# LKF Cup

The LKF Cup was an annual national domestic cup competition for Lithuanian professional basketball teams. It was organised by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija - LKF). The competition's full name was Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija Taurė (English: Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup). Before 2007, the LKF Cup wasn't held regularly, but after that, its finals were organised every January, February, or March.
Between 2007 and 2014, the competition was played between teams from the LKL, the NKL, and the RKL. In 2015, the LKF decided to change the competition format, and it was then played between the top eight qualified teams of the LKL, after the first half of the season.
Only three teams, (Žalgiris, Lietuvos rytas, and Prienai) won the cup.
The competition was replaced in 2016, by the King Mindaugas Cup.

## Winners
### Before 2007

| Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third |
| 1989–90 | Žalgiris | 81:80; 89:77; 73:86; 84:76 | BC Statyba | |
| 1997–98 | Statyba-Lietuvos Rytas | | Šiauliai | Šilutė |

### Since 2007

| Season | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third | Score | Fourth | Dates |
| Final Four format |||||||||
| 2007 | Klaipėda | Žalgiris | 84–65 | Lietuvos Rytas | Nevėžis | 80–78 | Šiauliai | 6–7 February 2007 |
| 2008 | Šiauliai | Žalgiris | 83–72 | Lietuvos Rytas | Šiauliai | 111–92 | Neptūnas | 5–6 February 2008 |
| 2009 | Panevėžys | Lietuvos Rytas | 84–82 | Žalgiris | Šiauliai | 97–89 | Aisčiai | 23–24 January 2009 |
| 2010 | Vilnius | Lietuvos Rytas | 77–65 | Žalgiris | Šiauliai | 79–76 | Nevėžis | 19–20 February 2010 |
| 2010–11 | Alytus | Žalgiris | 81–69 | Lietuvos Rytas | Prienai | 98–74 | Neptūnas | 12–13 February 2011 |
| 2011–12 | Kaunas | Žalgiris | 99–62 | Pieno žvaigždės | Kėdainiai Triobet | 69–65 | Rudūpis | 17–18 February 2012 |
| 2012–13 | Pasvalys/ Prienai | Prienai | 77–75 81–60 | Pieno žvaigždės | Nevėžis and Šiauliai (No 3rd place match) | Nevėžis and Šiauliai (No 3rd place match) | Nevėžis and Šiauliai (No 3rd place match) | 15–28 March 2013 (Finals) |
| 2013–14 | Panevėžys | Prienai | 92–91 | Lietuvos rytas | Žalgiris | 91–67 | Neptūnas | 29–30 March 2014 |
| Final Eight format |||||||||
| 2015 | Kaunas | Žalgiris | 82–76 | Lietuvos rytas | Šiauliai | 77–62 | Juventus | 20–22 February 2015 |
| Renamed as King Mindaugas Cup |||||||||
| 2016 | Vilnius | Lietuvos Rytas | 67–57 | Žalgiris | No third place match | No third place match | No third place match | 21 February 2016 |
| 2017 | Kaunas | Žalgiris | 84–63 | Lietkabelis | No third place match | No third place match | No third place match | 19 February 2017 |

### Absences

| Team | Seasons absent |
| Lietuvos Rytas | 2011–12, 2012–13 |
| Žalgiris | 2012–13 |

## Performance by club (since 2007)

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Bronzes | Winning years |
| Žalgiris | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015 |
| Lietuvos Rytas | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2008–09, 2009–10, 2016 |
| Prienai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2012–13, 2013–14 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Šiauliai | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nevėžis | 0 | 0 | 2 | |

## Lithuanian Supercup (2012–2013 season)

In the 2012–13 season, Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris organized a separate competition, called the Lithuanian Supercup. Two games were played in September 2012: the first one, in Kaunas, was won by Žalgiris, 89–71, and in the second leg, in Vilnius, both teams tied 87–87. Žalgiris won the Supercup by an overall aggregate score of 176–158.