2019–20 LKL season

The 2019–20 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). On 13 March 2020, season was ended prematurely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Betsafe-LKL
Season	2019–20
Teams	10
Finals
Champions	Žalgiris 22nd title
Runners-up	Rytas
Third place	Lietkabelis
Fourth place	Neptūnas
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Coronavirus pandemic

On 13 March 2020, the board of the LKL decided to end the season because of the coronavirus pandemic. Along with this decision, they crowned regular season champions Žalgiris as the new Lithuanian champions.

Competition format

During the regular season, all teams play 32 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 32 game schedule, qualified for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that was played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were played in best-of-three format.

The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, as also games for third place were played in a best-of-five format.

Teams

Location and arenas

Dzūkija

Juventus

Lietkabelis

Neptūnas

Nevėžis

Pieno žvaigždės

Prienai

Rytas

Šiauliai

Žalgiris

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Location of teams in 2019–20 LKL

At first, nine teams were able to participate because Nevėžis did not provide the required documentation up to 15 August. However, board of the LKL approved participation of that team.

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Cbet Prienai	Prienai	Prienai Arena	1,500
Sintek–Dzūkija	Alytus	Alytus Arena	5,500
Juventus	Utena	Utena Arena	2,000
Lietkabelis	Panevėžys	Cido Arena	5,950
Neptūnas	Klaipėda	Švyturys Arena	6,200
Nevėžis	Kėdainiai	Kėdainiai Arena	2,200
Pieno žvaigždės	Pasvalys	Pieno žvaigždės Arena	1,500
Rytas	Vilnius	Lietuvos rytas Arena	2,500
		Siemens Arena	10,000
Šiauliai	Šiauliai	Šiauliai Arena	5,700
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgiris Arena	15,708

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris (C)	24	22	2	2135	1680	+455	Already qualified for EuroLeague
2	Rytas	24	17	7	2033	1812	+221	Qualification for Champions League
3	Lietkabelis	24	16	8	1880	1740	+140	Qualification for EuroCup
4	Neptūnas	24	14	10	2009	1933	+76	Qualification for Champions League qualifying rounds
5	Juventus	24	13	11	1847	1877	−30
6	Cbet Prienai	24	11	13	1769	1906	−137
7	Pieno žvaigždės	24	8	16	1861	1993	−132
8	Šiauliai	24	7	17	1892	2045	−153
9	Sintek–Dzūkija	24	6	18	1785	1989	−204
10	Nevėžis	24	6	18	1626	1862	−236

Source: LKL
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	CBE	DZU	JUV	LTK	NEP	NEV	PIE	RYT	SIA	ZAL	CBE	DZU	JUV	LTK	NEP	NEV	PIE	RYT	SIA	ZAL
Cbet Prienai	—	88–72	74–80	80–74	59–101	79–77	81–79	78–87	85–76	64–105	—	94–70			85–95		67–65			79–94
Sintek–Dzūkija	61–68	—	84–77	54–63	80–77	68–62	74–75	54–92	87–61	65–91		—		65–73		86–87
Juventus	65–76	88–75	—	77–83	80–76	92–84	112–108	83–81	77–72	77–101		84–71	—	89–77				66–70		82–91
Lietkabelis	74–61	91–73	84–62	—	102–64	75–51	75–62	83–74	88–70	83–72	76–62			—		85–69	67–81
Neptūnas	86–73	74–67	80–67	78–74	—	88–78	93–70	91–84	90–94	73–80		78–73	115–89	78–84	—				90–70
Nevėžis	73–70	70–74	78–80	91–68	75–68	—	88–87	68–65	85–98	57–83			77–82			—				63–92
Pieno žvaigždės	63–71	79–75	72–84	78–75	77–86	87–66	—	72–93	88–84	64–108		96–74					—		80–73	74–77
Rytas	88–64	98–85	86–65	82–77	85–75	90–71	95–84	—	93–70	70–88					92–69	96–75	97–89	—	96–75
Šiauliai	84–69	71–73	60–86	71–80	95–102	96–81	81–86	81–86	—	63–94	74–87					91–75			—
Žalgiris	87–55	102–50	86–80	96–69	100–82	89–84	81–47	78–72	86–80	—								71–61	83–86	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: LKL.LT
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Source
Gentleman of the year	Arnas Butkevičius	Prienai
The best defensive player	Thomas Walkup	Žalgiris
The best young player	Rokas Jokubaitis	Prienai

Best coach of the season

Coach	Team	Source
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Zalgiris

All-LKL Team

Pos.	Player	Team	Source
PG	Thomas Walkup	Žalgiris
SG	Arnas Velička	Prienai
SF	Arnas Butkevičius	Rytas
PF	Zach LeDay	Žalgiris
C	Laurynas Birutis	Prienai

Lithuanian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Žalgiris	EuroLeague	Regular season
Rytas	EuroCup	Top 16
Neptūnas	Champions League	Regular season
Lietkabelis		Round of 16

External links

• LKL website