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2019–20 King Mindaugas Cup

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2019–2020 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė
Tournament details
CountryLithuania
CityKlaipėda
Venue(s)Švyturys Arena
Dates8 October 2019 – 16 February 2020
Teams16
Defending championsRytas
Final positions
ChampionsŽalgiris (3rd title)
Runner-upRytas
Third placeLietkabelis
Tournament statistics
MVPLithuania Edgaras Ulanovas

The 2019–2020 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the fifth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. Žalgiris won their third cup after defeating defending champions Rytas in the final 80–60.

Format

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All 10 teams from 2019–20 LKL season and 6 teams from 2019–20 NKL season participated in this tournament. Top four teams from 2018–19 LKL season have received bye's to quarterfinals stage, while the rest of the LKL teams and NKL teams will be drawn into pairs, with the two highest ranked pair winners from 2018 to 2019 LKL season advancing straight into Quarterfinals, while the remaining pair winners will advance to the second round, where once again will be drawn into pairs. The second round pair winners will advance to the Quarterfinals.[1][2]

Round 1

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5–10 ranked teams from 2018 to 2019 LKL season and 6 2019–20 NKL season teams faced-off each other in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a match. The winners advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cbet Prienai 174–143 Šilutė 86–68 88–75
Šiauliai 190–146 Kuršiai 88–81 102–65
Pieno žvaigždės 148–132 Telšiai 68–63 80–69
Juventus 196–124 Sūduva-Mantinga 103–67 93–57
Sintek–Dzūkija 152–126 Tauragė 79–71 73–55
Nevėžis 189–131 Ežerūnas 102–70 87–61

Round 2

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Two highest ranked pair winners from 2018 to 2019 LKL season received bye's into Quarterfinals, while the remaining teams faced-off each other in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a match. The winners earned the remaining quarterfinals spots.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pieno žvaigždės Bye N/A
Juventus Bye N/A
Cbet Prienai 181–188 Šiauliai 80–85 101–103
Sintek–Dzūkija 157–144 Nevėžis 75–71 82–73

Quarterfinals

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Top four teams from 2018–19 LKL season have received bye's to quarterfinals stage. Those teams are:

All qualified teams will be drawn into pairs, where they will face-off each other in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a match. The winners of each pair would then qualify for the Final four.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris 190–145 Šiauliai 85–79 105–66
Lietkabelis 175–157 Pieno žvaigždės 78–72 97–85
Rytas 184–179 Juventus 81–85 103–94
Neptūnas 165–161 Sintek–Dzūkija 92–89 73–72

Final four

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Švyturys Arena in Klaipėda, Lithuania

The final four was hosted by the Švyturys Arena in Klaipėda on 15–16 February 2020.[3]

Semifinals
15 February
Final
16 February
    
Žalgiris 82
Lietkabelis 72
Žalgiris 80
Rytas 60
Rytas 96
Neptūnas 71 Third place
16 February
Lietkabelis 84
Neptūnas 73

Semifinals

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15 February 2020 Žalgiris 82–72 Lietkabelis Klaipėda
14:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 19–21, 27–14, 17–20
Pts: Ulanovas 17
Rebs: LeDay 6
Asts: Lekavičius 5
PIR: Ulanovas 25
Boxscore Pts: Valinskas 14
Rebs: Maldūnas 9
Asts: Normantas 4
PIR: Three players 13
Arena: Švyturys Arena
Attendance: 2,527
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys, Gvidas Gedvilas
15 February 2020 Rytas 96–71 Neptūnas Klaipėda
16:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 22―10, 25―25, 28―18, 21―18
Pts: Holloway 19
Rebs: Blaževič 10
Asts: Cruz 5
PIR: Holloway 29
Boxscore Pts: Gailius 13
Rebs: Galdikas 7
Asts: Janavičius 5
PIR: Olisevičius 17
Arena: Švyturys Arena
Attendance: 3,780
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gytis Vilius, Gintaras Vitkauskas

Third place

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16 February 2020 Lietkabelis 84–73 Neptūnas Klaipėda
14:45 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 17―25, 18―20 , 32―11, 17―17
Pts: Dimša 20
Rebs: Lipkevičius 6
Asts: Šakić 6
PIR: Šakić 22
Boxscore Pts: Gailius 24
Rebs: Masiulis 9
Asts: Janavičius 5
PIR: Gailius 18
Arena: Švyturys Arena
Attendance: 4,965
Referees: Artūras Šukys, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Andrius Maleckas

Final

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16 February 2020 Žalgiris 80–60 Rytas Klaipėda
17:50 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 24―21, 15―15, 21―7, 20―17
Pts: LeDay, Ulanovas 18
Rebs: Jankūnas 7
Asts: Walkup 8
PIR: Jankūnas 17
Boxscore Pts: Cruz 14
Rebs: Bendžius, Cruz 6
Asts: Holloway 4
PIR: Bendžius 13
Arena: Švyturys Arena
Attendance: 5,680
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius


2019–20 King Mindaugas Cup champions
Žalgiris
(3rd title)

References

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  1. ^ "Išplėstas Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės formatas – su daugiau NKL klubų ir didesniu rungtynių skaičiumi". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 16 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ "LKL vėl baus už kritiką, koreguotas Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės formatas". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 15 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės finalo ketvertas grįžta į Klaipėdą". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2024.