LKF Cup

LKF Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2015 LKF Cup
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

LKF Cup was 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]

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

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)