2023–24 King Mindaugas Cup
Tournament details | |
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Country | Lithuania |
City | Kaunas |
Venue(s) | Žalgiris Arena |
Dates | 10 October 2023 – 18 February 2024 |
Teams | 13 |
Defending champions | Žalgiris |
Final positions | |
Champions | Žalgiris (7th title) |
Runner-up | 7Bet–Lietkabelis |
Third place | Rytas |
Tournament statistics | |
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The 2023–2024 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the ninth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. Žalgiris successfully defended the title for the 4th time in a row after defeating 7Bet–Lietkabelis in the final 86–70.
Format
[edit]All 12 teams from 2023–24 LKL season and one wildcard team from 2023–24 NKL season participated in this tournament. Five teams that participated in Euroleague Basketball and FIBA tournaments, have received bye's to quarterfinals stage, while the remaining teams were drawn into two groups, with the group winners advancing straight to the Quarterfinals, while second-placed teams faced off each other for the final Quarterfinals spot.[1][2]
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | NEP | JUV | GAR | MAZ | |
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1 | Neptūnas | 6 | 5 | 1 | 547 | 513 | +34 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 92–90 | 84–78 | 109–80 | |
2 | Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 517 | 463 | +54 | Advance to Eightfinal | 92–78 | — | 84–61 | 90–91 | |
3 | Gargždai | 6 | 2 | 4 | 478 | 514 | −36 | 87–97 | 66–75 | — | 95–93 | ||
4 | M Basket-Delamode | 6 | 1 | 5 | 506 | 558 | −52 | 86–87 | 75–86 | 81–91 | — |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | SIA | NEV | OLI | PZV | |
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1 | Šiauliai | 6 | 5 | 1 | 565 | 506 | +59 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 89–74 | 82–90 | 104–93 | |
2 | Nevėžis–Optibet | 6 | 3 | 3 | 525 | 512 | +13 | Advance to Eightfinal | 98–102 | — | 83–57 | 112–107 | |
3 | Olimpas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 457 | 474 | −17 | 75–88 | 77–66 | — | 80–71 | ||
4 | Pieno žvaigždės | 6 | 1 | 5 | 511 | 566 | −55 | 76–100 | 80–92 | 84–78 | — |
Eightfinal
[edit]Second ranked teams from each group faced-off each other in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a match. The winner earned the last quarterfinals spot.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 208–203 | Nevėžis–Optibet | 107–90 | 101–113 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Five teams have received byes to the Quarterfinals stage due to participating in FIBA and Euroleague Basketball competitions. 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Žalgiris | 177–158 | Wolves | 95–76 | 82–82 |
Rytas | 202–153 | Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 98–86 | 104–67 |
7Bet–Lietkabelis | 168–167 | Neptūnas | 89–91 | 79–76 |
Cbet | 149–163 | Šiauliai | 77–80 | 72–83 |
Final four
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The final four was hosted by the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas on 17–18 February 2024.
Semifinals 17 February | Final 18 February | ||||||
Žalgiris | 87 | ||||||
Šiauliai | 77 | ||||||
Žalgiris | 86 | ||||||
7Bet–Lietkabelis | 70 | ||||||
Rytas | 86 | ||||||
7Bet–Lietkabelis | 94 | Third place 18 February | |||||
Šiauliai | 89 | ||||||
Rytas | 94 |
Semifinals
[edit]17 February 2024 | Žalgiris | 87–77 | Šiauliai | Kaunas |
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18:15 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 21–22, 26–16, 20–14 | |||
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Pts: Lekavičius 17 Rebs: Birutis 6 Asts: Evans, Lekavičius 4 PIR: Lekavičius 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Romančenko 17 Rebs: Pavelka 8 Asts: Thorpe 5 PIR: Romančenko 22 |
Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 5,343 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gintaras Mačiulis, Juozas Barkauskas |
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17 February 2024 | Rytas | 86–94 | 7Bet–Lietkabelis | Kaunas |
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15:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 23―15, 18―16, 17―27, 28―36 | |||
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Pts: Foster 23 Rebs: Echodas 13 Asts: Velička 4 PIR: Echodas 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Gagić 31 Rebs: Gagić 10 Asts: Orelik 4 PIR: Gagić 44 |
Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 4,508 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Saulius Račys, Gvidas Gedvilas |
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Third place
[edit]18 February 2024 | Šiauliai | 89–94 | Rytas | Kaunas |
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15:45 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 21―29, 23―23, 21―22, 24―20 | |||
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Pts: Keith 25 Rebs: Pavelka 6 Asts: Thorpe 3 PIR: Keith 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Normantas 22 Rebs: Cole, Radzevičius 6 Asts: Radzevičius 6 PIR: Radzevičius 26 |
Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 9,933 Referees: Saulius Račys, Gintaras Mačiulis, Aurimas Borusas |
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Final
[edit]18 February 2024 | Žalgiris | 86–70 | 7Bet–Lietkabelis | Kaunas |
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19:15 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 23―19, 29―19, 18―18, 16―14 | |||
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Pts: Evans 16 Rebs: Hayes 6 Asts: Lekavičius 5 PIR: Evans 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Sirvydis 15 Rebs: Lipkevičius 7 Asts: Orelik 8 PIR: Orelik 18 |
Arena: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 12,767 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gvidas Gedvilas |
2023–24 King Mindaugas Cup champions |
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Žalgiris (7th title) |
Three-Point contest
[edit]Pos. | Player | Team | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | First round | Second round | Final round |
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Nevėžis–Optibet | 1.90 | 95 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
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Pieno žvaigždės | 1.93 | 88 | 18 | – | – |
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Šiauliai | 1.92 | 90 | 18 | – | – |
G | ![]() |
CBet | 1.85 | 87 | 18 | – | – |
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M Basket–Delamode | 1.93 | 95 | 22 | 18 | – |
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Neptūnas | 1.96 | 86 | 13 | – | – |
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7Bet–Lietkabelis | 2.01 | 90 | 18 | – | – |
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Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 1.87 | 81 | 11 | – | – |
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Wolves | 1.94 | 93 | 19 | 20 | 16 |
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Rytas | 1.99 | 93 | 12 | – | – |
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Žalgiris | 2.06 | 105 | 22 | 17 | – |
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— | 1.90 | 80 | 15 | – | – |
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Pieno žvaigždės | 1.93 | 89 | 14 | – | – |
^REP Lukas Uleckas was selected as Arnas Velička replacement.[4]
^C After the contest, it was noted that Rasheed Sulaimon scored only 16 points instead of 18 points and the series should have been tied. The LKL presented a prize of the same value to Sean McNeil and the contest title is shared between these two players.[5]
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