2019–20 LKL season

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

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.^[1]

Season2019–20

Teams10

Basketball Champions LeagueRytas

ChampionsŽalgiris
22nd title

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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
Rytas	Vilnius	Siemens Arena	10,000
Šiauliai	Šiauliai	Šiauliai Arena	5,700
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgiris Arena	15,708

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^[a]	24	6	18	1626	1862	−236

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	—

Month	Player	Team	PIR	Source
2019
September	Evaldas Kairys	Rytas	20	^[6]
October	Rokas Gustys	Šiauliai	23	^[7]
November	Martinas Geben	Žalgiris	18	^[8]
December	Chauncey Collins	Sintek–Dzūkija	26.5	^[9]
2020
January	Željko Šakić	Lietkabelis	23.4	^[10]
February	Laurynas Birutis	CBet Prienai	31	^[11]
March	Not given because season was canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
April

Award	Player	Team	Source
Gentleman of the year	Arnas Butkevičius	Prienai	^[12]
The best defensive player	Thomas Walkup	Žalgiris
The best young player	Rokas Jokubaitis	Prienai

2019–20 LKL season

Coronavirus pandemic

Competition format

Teams

Location and arenas

Regular season

League table

Results

Awards

Player of the month

Other awards

Best coach of the season

All-LKL Team

Lithuanian clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Pos.	Player	Team	Source
PG	Thomas Walkup	Žalgiris	^[14]
SG	Arnas Velička	Prienai
SF	Arnas Butkevičius	Rytas
PF	Zach LeDay	Žalgiris
C	Laurynas Birutis	Prienai

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