2018–19 King Mindaugas Cup

2018–19 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

Tournament details
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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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:

• Žalgiris
• Rytas
• Neptūnas
• Lietkabelis
• Šiauliai
• Pieno žvaigždės

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
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

Žalgiris v Lietkabelis

16 February 2019	Žalgiris	89–58	Lietkabelis	Vilnius
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

Rytas v Neptūnas

16 February 2019	Rytas	86–72	Neptūnas	Vilnius
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

Lietkabelis v Neptūnas

17 February 2019	Lietkabelis	94–67	Neptūnas	Vilnius
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

Žalgiris v Rytas

17 February 2019	Žalgiris	67–70	Rytas	Vilnius
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
Rytas (2nd title)

References

1. "Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės turnyre – 14 komandų, pradžia – jau spalį". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 14 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
2. "Ištraukti pirmų dviejų Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės etapų burtai". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 22 September 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. "Karūna grįžta į sostinę: Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės turnyras – Vilniuje". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2024.