The 2025–26 King Mindaugas Cup, also known as the Citadele Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the eleventh edition of the King Mindaugas Cup. The final four was hosted by Šiauliai Arena in Šiauliai on 21–22 February 2026.
Žalgiris successfully defended the title for the 6th time in a row after defeating Rytas in the final; 101–85.
Format All 9 teams from 2025–26 LKL season will participate in this tournament. Four teams that participates in Euroleague Basketball and FIBA tournaments, have received bye's to the quarterfinals stage, while the remaining teams will participate in the round-robin stage, with the Top 4 teams advancing to the quarterfinals.
For a place in the King Mindaugas Cup final four, clubs will play two matches each. The first matches will be played at the home arena of the club that finished lower in the previous 2024–25 LKL season. Second matches will be played at home arena of the club that finished higher in the previous LKL season.
Group stage
Quarterfinals Four teams Žalgiris, Rytas, Lietkabelis and Neptūnas have received byes to the Quarterfinals stage due to participating in FIBA and Euroleague Basketball competitions. Mentioned teams make up the first quarterfinals basket according to their position in 2024–25 LKL season. The second quarterfinals basket will consist of the four best teams from the group stage.
The teams in the first basket will be paired with the teams in the second basket in the following order: Žalgiris will play the team that finished fourth in the group stage. Rytas will play the team that finished third in the group stage. Lietkabelis will play the team that finished second in the group stage. Neptūnas will play the team that finished first in the group stage.
+ Seed 1 Team Žalgiris 1 Rytas 2 Lietkabelis 3 Neptūnas 8
+ Seed 2 Team Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas1 Juventus 2 Šiauliai 3 Jonava Hipocredit 4
The club with better overall cumulative score after two quarterfinals matches will advance to the King Mindaugas Cup final four. On 11 December 2025, the schedule of quarterfinals has been announced.
Žalgiris vs. Jonava Hipocredit
Rytas vs. Šiauliai
Lietkabelis vs. Juventus
Neptūnas vs. Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas
Final four
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
2025–26 King Mindaugas Cup champions Žalgiris(9th title)
King Mindaugas Cup MVP Moses Wright
Three-Point contest
+Contestants Pos. Player Team Height (m) Weight (kg) First round Semifinal Final G Olin Carter III Jonava Hipocredit 1.90 86 18 – – SG Trenton McLaughlin Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas 1.98 91 13 – – G/F Nojus Mineikis Gargždai 2.01 90 22 22 21 SG Evaldas Šaulys Juventus 1.91 87 12 – – F/C Dovydas Romančenko Šiauliai 2.06 100 20 15 – G Nojus Kulieša Lietkabelis 1.93 88 9 – – F Vitalijus Kozys Neptūnas 2.01 97 19 (5) (7) 22 16 SG Gantas Križanauskas Rytas 1.94 91 19 (5) (6) – – SG Mantas Rubštavičius Žalgiris 1.98 84 18 – – G Zigmas Petraitis Tornado KM 1.86 73 17 – – G Jordan Walker Rytas 1.80 77 22 16 –
Trenton McLaughlin replaces Nedas Montvila due to injury. Gantas Križanauskas from Rytas replaces Simonas Lukošius and Vitalijus Kozys from Neptūnas replaces Harrison Cleary due to injuries. The numbers in parentheses indicate the additional series that was needed after the participants scored the same number of points.
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