National Basketball League (Lithuania)

The National Basketball League (NKL) (Lithuanian: Nacionalinė krepšinio lyga) 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, this rarely happens however.

National basketball League
Founded2005 (2005)
First season2005–06
Country Lithuania
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toLKL
Relegation toRKL
Websitenklyga.lt

Current teams
2019/20 NKL club locations
TeamArenaCapacityCityFounded
BC DelikatesasSaulės elementary school sport hall200Joniškis1994
BC EreliaiMažeikiai Venta school sport hall800Mažeikiai2005
BC EžerūnasMolėtai arena500Molėtai2009
BC Gargždai-SCVPK Sport hall200Gargždai2014
BC KuršiaiPalanga arena1000Palanga2018
BC LūšisL.Ivinskio gymnasium hall100Rietavas2008
BC Neptūnas-AkvaservisKlaipėda KKRC400Klaipėda1987
BC PerlasLietuvos rytas Arena2500Vilnius2003
BC JonavaJonava Arena2200Jonava1999
BC Sūduva-MantingaMarijampolė ŽSM sport hall600Marijampolė2006
BC ŠilutėŠilutės Vydūno gymnasium500Šilutė 1990
BC TauragėSport Center "Bastilija"400Tauragė2010
BC TelšiaiTelšiai Sport Arena750Telšiai2012
BC VytisŠakiai JKSC sport hall800Šakiai2005
BC Žalgiris-2Žalgiris training facility500Kaunas1999

League champions
Season Champion Runner-up Third Place
2005–06Akademija-MRU Vilnius[1]Nafta-Uni-Laivitė KlaipėdaPuntukas-Jarimpeksas Anykščiai[2]
2006–07Nafta-Uni-Laivitė Klaipėda[3]Dextera JonavaMeresta Pakruojis[4]
2007–08Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school Kaunas[5]Naglis-Adarkis PalangaDextera Jonava[6]
2008–09Rūdupis Prienai[7]Meresta PakruojisMažeikiai[8]
2009–10Naglis-Adarkis Palanga[9]Malsta JonavaMažeikiai[10]
2010–11Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys[11]MažeikiaiNafta-Universitetas Klaipėda[12]
2011–12LKKA-Atletas Kaunas"[13]Statyba VilniusŽalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school Kaunas[14]
2012–13 Mažeikiai“[15]Dzūkija AlytusŽalgiris-2 Kaunas
2013–14Mažeikiai[16]TrakaiTiumenas-Ežerūnas Molėtai
2014–15Nafta-Uni-Akvaservis Klaipėda[17]Ežerūnas-Karys MolėtaiSūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[18]
2015–16Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[19]Žalgiris-2 KaunasPalanga[20]
2016–17Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[21]Nafta-Uni-Akvaservis KlaipėdaVytis Šakiai[22]
2017–18Neptūnas-Akvaservis Klaipėda[23]Žalgiris-2 KaunasVytis Šakiai[24]
2018–19Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[25]Vytis ŠakiaiBC Telšiai[26]
2019–20Sūduva-Mantinga Marijampolė[27]BC TelšiaiBC Šilutė

References
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  2. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-5038-puntukas-jarimpeksas-laimejo-nkl-pirmenybiu-bronza.html (Lithuanian)
  3. http://www.krepsinis.net/news.php?news_id=70929 Archived 21 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Lithuanian)
  4. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-9410-meresta-iskovojo-nkl-bronza.html (Lithuanian)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Lithuanian)
  6. http://www.balsas.lt/naujiena/191037/nkl-bronza-jonavos-sk-dextera-krepsininkams (Lithuanian)
  7. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-21864-nkl-cempionais-tapo-rudupio-krepsininkai-foto.html (Lithuanian)
  8. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-21798-mazeikiai-triumfavo-mazajame-nkl-finale.html (Lithuanian)
  9. http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/sportas/krepsinis/nkl-cempione-tapo-palangos-naglis-adakris-23-95594 Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Lithuanian)
  10. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-29776-nkl-bronza-antrus-metus-is-eiles-iskeliavo-i-mazeikius.html (Lithuanian)
  11. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-38758-pieno-zvaigzdes-tapo-nkl-cempionais-video-foto-komentarai-statistika.html (Lithuanian)
  12. http://www.krepsinis.net/trecioji-vieta-nkl-cempionate-atiteko-klaipedos-klubui-170689.html (Lithuanian)
  13. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-49777-rezultatyviausiu-zaideju-duetas-atvede-lkka-atleta-i-nkl-virsune-komentarai-statistika.html (Lithuanian)
  14. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-49768-nkl-bronza-saboniukams-statistika.html (Lithuanian)
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  16. http://www.basketnews.lt/news-72525-stebukla-sukure-mazeikiai-apgyne-nkl-cempionu-titula-video-foto-komentarai-statistika.html#.VbdgCfmqqko
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  19. https://www.basketnews.lt/news-97333-marijampoles-triumfas-suduva-mantinga-nkl-nugaletojai.html#.Vx3gnzB97IU
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  22. https://www.basketnews.lt/news-108864-mazojo-nkl-finalo-dramoje-50-minuciu-kova-ir-vycio-triumfas.html
  23. https://www.atviraklaipeda.lt/2018/04/14/neptunas-akvaservis-cempionai/
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  27. https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/411008/Suduva-Mantinga-paskelbta-NKL-nugaletoja
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