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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Ceased | 2015 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Continent | Europe |
| Last champion(s) | Žalgiris Kaunas (5th title) |
| Most titles | Žalgiris Kaunas (5 titles) |
| Official website | musukrepsinis.lt/lt/index |
TheLKF Cup was an annual national domestic cup competition for Lithuanian professionalbasketball teams. It was organised by theLithuanian 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.
Between 2007 and 2014, the competition was played between teams from theLKL, theNKL, and theRKL. In 2015, the LKF decided to change the competition format, and it was then played between the top eight qualified teams of theLKL, after the first half of the season.
Only three teams, (Žalgiris,Lietuvos rytas, andPrienai) won the cup.[1]
The competition was replaced in 2016, by theKing Mindaugas Cup.
| 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 |
| 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 andŠiauliai (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 asKing 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 | |||
| Team | Seasons absent |
|---|---|
| Lietuvos Rytas | 2011–12,[3] 2012–13 |
| Žalgiris | 2012–13 |
| 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 |
In the 2012–13 season, Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris organized a separate competition, called theLithuanian 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]
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