National Basketball League (Lithuania)

The National Basketball League (NKL) (Lithuanian: Nacionalinė krepšinio lyga), also known as 7bet-NKL for sponsorship reasons, is the second-tier basketball minor league in Lithuania. It is placed below the top division Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The competition currently consists of 14 teams. The champions of the league have the option to promote to the LKL. However, this rarely happens, as most clubs do not meet the requirements for budget and seating capacity.

For other organizations with a similar name, see National Basketball League (disambiguation) and NBL (disambiguation).

National Basketball League
Founded2005 (2005)
First season2005–06
CountryLithuania
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toLKL
Relegation toRKL
Current championsŽalgiris-2 Kaunas
(2nd title)
Websitenklyga.lt

History

The league was established in 2005, when the second division LKAL (Lietuvos Krepšinio A Lyga, Lithuanian Basketball A League) was abolished and split into two divisions, the NKL, which is its direct successor, and the newly founded third division RKL.

Current teams
2023–24 NKL clubs' locations.
TeamArenaCapacityCityFounded
BC AtletasGarliava Arena1,300Garliava1962
BC DelikatesasSaulės elementary school sport hall300Joniškis1994
BC KretingaPlayed away matches–Kretinga1999
BC KuršiaiPalanga Arena1,200Palanga2018
BC MažeikiaiMažeikiai Venta school sport hall840[1]Mažeikiai2005
BC Neptūnas-AkvaservisKlaipėda KKRC400Klaipėda1987
BC PerlasVilkaviškis Sport Center800Vilkaviškis2017
BC Perlas EnergijaNBA Basketball School Arena1,490Vilnius2003
BC StekasNBA Basketball School Arena1,490Vilnius2010
BC Sūduva-MantingaMarijampolė SC sport hall800[1]Marijampolė2006
BC ŠilutėŠilutės Vydūno gymnasium650Šilutė1990
BC TelšiaiTelšiai Sport Arena1,000[1]Telšiai2012
BC Vytis-VDUŠakiai JKSC sport hall800Šakiai2005
Valdas Adamkus Center288Akademija
BC Žalgiris-2Žalgiris training center500Kaunas1999

League champions
Season Champion Runner-up Third Place
2005–06Akademija-MRU Vilnius[2]Nafta-Uni-Laivitė KlaipėdaPuntukas-Jarimpeksas Anykščiai[3]
2006–07Nafta-Uni-Laivitė Klaipėda[4]Dextera JonavaMeresta Pakruojis[5]
2007–08Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school Kaunas[6]Naglis-Adarkis PalangaDextera Jonava[7]
2008–09Rūdupis Prienai[8]Meresta PakruojisMažeikiai[9]
2009–10Naglis-Adarkis Palanga[10]Malsta JonavaMažeikiai[11]
2010–11Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys[12]MažeikiaiNafta-Universitetas Klaipėda[13]
2011–12LKKA-Atletas Kaunas"[14]Statyba VilniusŽalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school Kaunas[15]
2012–13Mažeikiai[16]Dzūkija AlytusŽalgiris-2 Kaunas
2013–14Mažeikiai[17]TrakaiTiumenas-Ežerūnas Molėtai
2014–15Nafta-Uni-Akvaservis Klaipėda[18]Ežerūnas-Karys MolėtaiSūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[19]
2015–16Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[20]Žalgiris-2 KaunasPalanga[21]
2016–17Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[22]Nafta-Uni-Akvaservis KlaipėdaVytis Šakiai[23]
2017–18Neptūnas-Akvaservis Klaipėda[24]Žalgiris-2 KaunasVytis Šakiai[25]
2018–19Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[26]Vytis ŠakiaiBC Telšiai[27]
2019–20Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[28]BC TelšiaiBC Šilutė
2020–21Cbet Jonava[29]BC TelšiaiVytis Šakiai[30]
2021–22Gargždai[31]Sūduva-Mantinga MarijampolėBC Telšiai[32]
2022–23Žalgiris-2 Kaunas[33]M Basket MažeikiaiBC Telšiai[34]

Titles by club
Rank Club Titles Runner-up Champion years Level
1BC Sūduva-Mantinga412015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–202.
NKL
2BC Neptūnas-Akvaservis322006–07, 2014–15, 2017–182.
NKL
3BC Mažeikiai M Basket222012–13, 2013–141.
LKL
–BC Žalgiris-2222007–08, 2022-232.
NKL
5BC Lietkabelis-2112009–10†
–BC Jonava112020–211.
LKL
7Š.Marčiulionio KA-Twomenas102005–06†
–Labas Gas Prienai102008–09†
–BC Pieno žvaigždės102010–111.
LKL
–BC Atletas102011–122.
NKL
–Gargždai102021–221.
LKL

† Marks defunct former winners of the competition.

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