LKL Finals
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Žalgiris Kaunas has been the most successful team, having won 22 out of the 27 LKL Finals series that have been played so far. Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius is the only other team to win the LKL Finals.
History
1994–2000: Early dominance by Žalgiris Kaunas
Žalgiris Kaunas won the first 6 LKL Finals series, from 1994 to 1999. The team's dominance in the LKL Finals came to an end in the 2000 LKL Finals, when they lost to Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius. During that same period, Žalgiris had also won the second tier level European-wide FIBA Saporta Cup in the 1997–98 season, and the first tier level European-wide 1999 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four. From 1994 to 2000, Atletas Kaunas was the only other club that came close to winning the LKL Finals, as they won the first two games of the 5 game 1996 LKL Finals.
2000–2010: Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius and Žalgiris rivalry
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius finally ended Žalgiris Kaunas' run of winning the first 6 LKL Finals, when they won the finals in 2000. Over an 11-year period, from 2000 to 2010, all of the LKL Finals were won by the two clubs, with Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius winning 5 LKL Finals series, and Žalgiris Kaunas winning 6 LKL Finals series.
2011–present: Žalgiris Kaunas dominates again
Starting with the 2011 LKL Finals, Žalgiris Kaunas began another long run of dominance, winning 10 straight LKL Finals series, from 2011 to 2021.
LKL Finals series results
| Season | Champion | Result | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Žalgiris | 3–1 | Atletas |
| 1995 | Žalgiris | 3–0 | Atletas |
| 1996 | Žalgiris | 3–2 | Atletas |
| 1997 | Žalgiris | 3–0 | Olimpas |
| 1998 | Žalgiris | 3–1 | Atletas |
| 1999 | Žalgiris | 3–0 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2000 | Lietuvos Rytas | 3–1 | Žalgiris |
| 2001 | Žalgiris | 3–2 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2002 | Lietuvos Rytas | 4–3 | Žalgiris |
| 2003 | Žalgiris | 4–2 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2004 | Žalgiris | 4–0 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2005 | Žalgiris | 4–0 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2006 | Lietuvos Rytas | 4–0 | Žalgiris |
| 2007 | Žalgiris | 4–2 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2008 | Žalgiris | 4–1 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2009 | Lietuvos Rytas | 4–1 | Žalgiris |
| 2010 | Lietuvos Rytas | 4–3 | Žalgiris |
| 2011 | Žalgiris | 4–1 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2012 | Žalgiris | 3–0 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2013 | Žalgiris | 4–0 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2014 | Žalgiris | 4–2 | Neptūnas |
| 2015 | Žalgiris | 4–0 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2016 | Žalgiris | 4–1 | Neptūnas |
| 2017 | Žalgiris | 4–1 | Lietkabelis |
| 2018 | Žalgiris | 4–1 | Lietuvos Rytas |
| 2019 | Žalgiris | 3–0 | Rytas |
| 2020 | Finals were not held | ||
| 2021 | Žalgiris | 3–0 | Rytas |
| 2022 | Rytas | 4–1 | Lietkabelis |
| 2023 | Žalgiris | 3–2 | Rytas |
| 2024 | Rytas | 3–1 | Žalgiris |
| 2025 | Žalgiris | 3–2 | Rytas |
LKL Finals won by head coach
List of winning head coaches:
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- 1994 – Jaak Salumets
- 1995 – Jonas Kazlauskas
- 1996 – Jonas Kazlauskas (2)
- 1997 – Jonas Kazlauskas (3)
- 1998 – Jonas Kazlauskas (4)
- 1999 – Jonas Kazlauskas (5)
- 2000 – Šarūnas Sakalauskas
- 2001 – Algirdas Brazys
- 2002 – Jonas Kazlauskas (6)
- 2003 – Antanas Sireika
- 2004 – Antanas Sireika (2)
- 2005 – Antanas Sireika (3)
- 2006 – Neven Spahija
- 2007 – Rimantas Grigas
- 2008 – Rimantas Grigas (2)
- 2009 – Rimas Kurtinaitis
- 2010 – Rimas Kurtinaitis (2)
- 2011 – Ilias Zouros
- 2012 – Aleksandar Trifunović
- 2013 – Joan Plaza
- 2014 – Gintaras Krapikas
- 2015 – Gintaras Krapikas (2)
- 2016 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius
- 2017 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2)
- 2018 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius (3)
- 2019 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius (4)
- 2020 – Finals were not held
- 2021 – Martin Schiller
- 2022 – Giedrius Žibėnas
- 2023 – Kazys Maksvytis
- 2024 – Giedrius Žibėnas (2)
- 2025 – Andrea Trinchieri
LKL Finals Most Valuable Player
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The LKL Finals Most Valuable Player Award is the annual award that is given by the professional Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), to the Most Valuable Player of each season's LKL Finals.
Gintaras Einikis was the winner of the first Finals MVP award, in 1994. So far 5 players, Einikis, Arvydas Macijauskas, Tanoka Beard, Paulius Jankūnas and Edgaras Ulanovas, have won multiple Finals MVP awards. To date, Beard is the only non-Lithuanian player to win multiple Finals MVP awards. The current holder of the award is Sylvain Francisco.
LKL Finals MVPs
- Player nationality by national team:
| * | Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| ** | Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame |
| *** | Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame |
| Template:Dagger | Denotes player whose team won championship that year |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has received the Finals MVP award |
| Season | Finals MVP | Position | Nationality | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–94 Template:Dagger | Gintaras Einikis | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 1994–95 Template:Dagger | Gintaras Einikis (2×) | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 1995–96 Template:Dagger | Rimas Kurtinaitis | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 1996–97 | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| 1997–98 | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| 1998–99 | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| 1999–00 | Eurelijus Žukauskas | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2000–01 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | |
| 2001–02 Template:Dagger | Arvydas Macijauskas | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | |
| 2002–03 | Arvydas Macijauskas (2×) | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | |
| 2003–04 Template:Dagger | Tanoka Beard | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2004–05 Template:Dagger | Mindaugas Timinskas | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2005–06 Template:Dagger | Andrius Šležas | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | |
| 2006–07 Template:Dagger | Tanoka Beard (2×) | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2007–08 Template:Dagger | Marcus Brown | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2008–09 Template:Dagger | Chuck Eidson | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | |
| 2009–10 Template:Dagger | Martynas Gecevičius | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | |
| 2010–11 Template:Dagger | Paulius Jankūnas | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2011–12 Template:Dagger | Tomas Delininkaitis | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2012–13 Template:Dagger | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2013–14 Template:Dagger | Paulius Jankūnas (2×) | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2014–15 Template:Dagger | Artūras Milaknis | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| 2015–16 Template:Dagger | Jerome Randle | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | [1] |
| 2016–17 Template:Dagger | Edgaras Ulanovas | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | [2] |
| 2017–18 Template:Dagger | Brandon Davies | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | [3] |
| 2018–19 Template:Dagger | Edgaras Ulanovas (2×) | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | [4] |
| 2019–20 | Finals not held | ||||
| 2020–21 Template:Dagger | Thomas Walkup | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | [5] |
| 2021–22 Template:Dagger | Arnas Butkevičius | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Rytas Vilnius | [6] |
| 2022–23 Template:Dagger | Isaiah Taylor | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | [7] |
| 2023–24 Template:Dagger | Marcus Foster | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Rytas Vilnius | [8] |
| 2024–25 Template:Dagger | Sylvain Francisco | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Žalgiris Kaunas | [9] |
Multi-time winners
| Player | Team(s) | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Gintaras Einikis | Žalgiris Kaunas | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1994, 1995 |
| Template:Flagicon Arvydas Macijauskas | Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2002, 2003 |
| Template:Flagicon Tanoka Beard | Žalgiris Kaunas | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2004, 2007 |
| Template:Flagicon Paulius Jankūnas | Žalgiris Kaunas | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2011, 2014 |
| Template:Flagicon Edgaras Ulanovas | Žalgiris Kaunas | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2017, 2019 |
By player nationality
| Number | Country |
|---|---|
18× Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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8× Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Flagicon United States |
1× Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Flagicon Ukraine |
1× Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Flagicon France |
By club
| Number | Team |
|---|---|
25× Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Žalgiris Kaunas |
7× Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius / |
See also
- LKL
- LKL MVP
- LKL Finals
- LKL Finals MVP
- King Mindaugas Cup
- King Mindaugas Cup MVP
- LKF Cup
- List of Lithuanian basketball league champions
- Basketball in Lithuania
References
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External links
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