2023–2024 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė
Tournament details
CountryLithuania
Dates10 October 2023 – 18 February 2024
Teams13
Defending championsŽalgiris

The 2023–2024 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, is the ninth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup.

Format

All 12 teams from 2023–24 LKL season and one wildcard team from 2023–24 NKL season will participate in this tournament. Five teams that participate in Euroleague Basketball and FIBA tournaments, have received bye's to quarterfinals stage, while the remaining teams were drawn into two groups, with the group winners advancing straight to the Quarterfinals, while second-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 JUV GAR MAZ
1 Neptūnas 6 5 1 547 513 +34 Advance to Quarterfinals — 92–90 84–78 109–80
2 Uniclub Casino – Juventus 6 4 2 517 463 +54 Advance to Eightfinal 92–78 — 84–61 90–91
3 Gargždai 6 2 4 478 514 −36 87–97 66–75 — 95–93
4 M Basket-Delamode 6 1 5 506 558 −52 86–87 75–86 81–91 —
Source: LKL.LT

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification SIA NEV OLI PZV
1 Šiauliai 6 5 1 565 506 +59 Advance to Quarterfinals — 89–74 82–90 104–93
2 Nevėžis–Optibet 6 3 3 525 512 +13 Advance to Eightfinal 98–102 — 83–57 112–107
3 Olimpas 6 3 3 457 474 −17 75–88 77–66 — 80–71
4 Pieno žvaigždės 6 1 5 511 566 −55 76–100 80–92 84–78 —
Source: LKL.LT

Eightfinal

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uniclub Casino – Juventus 208–203 Nevėžis–Optibet 107–90 101–113

Quarterfinals

Five teams have received byes to the Quarterfinals stage due to participating in FIBA and Euroleague Basketball competitions. Those teams are:

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 95–76 Wolves 95–76 21 Jan
Rytas 98–86 Uniclub Casino – Juventus 98–86 20 Jan
7Bet–Lietkabelis 89–91 Neptūnas 89–91 21 Jan
Cbet 77–80 Šiauliai 77–80 20 Jan

Final four

The final four will be hosted by the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas on 17–18 February 2024.

References

  1. ↑ "Patvirtinti galimi Citadele KMT formatai, pirmojo etapo burtų ceremonija – sekmadienį". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 26 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Paaiškėjo KMT grupės ir tvarkaraštis". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 5 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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