2024–25 King Mindaugas Cup

2024–25 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė
Tournament details
Country	Lithuania
City	Vilnius
Venue(s)	Twinsbet Arena
Dates	2 October 2024 – 16 February 2025
Teams	10
Defending champions	Žalgiris
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, is the tenth edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. Žalgiris are the defending champions.

Format

All 10 teams from 2024–25 LKL season participated in this tournament. Four teams that participated in Euroleague Basketball and FIBA tournaments, have received bye's to quarterfinals stage, while the remaining teams will participate in round-robin stage, with the Top 4 teams advancing to the Quarterfinals.^[1]^[2]

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	JON	SIA	NEP	NEV	MAZ	JUV
1	Cbet	10	6	4	912	869	+43	Advance to Quarterfinals	—	87–84	88–84	93–80	89–74	90–87
2	Šiauliai–Casino Admiral	10	6	4	967	965	+2		90–104	—	102–82	88–109	99–100	87–83
3	Neptūnas	10	6	4	961	890	+71		111–110	101–104	—	86–88	106–71	105–74
4	Nevėžis–Optibet	10	5	5	910	897	+13		87–84	104–108	101–102	—	89–71	93–89
5	M Basket-Delamode	10	4	6	796	894	−98		78–76	85–91	70–91	89–85	—	73–86
6	Uniclub Casino – Juventus	10	3	7	874	905	−31		94–91	110–114	82–93	87–74	82–85	—

Source: LKL.LT

Quarterfinals

Four 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. The draw took place on 15 December.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rytas	155–159	Neptūnas	78–67	77–92
Twinsbet Wolves	180–149	Cbet	95–77	85–72
Žalgiris	199–173	Šiauliai	107–88	92–85
7Bet–Lietkabelis	155–146	Nevėžis–Optibet	78–79	77–67

Final four

The final four will be hosted by the Twinsbet Arena in Vilnius on 15–16 February 2025.^[4]

	Semifinals 15 February				Final 16 February

	Neptūnas

	Twinsbet Wolves



	Žalgiris

	7Bet–Lietkabelis				Third place 16 February

References

^ "Paaiškėjo Citadele KMT atrankos grupės etapo formatas". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ "Paaiškėjo KMT turnyro formatas ir tvarkaraštis, dvikovas transliuos LRT". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ "Paaiškėjo visi KMT ketvirtfinalio dalyviai, sekmadienį traukiami burtai". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 11 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Naujo sezono KMT finalo ketvertas vyks Vilniuje". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[A-1] "Paaiškėjo Citadele KMT atrankos grupės etapo formatas". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[B-2] "Paaiškėjo KMT turnyro formatas ir tvarkaraštis, dvikovas transliuos LRT". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[3] "Paaiškėjo visi KMT ketvirtfinalio dalyviai, sekmadienį traukiami burtai". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 11 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[C-4] "Naujo sezono KMT finalo ketvertas vyks Vilniuje". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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