Tournament details | |
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Country | Lithuania |
City | Vilnius |
Venue(s) | Rytas Arena Siemens Arena |
Dates | 9 October 2018 – 17 February 2019 |
Teams | 14 |
Defending champions | Žalgiris |
Final positions | |
Champions | Rytas (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Žalgiris |
Third place | Lietkabelis |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Artsiom Parakhouski |
The 2018–19 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Kidy Tour Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the fourth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. Rytas won their second cup after defeating defending champions Žalgiris in the final 70–67.
Format
All 10 teams from 2018–19 LKL season and top 4 teams from 2017–18 NKL season participated in this tournament. Top six teams from 2017–18 LKL season have received bye's to quarterfinals stage, while the rest of the LKL teams and NKL teams participated in two-stage qualifiers, where second round pair winners advanced to the Quarterfinals.[1][2]
Round 1
7–10 ranked teams from 2017 to 2018 LKL season and top 4 2017–18 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Skycop Prienai | 169–133 | Vytis | 78–54 | 91–79 |
Dzūkija | 175–154 | Žalgiris-2 | 89–84 | 86–70 |
Juventus | 181–121 | Neptūnas-Akvaservis | 81–64 | 100–57 |
Nevėžis | 169–155 | Sūduva-Mantinga | 82–75 | 87–80 |
Round 2
First round winners 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nevėžis | 127–155 | Juventus | 56–77 | 71–78 |
Skycop Prienai | 162–152 | Dzūkija | 83–84 | 79–68 |
Quarterfinals
Top six teams from 2017–18 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Šiauliai | 136–204 | Žalgiris | 61–104 | 75–100 |
Pieno žvaigždės | 147–182 | Lietkabelis | 68–78 | 79–104 |
Rytas | 163–150 | Juventus | 87–85 | 76–65 |
Skycop Prienai | 165–174 | Neptūnas | 85–85 | 80–89 |
Final four
The final four was hosted by the Rytas Arena and Siemens Arena in Vilnius on 16–17 February 2019.[3]
Semifinals 16 February | Final 17 February | ||||||
Žalgiris | 89 | ||||||
Lietkabelis | 58 | ||||||
Žalgiris | 67 | ||||||
Rytas | 70 | ||||||
Rytas | 86 | ||||||
Neptūnas | 72 | Third place 17 February | |||||
Lietkabelis | 94 | ||||||
Neptūnas | 67 |
Semifinals
16 February 2019 | Žalgiris | 89–58 | Lietkabelis | Vilnius |
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15:10 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 21–12, 21–13, 22–15 | |||
Pts: Grigonis 19 Rebs: Thompson 6 Asts: Westermann 5 PIR: Grigonis 27 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kupšas 12 Rebs: Kupšas 8 Asts: Iroegbu, Wilson 3 PIR: Kupšas 21 |
Arena: Siemens Arena Attendance: 2,910 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys, Vilius Mačiulaitis |
16 February 2019 | Rytas | 86–72 | Neptūnas | Vilnius |
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17:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 33―23, 24―10, 20―16, 9―23 | |||
Pts: Kramer 20 Rebs: Echodas 10 Asts: Kramer 5 PIR: Kramer 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Williams 13 Rebs: Galdikas, Slavinskas 5 Asts: Weaver 4 PIR: Weaver 15 |
Arena: Rytas Arena Attendance: 3,740 Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gytis Vilius |
Third place
17 February 2019 | Lietkabelis | 94–67 | Neptūnas | Vilnius |
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14:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 29―17, 19―19, 21―22 , 25―9 | |||
Pts: Kulvietis 24 Rebs: Kupšas 9 Asts: Sinovec, Valinskas 6 PIR: Kulvietis 32 |
Boxscore | Pts: Masiulis 15 Rebs: Olisevičius 11 Asts: Four players 3 PIR: Olisevičius 15 |
Arena: Siemens Arena Attendance: 5,247 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Artūras Šukys, Gvidas Gedvilas |
Final
17 February 2019 | Žalgiris | 67–70 | Rytas | Vilnius |
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17:40 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 11―13, 24―17, 16―13, 16―27 | |||
Pts: Grigonis 15 Rebs: White 6 Asts: Westermann 5 PIR: Grigonis 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kramer 15 Rebs: Parakhouski 11 Asts: Kramer 4 PIR: Parakhouski 21 |
Arena: Siemens Arena Attendance: 9,350 Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius |
2018–19 King Mindaugas Cup champions |
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Rytas (2nd title) |
References
- ^ "Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės turnyre – 14 komandų, pradžia – jau spalį". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 14 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Ištraukti pirmų dviejų Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės etapų burtai". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 22 September 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Karūna grįžta į sostinę: Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės turnyras – Vilniuje". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2024.