The Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) Finals is the championship finals series for the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Lithuania, the LKL, and the conclusion of the league's postseason. The Finals have been played in either a best-of-seven, or a best-of five format. The first LKL Finals series was held in 1994, and was contested by Žalgiris and Atletas, with Žalgiris winning the series 3–1.
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.
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 rivalryedit
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 winning 5 LKL Finals series, and Žalgiris Kaunas winning 6 LKL Finals series.
2011–present: Žalgiris Kaunas again dominatesedit
Starting with the 2011 LKL Finals, Žalgiris Kaunas began another long run of dominance, winning 10 straight LKL Finals series, from 2011 to 2021.
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External linksedit
Official LKL website
Official LKL YouTube.com channel
Lithuanian league at Eurobasket.com
January 01, 1970
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The Lietuvos krepsinio lyga LKL Finals is the championship finals series for the top tier level professional club basketball league in Lithuania the LKL and the conclusion of the league s postseason The Finals have been played in either a best of seven or a best of five format The first LKL Finals series was held in 1994 and was contested by Zalgiris and Atletas with Zalgiris winning the series 3 1 LKL FinalsStatusActiveGenreSporting eventDate s JuneFrequencyAnnualCountryLithuaniaInaugurated1994 1994 Zalgiris 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 Contents 1 History 1 1 1994 2000 Early dominance by Zalgiris Kaunas 1 2 2000 2010 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius and Zalgiris rivalry 1 3 2011 present Zalgiris Kaunas again dominates 2 LKL Finals series results 3 LKL Finals won by head coach 4 LKL Finals Most Valuable Player 4 1 LKL Finals MVPs 4 1 1 Multi time winners 4 1 2 By player nationality 4 1 3 By club 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit1994 2000 Early dominance by Zalgiris Kaunas edit Zalgiris 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 Zalgiris 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 Zalgiris rivalry edit Lietuvos rytas Vilnius finally ended Zalgiris 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 winning 5 LKL Finals series and Zalgiris Kaunas winning 6 LKL Finals series 2011 present Zalgiris Kaunas again dominates edit Starting with the 2011 LKL Finals Zalgiris Kaunas began another long run of dominance winning 10 straight LKL Finals series from 2011 to 2021 LKL Finals series results edit nbsp Ramunas Siskauskas won 2 LKL Finals as a player nbsp Paulius Jankunas has won 14 LKL Finals as a player Season Champion Result Runner up 1994 Zalgiris 3 1 Atletas 1995 Zalgiris 3 0 Atletas 1996 Zalgiris 3 2 Atletas 1997 Zalgiris 3 0 Olimpas 1998 Zalgiris 3 1 Atletas 1999 Zalgiris 3 0 Lietuvos rytas 2000 Lietuvos rytas 3 1 Zalgiris 2001 Zalgiris 3 2 Lietuvos rytas 2002 Lietuvos rytas 4 3 Zalgiris 2003 Zalgiris 4 2 Lietuvos rytas 2004 Zalgiris 4 0 Lietuvos rytas 2005 Zalgiris 4 0 Lietuvos rytas 2006 Lietuvos rytas 4 0 Zalgiris 2007 Zalgiris 4 2 Lietuvos rytas 2008 Zalgiris 4 1 Lietuvos rytas 2009 Lietuvos rytas 4 1 Zalgiris 2010 Lietuvos rytas 4 3 Zalgiris 2011 Zalgiris 4 1 Lietuvos rytas 2012 Zalgiris 3 0 Lietuvos rytas 2013 Zalgiris 4 0 Lietuvos rytas 2014 Zalgiris 4 2 Neptunas 2015 Zalgiris 4 0 Lietuvos rytas 2016 Zalgiris 4 1 Neptunas 2017 Zalgiris 4 1 Lietkabelis 2018 Zalgiris 4 1 Lietuvos rytas 2019 Zalgiris 3 0 Rytas 2020 Finals were not held 2021 Zalgiris 3 0 Rytas 2022 Rytas 4 1 Lietkabelis 2023 Zalgiris 3 2 RytasLKL Finals won by head coach edit nbsp Jonas Kazlauskas won a record 6 LKL Finals List of winning head coaches 1994 Jaak Salumets 1995 Jonas Kazlauskas 1996 Jonas Kazlauskas 2 1997 Jonas Kazlauskas 3 1998 Jonas Kazlauskas 4 1999 Jonas Kazlauskas 5 2000 Sarunas 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 Trifunovic 2013 Joan Plaza 2014 Gintaras Krapikas 2015 Gintaras Krapikas 2 2016 Sarunas Jasikevicius 2017 Sarunas Jasikevicius 2 2018 Sarunas Jasikevicius 3 2019 Sarunas Jasikevicius 4 2020 Finals were not held 2021 Martin Schiller 2022 Giedrius Zibenas 2023 Kazys MaksvytisLKL Finals Most Valuable Player editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 Jankunas 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 Arnas Butkevicius LKL Finals MVPs edit nbsp Ramunas Siskauskas was the LKL Finals MVP in 2001 nbsp Marcus Brown was the LKL Finals MVP in 2008 nbsp Chuck Eidson was the LKL Finals MVP in 2009 nbsp Paulius Jankunas was the LKL Finals MVP in 2011 and 2014 nbsp Mindaugas Kuzminskas was the LKL Finals MVP in 2013 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 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 Gintaras Einikis PF C nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 1994 95 Gintaras Einikis 2 PF C nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 1995 96 Rimas Kurtinaitis SG nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 1996 97 N A 1997 98 N A 1998 99 N A 1999 00 Eurelijus Zukauskas C nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 2000 01 Ramunas Siskauskas SG SF nbsp Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 2001 02 Arvydas Macijauskas SG nbsp Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 2002 03 Arvydas Macijauskas 2 SG nbsp Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 2003 04 Tanoka Beard PF C nbsp United States Zalgiris Kaunas 2004 05 Mindaugas Timinskas SF PF nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 2005 06 Andrius Slezas SF PF nbsp Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 2006 07 Tanoka Beard 2 PF C nbsp United States Zalgiris Kaunas 2007 08 Marcus Brown SG nbsp United States Zalgiris Kaunas 2008 09 Chuck Eidson SG SF nbsp United States Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 2009 10 Martynas Gecevicius SG nbsp Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 2010 11 Paulius Jankunas PF C nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 2011 12 Tomas Delininkaitis SG nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 2012 13 Mindaugas Kuzminskas SF nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 2013 14 Paulius Jankunas 2 PF C nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 2014 15 Arturas Milaknis SG SF nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 2015 16 Jerome Randle PG nbsp Ukraine Zalgiris Kaunas 1 2016 17 Edgaras Ulanovas SF nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 2 2017 18 Brandon Davies PF nbsp United States Zalgiris Kaunas 3 2018 19 Edgaras Ulanovas 2 SF nbsp Lithuania Zalgiris Kaunas 4 2019 20 Finals not held 2020 21 Thomas Walkup PG nbsp United States Zalgiris Kaunas 5 2021 22 Arnas Butkevicius SF PF nbsp Lithuania Rytas Vilnius 6 2022 23 Isaiah Taylor PG nbsp United States Zalgiris Kaunas 7 Multi time winners edit Player Team s No Years nbsp Gintaras Einikis Zalgiris Kaunas 2 1994 1995 nbsp Arvydas Macijauskas Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 2 2002 2003 nbsp Tanoka Beard Zalgiris Kaunas 2 2004 2007 nbsp Paulius Jankunas Zalgiris Kaunas 2 2011 2014 nbsp Edgaras Ulanovas Zalgiris Kaunas 2 2017 2019 By player nationality edit Number Country 18 nbsp Lithuania 7 nbsp United States 1 nbsp Ukraine By club edit Number Team 24 Zalgiris Kaunas 6 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Rytas VilniusSee also editLKL LKL MVP LKL Finals LKL Finals MVP King Mindaugas Cup King Mindaugas Cup MVP LKF Cup List of Lithuanian basketball league champions Basketball in LithuaniaReferences edit Congratulations Jerome Randle on being named LKL finalo MVP tapo Edgaras Ulanovas 24sek lt Retrieved 10 June 2017 Sezono uzdarymo svente LKL titulai byrejo zalgirieciams 15min lt 24sek Retrieved 20 June 2018 LKL sezono uzdaryme S Jasikeviciaus E Ulanovo ir Zalgirio triumfas 15min lt 24sek Retrieved 4 June 2019 Th Walkupas apie MVP apdovanojima ateities klausima ir amzinus draugus Kaune 15min lt 24sek Retrieved 9 June 2021 Isdalinti Betsafe LKL apdovanojimai finalo serijos MVP tapo A Butkevicius metu treneris G Zibenas lkl lt Retrieved 15 June 2022 Isdalinti jubiliejinio Betsafe LKL sezono apdovanojimai finalo serijos MVP tapo I Tayloras metu treneris V Seskus lkl lt in Lithuanian Retrieved 11 June 2023 External links editOfficial LKL website Official LKL YouTube com channel Lithuanian league at Eurobasket com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title LKL Finals amp oldid 1178667676 LKL Finals Most Valuable Player, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
