History

A basketball tournament that captures ones imagination. A tournament King Mindaugas would be proud of himself.

First organized in Vilnius in 2016, the King Mindaugas Cup came into being after the previously separately held LKF Cup and the LKL All-Star Day were merged into one major event.

The Lithuanian capital was enchanted with the world-class spectacle featuring top level basketball, the traditional three-point and dunk contests, as well as across-the-board entertainment with performances by top Lithuanian artists.

It received the Sports Event of the Year award in 2016.

Lietuvos Rytas became the first team to lift the King Mindaugas Cup, defeating their archrivals Zalgiris 67-57 in the Final of the inaugural event.

The tournament was held in Kaunas in 2017 and luck was once again with the local team, as Zalgiris claimed the trophy after an 84-63 triumph over Lietkabelis.

The third edition of the event, the King Mindaugas Cup, took place in Klaipeda and Zalgiris won the title beating Lietuvos Rytas 81-62.

A year later in 2019, Rytas recaptured the trophy as the hosts of the Final Four in Vilnius with a 70-67 triumph over Zalgiris.

Zalgiris recovered the following year and beat Rytas Vilnius 80-60 in the Final held in Klaipeda.

 

Results

Sun February 18
Žalgirio arena, Kaunas
Žalgirio arena, Kaunas
Sat February 17
Žalgirio arena, Kaunas
Žalgirio arena, Kaunas
Sun January 21
Žalgirio arena, Kaunas
Kalnapilio arena, Panevėžys
Sat January 20
Jeep arena, Vilnius
Jonavos sporto arena, Jonava
Thu January 4
Šiaulių arena, Šiauliai
Wed January 3
Švyturio arena, Klaipėda
Sat December 30
Kėdainių arena, Kėdainiai
Wed December 27
Utenos daugiafunkcis sporto centras, Utena
Wed December 6
Utenos daugiafunkcis sporto centras, Utena
Thu November 30
Kėdainių arena, Kėdainiai
Thu November 23
Utenos daugiafunkcis sporto centras, Utena
Pieno žvaigždžių arena, Pasvalys
Wed November 22
Telšių sporto arena, Telšiai
Thu November 16
Švyturio arena, Klaipėda
Pieno žvaigždžių arena, Pasvalys
Wed November 15
Utenos daugiafunkcis sporto centras, Utena
Tue November 14
Šiaulių arena, Šiauliai
Thu November 9
Švyturio arena, Klaipėda
Šiaulių arena, Šiauliai
Wed November 8
Švyturio arena, Klaipėda
Tue November 7
Palangos arena, Palanga
Tue October 31
Kėdainių arena, Kėdainiai
Thu October 26
Šiaulių arena, Šiauliai
Wed October 25
Telšių sporto arena, Telšiai
Švyturio arena, Klaipėda
Tue October 24
Palangos arena, Palanga

Three-point contest winners

Osvaldas
Olisevičius
2020 m.
Martynas
Gecevičius
2019 m.
Mindaugas
Lukauskis
2018 m.
Arvydas
Čepulis
2017 m.
Derrick
Low
2016 m.
Ela
Briedytė
2015 m.
Marius
Runkauskas
2014 m.
Marius
Runkauskas
2013 m.
Žygis
Šeštokas
2012 m.
Edvinas
Ruzgas
2011 m.
Derrick
Low
2010 m.
Marius
Kasiulevičius
2009 m.
Marius
Runkauskas
2008 m.
Gytis
Sirutavičius
2007 m.
Marius
Kasiulevičius
2006 m.
Petras
Šalvis
2005 m.
Ainars
Bagatskis
2004 m.
Arvydas Macijauskas
2003 m.
Arvydas Macijauskas
2002 m.
Donatas
Slanina
2001 m.
Arvydas Macijauskas
2000 m.
Svajūnas Airošius
1999 m.
Arūnas
Grigas
1998 m.
Svajūnas
Airošius
1997 m.
Joe
Vickery
1995 m.
Richard
Thomas
1994 m.

Dunk contest winners

Kenneth
Gaines
2018 m.
Gediminas Žitlinskas
2017 m.
Rafal
Lipinski
2016 m.
Travis
Leslie
2015 m.
Travis
Leslie
2014 m.
Šarūnas
Beniušis
2013 m.
Sonny
Weems
2012 m.
Algirdas
Palaima
2011 m.
Aaron
Baynes
2010 m.
Arvydas
Šikšnius
2009 m.
Mantas
Kalnietis
2008 m.
Aivaras
Kiaušas
2007 m.
Antonio
Grant
2005 m.
Marco
Spears
2004 m.
Aaron
Lucas
2003 m.
Dainius
Šalenga
2002 m.
Robertas
Javtokas
2001 m.
Robertas
Javtokas
2000 m.
Eurelijus
Žukauskas
1999 m.
Darius
Sirtautas
1998 m.
Darius
Sirtautas
1997 m.
Darius
Sirtautas
1995 m.
Gary
Arrington
1994 m.

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