 2014
Final Eight format
2015 Kaunas Žalgiris 82–76 Lietuvos rytas Šiauliai 77–62 Juventus 20–22 February 2015
Renamed as King Mindaugas Cup
2016 Vilnius Lietuvos Rytas 67–57 Žalgiris No third place match 21 February 2016
2017 Kaunas Žalgiris 84–63 Lietkabelis 19 February 2017

Absences
TeamSeasons absent
Lietuvos Rytas2011–12,[3] 2012–13
Žalgiris2012–13

Performance by club (since 2007)
Team Winners Runners-up Bronzes Winning years
Žalgiris 5 3 1 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015
Lietuvos Rytas 3 5 0 2008–09, 2009–10, 2016
Prienai 2 0 1 2012–13, 2013–14
Pieno žvaigždės 0 2 0
Šiauliai 0 0 4
Nevėžis 0 0 2

Lithuanian Supercup (2012–2013 season)

In the 2012–13 season, Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris organized a separate competition, called the Lithuanian Supercup. Two games were played in September 2012: the first one, in Kaunas, was won by Žalgiris, 89–71, and in the second leg, in Vilnius, both teams tied 87–87. Žalgiris won the Supercup by an overall aggregate score of 176–158.[4]

See also

References
  1. History of LKF Cup Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine (Lithuanian)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2014-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Lietuvos Rytas declined to participate in LKF Cup 2012 (Lithuanian)
  4. Lithuanian Supercup second game (Lithuanian)
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