LKF Cup

LKF Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015 LKF Cup
Sport Basketball
Founded 2007
No. of teams 8
Country Lithuania Lithuania
Continent  Europe
Most recent champion(s) Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
(5th title)
Most titles Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
(5 titles)
Official website musukrepsinis.lt/lt/index

LKF Cup is an annual basketball competition for Lithuanian basketball teams. It is organised by Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija - LKF). Before 2007 LKF cup wasn't ran regularly, but since then its finals are organisised every January, February or March.

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

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

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

Since 2007

Season Host Champion Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth Dates
Final Four format
2006–07 Klaipėda Žalgiris 84–65 Lietuvos Rytas Nevėžis 80–78 Šiauliai 6–7 February 2007
2007–08 Šiauliai Žalgiris 83–72 Lietuvos Rytas Šiauliai 111–92 Neptūnas 5–6 February 2008
2008–09 Panevėžys Lietuvos Rytas 84–82 Žalgiris Šiauliai 97–89 Aisčiai 23–24 January 2009
2009–10 Vilnius Lietuvos Rytas 77–65 Žalgiris Šiauliai 79–76 Nevėžis 19–20 February 2010
2010–11 Alytus Žalgiris 81–69 Lietuvos Rytas Rudūpis 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

Absences

Team Seasons absent
Lietuvos Rytas 2011–12,[2] 2012–13
Žalgiris 2012–13

Performance by club (since 2007)

Team Winners Runners-Up Bronzes Winning years
Žalgiris 5 2 1 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015
Lietuvos Rytas 2 5 0 2008–09, 2009–10
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 Lithuanian Supercup. Two games were played in September 2012: the first one in Kaunas, was won by Žalgiris, 89–71, and the second leg, in Vilnius, both teams tied 87–87. Žalgiris won the Supercup by aggregate score 176–158.[3]

References

  1. ↑ History of LKF Cup (Lithuanian)
  2. ↑ Lietuvos Rytas declined to participate in LKF Cup 2012 (Lithuanian)
  3. ↑ Lithuanian Supercup second game (Lithuanian)