Regional Basketball League (Lithuania)
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 2005 |
No. of teams | 32 |
Country | Lithuania |
Most recent champion(s) | Molėtai Ežerūnas-Karys |
Level on pyramid | 3rd tier |
Promotion to | NKL |
Official website | RKL.lt |
RKL (Lithuanian: Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga, English: Regional Basketball League) is a third Lithuania basketball league. Regional Basketball League started their activity in 2005. RKL consists of 32 basketball teams from 28 Lithuania cities. Regions divided to four groups: Aukštaitija, Žemaitija, Suvalkija and center of Lithuania. Each group has eight basketball teams. In the 2006-2007 RKL season, there was some differences as the regions was divided to two groups: East and West of Lithuania and the number of participants was 28 (14 teams for each group).
League champions
- 2005-2006 season (debut): Mažeikių „Mažeikiai“
- 2006-2007 season: Utenos „Juventus“
- 2007-2008 season: Šiaulių „ABRO-Saulė“ (second place Plungės „SM-Inesa“, third place Biržų „Rinkuškių alus“)
- 2008-2009 season: Radviliškio „Radviliškis“
- 2009-2010 season: Molėtų „Ežerūnas-Karys“ (second place Plungės „Sporto mokykla“, third place Raseinių „Raseiniai“, fourth place Panevėžio „Bangenės-Aiveros“)
External links
- Official website of Regional Basketball League (Lithuanian)