2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

The 2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes,[1] was the sixth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup.

2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė
Tournament details
ArenaCido Arena
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Dates13–14 February 2021

Žalgiris was the defending champions. Žalgiris successfully defended its title after beating BC Lietuvos rytas in the Final.

Format

The top four placed teams from the LKL 2019–20 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė quarterfinals. While the six lower placed teams from the 2019–20 LKL season along with six other NKL teams, playing in first round, competing for the other four quarterfinals places.

Draw

The first round draw of the 2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, was held on 23 September 2020. LKL teams were paired with the NKL teams. The drawing ceremony was held in half time of BC Žalgiris against BC Dzūkija in LKL TV studio. Brothers Kšyštof Lavrinovič and Darjuš Lavrinovič were guests who helped to draw pairs.[2]

Qualified teams
Location of teams in 2021 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė
Team Location Tier
CBet Prienai Prienai LKL
Dzūkija Alytus LKL
Juventus Utena LKL
Lietkabelis Panevėžys LKL
Neptūnas Klaipėda LKL
Nevėžis-OPTIBET Kėdainiai LKL
Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys LKL
Rytas Vilnius LKL
Šiauliai Šiauliai LKL
Žalgiris Kaunas LKL
Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė NKL
Vytis Šakiai NKL
Šilutė Šilutė NKL
Neptūnas-Akvaservis Klaipėda NKL
Žalgiris-2 Kaunas NKL
CBet Jonava Jonava NKL

Notable events

First round

Two best first round pairs winners, who had the highest position in table last season, gained an automatic bye to the quarterfinals. Rest four teams, who won in first round, play in second round. Four teams will be paired by draw and will be playing two games home and away.[18]

Round 1

Round 2

Second round

From each pair, the team with the best difference between the points scored and missed in both matches will advance to the quarterfinals. If, at the end of the second match, the total difference between the points scored and missed by both teams is equal, then an overtime or as many overtime will have to be played until the winner of the pair is determined.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finals
17 December–18 January		Semi-finals
13 February		Final
14 February
 
             
 
 
 
 
Žalgiris98103
 
 
 
Pieno žvaigždės8277
 
Žalgiris
 
 
 
Neptūnas
 
Neptūnas9177
 
 
 
Šiauliai7688
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rytas8778
 
 
 
Juventus89105
 
Juventus
 
 
 
Lietkabelis
 
Lietkabelis8796
 
 
Cbet6890
 

Quarter–finals

Šiauliai vs. Neptūnas Klaipėda
7 January 2021 Šiauliai 76–91 Neptūnas Klaipėda Šiauliai
17:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–27, 14–28, 19–20
Pts: Friðriksson 16
Rebs: Bērziņš 7
Asts: Friðriksson 6
PIR: Friðriksson 15		 Report Pts: Griciūnas 17
Rebs: Jogėla 13
Asts: Janavičius 9
PIR: Griciūnas 19		 Arena: Šiauliai Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Artūras Šukys, Juozas Barkauskas, Andžej Urbanovič


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Elvar Már Friðriksson 16 2 6
SG 4 Eimantas Stankevičius 7 4 2
SF 79 Mindaugas Lukauskis 13 1 2
PF 7 Arminas Urbutis 6 2 1
C 20 Kaspars Bērziņš 13 7 0
Reserves:
G 2 Martynas Varnas 0 3 2
G 6 Ernestas Jonkus 5 0 0
C 8 Andy Van Vliet 13 1 1
F 23 Justas Furmanavičius 2 0 0
F 55 Denis Krestinin 1 1 0
F 77 Paulius Danusevičius DNP
C 88 Jonas Paukštė DNP
Head coach:
Antanas Sireika
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 4 Žygimantas Janavičius 14 1 9
SG 5 Evaldas Šaulys 15 2 1
SF 11 Džiugas Slavinskas 11 6 3
PF 6 Norbertas Giga 5 3 1
C 21 Simas Galdikas 12 7 1
Reserves:
G 1 Tadas Pažėra 5 3 2
C 15 Benas Griciūnas 17 5 3
F 23 Matas Jogėla 12 13 0
F 24 Klaidas Metrikis DNP
F 34 Giedrius Stankevičius 0 2 0
G 77 Aidas Einikis 0 2 1
Head coach:
Tomas Gaidamavičius
17 January 2021 Neptūnas Klaipėda 77–88 Šiauliai Klaipėda
16:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 28–22, 14–21, 18–24
Pts: Janavičius 15
Rebs: Giga, Griciūnas 7
Asts: Pažėra, Janavičius 4
PIR: Giga 16		 Report Pts: Bērziņš 16
Rebs: Van Vliet 8
Asts: Friðriksson 8
PIR: Varnas 18		 Arena: Švyturys Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Oleg Barkovskij


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 4 Žygimantas Janavičius 15 4 4
SG 5 Evaldas Šaulys 5 1 1
SF 11 Džiugas Slavinskas 2 1 0
PF 6 Norbertas Giga 12 7 2
C 21 Simas Galdikas 1 5 0
Reserves:
G 1 Tadas Pažėra 0 2 4
G 7 Martynas Mažeika 12 4 1
C 15 Benas Griciūnas 8 7 3
F 23 Matas Jogėla 14 5 1
F 24 Klaidas Metrikis DNP
F 34 Giedrius Stankevičius 8 2 1
Head coach:
Tomas Gaidamavičius
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Elvar Már Friðriksson 9 3 8
SG 2 Martynas Varnas 12 2 6
SF 79 Mindaugas Lukauskis 11 4 2
PF 20 Kaspars Bērziņš 16 3 2
C 8 Andy Van Vliet 11 8 2
Reserves:
G 4 Eimantas Stankevičius 0 1 2
G 6 Ernestas Jonkus 0 0 0
F 7 Arminas Urbutis 14 3 0
F 23 Justas Furmanavičius 10 1 1
F 55 Denis Krestinin 5 1 0
F 77 Paulius Danusevičius DNP
C 88 Jonas Paukštė DNP
Head coach:
Antanas Sireika

CBet Prienai vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys
23 December 2020 Cbet Prienai 68–87 Lietkabelis Penevėžys Prienai
16:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 15–16, 15–22, 19–36
Pts: Wright, Sušinskas 16
Rebs: Dimša 8
Asts: Jarumbauskas, Domarkas 3
PIR: Biruta, Sušinskas 13		 Report Pts: Masiulis 29
Rebs: Barnies, Masiulis 8
Asts: Gagić 6
PIR: Masiulis 36		 Arena: Prienai Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Gintaras Mačiulis, Andžej Urbanovič, Oleg Barkovskij


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Dominykas Domarkas 8 3 3
SG 1 Marquis Wright 16 2 1
SF 37 Einaras Tubutis 1 4 1
PF 29 Mindaugas Sušinskas 16 2 0
C 11 Egidijus Dimša 5 8 0
Reserves:
F 7 Simas Jarumbauskas 9 5 3
F 9 Gilvydas Biruta 8 5 1
F 13 Justinas Jogminas 0 2 0
G 14 Tom Digbeu 4 2 0
G 18 Ernestas Mankauskas 1 0 1
C 31 Rokas Gadiliauskas DNP
Head coach:
Mantas Šernius
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Kyle Vinales 19 0 3
SG 66 Paulius Valinskas 9 4 0
SF 15 Troy Barnies 9 8 0
PF 21 Gytis Masiulis 29 8 2
C 41 Đorđe Gagić 4 7 6
Reserves:
G 2 Margiris Normantas 11 3 2
F 9 Tadas Vaičiūnas DNP
F 11 Paulius Poška DNP
C 12 Gabrielius Maldūnas 2 6 0
F 18 Erikas Venskus 0 3 0
G 99 Marius Valinskas 4 2 1
Head coach:
Nenad Čanak
16 January 2021 Lietkabelis Penevėžys 96–90 Cbet Prienai Panevėžys
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 27–26, 25–21, 17–25
Pts: Vinales, Normantas 17
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Normantas, Valinskas 5
PIR: Vinales 22		 Report Pts: Sušinskas 23
Rebs: Jarumbauskas 11
Asts: Domarkas 8
PIR: Sušinskas 20		 Arena: Cido Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gintaras Mačiulis, Aurimas Borusas


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 Margiris Normantas 17 1 5
SG 0 Kyle Vinales 17 5 4
SF 21 Gytis Masiulis 9 2 0
PF 10 Vytenis Lipkevičius 6 2 1
C 41 Đorđe Gagić 8 3 1
Reserves:
F 9 Tadas Vaičiūnas 0 1 0
F 11 Paulius Poška 6 3 0
C 12 Gabrielius Maldūnas 8 5 3
F 13 Erikas Venskus 2 5 0
F 15 Troy Barnies 3 2 0
G 66 Paulius Valinskas 14 0 5
G 99 Marius Valinskas 6 1 3
Head coach:
Nenad Čanak
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Simas Jarumbauskas 9 11 2
SG 10 Dominykas Domarkas 5 3 8
SF 29 Mindaugas Sušinskas 23 3 4
PF 37 Einaras Tubutis 2 3 3
C 31 Rokas Gadiliauskas 7 1 1
Reserves:
F 9 Gilvydas Biruta 8 1 0
F 13 Justinas Jogminas 16 3 2
G 14 Tom Digbeu 20 3 2
G 18 Ernestas Mankauskas 0 1 1
Head coach:
Mantas Šernius

Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys vs. Žalgiris Kaunas
05 January 2021 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys 82–98 Žalgiris Kaunas Pasvalys
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 26–25, 24–28, 17–23, 15–22
Pts: Petrilevičius, Milutinović 18
Rebs: Petrilevičius 8
Asts: Mirković 6
PIR: Petrilevičius 19		 Report Pts: Lauvergne 22
Rebs: Lauvergne 6
Asts: Grigonis 9
PIR: Grigonis 25		 Arena: Pieno žvaigždės Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis, Mindaugas Večerskis, Gintaras Mačiulis


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 18 Branko Mirković 6 1 6
SG 35 Andreja Milutinović 18 3 2
SF 5 Tomas Lekūnas 15 3 1
PF 29 Paulius Petrilevičius 18 8 2
C 44 Daniel Amigo 14 4 0
Reserves:
G 9 Robertas Indrišiūnas 0 0 0
G 12 Jahenns Manigat 3 4 4
G 15 Karolis Giedraitis 4 1 2
G 22 Laurynas Balkūnas 0 1 0
F 18 Redas Venclovas 4 0 0
Head coach:
Gediminas Petrauskas
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Thomas Walkup 4 2 1
SG 40 Marius Grigonis 14 2 9
SF 10 Nigel Hayes 4 2 1
PF 21 Artūras Milaknis 11 1 1
C 77 Joffrey Lauvergne 22 6 2
Reserves:
C 1 Marek Blaževič DNP
G 4 Lukas Lekavičius 10 3 2
F 13 Paulius Jankūnas 13 3 0
G 16 Karolis Lukošiūnas DNP
C 23 Martinas Geben 0 0 0
F 24 Augustine Rubit 15 4 2
G 31 Rokas Jokubaitis 5 1 3
Head coach:
Martin Schiller
18 January 2021 Žalgiris Kaunas 103–77 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys Kaunas
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 30–18, 24–19, 22–27, 27–13
Pts: Lekavičius 28
Rebs: Geben, Rubit 7
Asts: Jokubaitis 8
PIR: Lekavičius 25		 Report Pts: Želionis 20
Rebs: Amigo 5
Asts: Mirković 8
PIR: Mirković 19		 Arena: Žalgiris Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Andrius Maleckas, Darius Šomka


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Thomas Walkup 12 1 2
SG 40 Marius Grigonis 7 1 1
SF 10 Nigel Hayes 2 1 1
PF 21 Artūras Milaknis 6 1 0
C 77 Joffrey Lauvergne 0 2 1
Reserves:
C 1 Marek Blaževič 5 2 1
G 4 Lukas Lekavičius 28 1 1
F 13 Paulius Jankūnas 5 5 2
G 16 Karolis Lukošiūnas 11 0 0
C 23 Martinas Geben 8 7 1
F 24 Augustine Rubit 4 7 2
G 31 Rokas Jokubaitis 15 0 8
Head coach:
Martin Schiller
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 18 Branko Mirković 11 4 8
SG 5 Tomas Lekūnas 7 3 2
SF 35 Andreja Milutinović 5 1 1
PF 29 Paulius Petrilevičius 8 3 4
C 44 Daniel Amigo 8 5 1
Reserves:
G 9 Robertas Indrišiūnas 0 0 0
G 12 Jahenns Manigat 5 3 2
G 15 Karolis Giedraitis 11 2 2
C 20 Edgaras Želionis 20 1 0
G 22 Laurynas Balkūnas 2 0 0
F 18 Redas Venclovas 0 1 0
Head coach:
Gediminas Petrauskas

Juventus Utena vs. Rytas Vilnius
06 January 2021 Juventus Utena 89–87 Rytas Vilnius Utena
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 26–21, 26–30, 18–13
Pts: Kariniauskas 16
Rebs: Kupšas 7
Asts: Crawford, Kariniauskas 7
PIR: Kariniauskas 20		 Report Pts: Goudelock 18
Rebs: Ndour, Butkevičius 6
Asts: Boatright 4
PIR: three players 13		 Arena: Utena Arena
Attendance: 1
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Martynas Karaliūnas


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Bryant Crawford 11 3 7
SG 13 Martynas Gecevičius 14 6 1
SF 2 Ignas Vaitkus 3 0 1
PF 88 Vytautas Šulskis 6 4 1
C 49 Mindaugas Kupšas 9 7 1
Reserves:
F 6 Gintautas Matulis 8 6 2
F 10 Martynas Žvirblis DNP
C 11 Redas Šukšta DNP
C 14 Vaidas Čepukaitis 6 6 1
G 18 Vaidas Kariniauskas 16 6 7
G 22 Marius Runkauskas 7 2 1
F 50 Žygimantas Skučas 9 1 0
Head coach:
Žydrūnas Urbonas
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 13 Augustas Marčiulionis 6 0 0
SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 18 1 2
SF 3 Maurice Ndour 9 6 2
PF 51 Arnas Butkevičius 4 6 1
C 14 Martynas Echodas 15 3 0
Reserves:
G 2 Dovis Bičkauskis 9 2 0
F 7 Gytis Radzevičius 2 2 0
C 8 Rokas Jocius DNP
G 10 Lukas Uleckas 0 0 0
G 18 Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 8 0 1
G 22 Ryan Boatright 14 1 4
C 34 Keith Benson 2 3 0
Head coach:
Donaldas Kairys
16 January 2021 Rytas Vilnius 78–105 Juventus Utena Vilnius
17:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 13–28, 28–23, 14–28
Pts: Bičkauskis 15
Rebs: Butkevičius 6
Asts: Bičkauskis 5
PIR: Bičkauskis 18		 Report Pts: Gecevičius 26
Rebs: Kupšas 7
Asts: Kariniauskas 11
PIR: Gecevičius 31		 Arena: Jeep Arena
Attendance: 0
Referees: Artūras Šukys, Tomas Jasevičius, Juozas Barkauskas


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 13 Augustas Marčiulionis 2 1 4
SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 0 0 0
SF 51 Arnas Butkevičius 14 6 1
PF 10 Lukas Uleckas 6 2 1
C 14 Martynas Echodas 13 4 1
Reserves:
G 2 Dovis Bičkauskis 15 1 5
F 7 Gytis Radzevičius 4 4 0
F 9 Martynas Pacevičius 1 0 1
G 18 Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 10 1 2
G 22 Ryan Boatright 11 0 4
C 34 Keith Benson 2 4 0
Head coach:
Donaldas Kairys
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Vaidas Kariniauskas 11 4 11
SG 13 Martynas Gecevičius 26 5 1
SF 50 Žygimantas Skučas 12 1 2
PF 2 Ignas Vaitkus 20 3 2
C 49 Mindaugas Kupšas 9 7 1
Reserves:
G 1 Bryant Crawford 11 1 1
F 6 Gintautas Matulis 4 2 1
C 11 Redas Šukšta 0 0 0
C 14 Vaidas Čepukaitis 10 3 1
G 22 Marius Runkauskas 0 0 0
F 88 Vytautas Šulskis 2 3 0
Head coach:
Žydrūnas Urbonas

Semi–finals

Juventus Utena vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys
13 February 2021 Juventus Utena vs. Lietkabelis Panevėžys Panevėžys
14:00 (EET)
Report Arena: Cido Arena

Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Neptūnas Klaipėda
13 February 2021 Žalgiris Kaunas vs. Neptūnas Klaipėda Panevėžys
16:30 (EET)
Report Arena: Cido Arena


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