2021–22 King Mindaugas Cup

2021–22 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

Tournament details
Country	Lithuania
City	Vilnius
Venue(s)	Avia Solutions Group Arena
Dates	28 September 2021 – 20 February 2022
Teams	11
Defending champions	Žalgiris
Final positions
Champions	Žalgiris (5th title)
Runner-up	Lietkabelis
Third place	Rytas
Tournament statistics
MVP	Joffrey Lauvergne

The 2021–22 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the seventh edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. Žalgiris successfully defended the title for the 2th time in a row after defeating Lietkabelis in the final 91–67.

Format

All 11 teams from 2021–22 LKL season participated in this tournament. Top three teams from 2020–21 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.^[1][2]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		NEP	JSK	PRI	NEV
1	Neptūnas	6	5	1	523	476	+47	Advance to Quarterfinals		—	89–74	76–79	97–95
2	Cbet Jonava	6	3	3	471	487	−16			86–92	—	78–74	83–70
3	Labas Gas	6	3	3	476	463	+13	Advance to Eightfinal		70–84	81–85	—	89–59
4	Nevėžis–Optibet	6	1	5	458	502	−44			72–85	81–65	81–83	—

Source: LKL.LT

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		JUV	DZU	SIA	PZV
1	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	6	6	0	527	496	+31	Advance to Quarterfinals		—	75–68	98–91	90–88
2	Dzūkija	6	3	3	477	509	−32			80–81	—	96–91	65–64
3	Šiauliai	6	2	4	549	563	−14	Advance to Eightfinal		94–98	101–111	—	95–90
4	Pieno žvaigždės	6	1	5	484	469	+15			75–85	97–57	70–77	—

Source: LKL.LT

Eightfinal

Third ranked teams from each group faced-off each other in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a match. The winner earned the last quarterfinals spot.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Labas Gas	156–184	Šiauliai–7bet	100–94	56–90

Quarterfinals

Top three teams from 2020–21 LKL season have received bye's to quarterfinals stage. Those teams are:

• Žalgiris
• Rytas
• Lietkabelis

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
Žalgiris	154–134	Cbet	86–75	68–59
Uniclub Casino – Juventus	169–178	Šiauliai–7bet	83–86	86–92
Rytas	189–161	Dzūkija	95–81	94–80
Lietkabelis	153–149	Neptūnas	73–69	80–80

Final four

Avia Solutions Group Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania

The final four was hosted by the Avia Solutions Group Arena in Vilnius on 19–20 February 2022.^[3]

	Semifinals 19 February				Final 20 February
	Žalgiris	80
	Šiauliai–7bet	68
					Žalgiris	91
					Lietkabelis	66
	Rytas	80
	Lietkabelis	82			Third place 20 February
					Šiauliai–7bet	71
					Rytas	76

Semifinals

Žalgiris v Šiauliai–7bet

19 February 2022	Žalgiris	80–68	Šiauliai–7bet	Vilnius
17:30 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 18–21, 16–11, 19–19
	Pts: Lauvergne 15 Rebs: Lauvergne, Nebo 8 Asts: Kalnietis 6 PIR: Lauvergne 24	Boxscore	Pts: Varnas 12 Rebs: Sabeckis 6 Asts: Elmore 10 PIR: Elmore 18	Arena: Avia Solutions Group Arena Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gvidas Gedvilas

Rytas v Lietkabelis

19 February 2022	Rytas	80–82	Lietkabelis	Vilnius
20:15 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 20―15, 23―24, 17―24, 20―19
	Pts: Buva 21 Rebs: Butkevičius, Radzevičius 8 Asts: Kariniauskas 9 PIR: Butkevičius 22	Boxscore	Pts: Lipkevičius 16 Rebs: Maldūnas 9 Asts: Žemaitis 4 PIR: Lipkevičius 23	Arena: Avia Solutions Group Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Gytis Vilius, Tomas Jasevičius

Third place

Šiauliai–7bet v Rytas

20 February 2022	Šiauliai–7bet	71–76	Rytas	Vilnius
17:45 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 16―23, 18―14, 19―13, 18―26
	Pts: Elmore 21 Rebs: Armwood 8 Asts: Elmore 9 PIR: Elmore 22	Boxscore	Pts: Girdžiūnas 23 Rebs: Radzevičius, Williams 10 Asts: Girdžiūnas 4 PIR: Girdžiūnas 24	Arena: Avia Solutions Group Arena Attendance: 6,221 Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas

Final

Žalgiris v Lietkabelis

20 February 2022	Žalgiris	91–66	Lietkabelis	Vilnius
21:15 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 22―12, 24―15, 22―16, 23―23
	Pts: Nebo 25 Rebs: Lauvergne 8 Asts: Lekavičius 6 PIR: Nebo 28	Boxscore	Pts: Lipkevičius 14 Rebs: Maldūnas 6 Asts: Kalaitzakis 6 PIR: Lipkevičius 18	Arena: Avia Solutions Group Arena Attendance: 8,378

2021–22 King Mindaugas Cup champions
Žalgiris (5th title)

References

1. "Atidarymo rungtynėse – Citadele KMT pirmojo etapo burtai". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 September 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
2. "LKL atidarymo rungtynėse – KMT pirmojo etapo burtai". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 September 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
3. "Kortos atverstos: KMT finalo ketvertas grįžta į sostinę". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 September 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.