# 2022–23 King Mindaugas Cup

The 2022–23 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the eighth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. Žalgiris successfully defended the title for the 3rd time in a row after defeating Cbet in the final 81–77.

## Format

All 12 teams from 2022–23 LKL season participated in this tournament. Top three teams from 2021–22 LKL season have received bye's to quarterfinals stage, while 4-10 ranked teams were drawn into two groups, with the group winners and runners-up advancing straight to the Quarterfinals, while third-placed teams faced off each other for the final Quarterfinals spot. 11th placed team faced off against LKL debutants in the preliminary round for the final Group stage spot.

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Gargždai | 153–157 | Labas Gas | 76–67 | 77–90 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | NEP | WOL | JUV | PRI |
| 1 | Neptūnas | 6 | 5 | 1 | 575 | 507 | +68 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 99–86 | 92–90 | 110–89 |
| 2 | Wolves | 6 | 4 | 2 | 530 | 477 | +53 | Advance to Quarterfinals | 84–90 | — | 100–85 | 95–70 |
| 3 | Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 555 | 541 | +14 | Advance to Eightfinal | 95–86 | 79–94 | — | 103–85 |
| 4 | Labas Gas | 6 | 0 | 6 | 461 | 596 | −135 | | 72–105 | 68–76 | 77–107 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | NEV | JSK | SIA | PZV |
| 1 | Nevėžis–Optibet | 6 | 4 | 2 | 568 | 554 | +14 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 85–80 | 90–87 | 122–118 |
| 2 | Cbet | 6 | 4 | 2 | 484 | 460 | +24 | Advance to Quarterfinals | 82–80 | — | 82–66 | 81–70 |
| 3 | Šiauliai | 6 | 3 | 3 | 497 | 501 | −4 | Advance to Eightfinal | 101–106 | 83–79 | — | 79–73 |
| 4 | Pieno žvaigždės | 6 | 1 | 5 | 494 | 528 | −34 | | 86–85 | 76–80 | 71–81 | — |

### Eightfinal

Third ranked teams from each group faced-off each other in a single-leg match, with the host being decided by LKL standings at the time. The winner earned the last quarterfinals spot.

## Quarterfinals

Top three teams from 2021–22 LKL season have received bye's to quarterfinals stage. Those teams were:
* 7Bet–Lietkabelis
* Rytas
* Žalgiris
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 |
| Rytas | 168–156 | Nevėžis–Optibet | 70–78 | 98–78 |
| Cbet | 161–155 | Neptūnas | 85–80 | 76–75 |
| 7Bet–Lietkabelis | 194–154 | Uniclub Casino – Juventus | 85–81 | 109–73 |
| Žalgiris | 186–151 | Wolves | 95–79 | 91–72 |

## Final four

The final four was hosted by the Šiauliai Arena in Šiauliai on 18–19 February 2023.
| Semifinals 18 February | Semifinals 18 February | Final 19 February | Final 19 February |
| Rytas | 86 | | |
| Cbet | 92 | | |
| Cbet | 92 | Cbet | 77 |
| | | Žalgiris | 81 |
| 7Bet–Lietkabelis | 67 | Žalgiris | 81 |
| Žalgiris | 77 | Third place 19 February | Third place 19 February |
| | | Rytas | 88 |
| | | 7Bet–Lietkabelis | 91 |

### Final

* 2022–23 King Mindaugas Cup champions
* Žalgiris (6th title)