Sport Basketball No. of teams 8 Continent Europe | Founded 2015 Country Lithuania | |
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Motto Už istoriją, kuri pakeis ateitį!
(English: For history, which will change the future!) | ||
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Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė (English: King Mindaugas Cup) is an annual basketball competition of Lithuanian basketball teams. It is organised by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lietuvos krepšinio federacija – LKF) and the Lithuanian Basketball League (Lietuvos krepšinio lyga – LKL). The tournament is named in honor of Mindaugas, the first King of Lithuania.
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History
The new tournament was presented to public on 1 December 2015, for replacing the LKF Cup and the LKL All-Star Day, with a three-day event on 19–21 February 2016 in Siemens Arena, Vilnius. On 18 February 2016 it was announced that Kaunas will held the second edition of the tournament in 2017.
Format
The competition features eight best ranked LKL teams after the first half of the season, which face each other in a single elimination games. Since the 2017 edition, each game of the quarterfinals is played in the arena of one of the teams involved while the semifinals and the final are played in one only arena with a Final Four format.
The event also includes Slam Dunk Contest on the semi-finals day and a Three-point Shootout on the finals day, as well as performances by prominent musicians.