King Mindaugas Cup MVP

The Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė MVP (transl. King Mindaugas MVP) is an award that is annually handed out to the most valuable player, in a given tournament, of the Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė professional basketball Lithuanian national domestic cup competition. The award was introduced when the competition was first held, in 2016. Antanas Kavaliauskas was the inaugural winner of the award. Since 2016, only two players have won the award more than once: Edgaras Ulanovas (4-time winner) and Joffrey Lauvergne (2-time winner). The current holder of the award is Laurynas Birutis

Winners

Antanas Kavaliauskas won the inaugural award, in 2016.

Edgaras Ulanovas was the second winner of the award.

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player, and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one).
Nationality	Nationality. as registered by FIBA, player may hold more nationalities.
†	Indicates multiple award winners in the same season.

Year	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	Ref.
2016	Antanas Kavaliauskas	PF/C	Lithuania	Lietuvos rytas	[1]
2017	Edgaras Ulanovas	PF	Lithuania	Žalgiris	[2]
2018	Edgaras Ulanovas (2×)	PF	Lithuania	Žalgiris	[3]
2019	Artsiom Parakhouski	C	Belarus	Rytas	[4]
2020	Edgaras Ulanovas (3×)	PF	Lithuania	Žalgiris	[5]
2021	Joffrey Lauvergne	C	France	Žalgiris	[6]
2022	Joffrey Lauvergne (2×)	C	France	Žalgiris	[7]
2023	Edgaras Ulanovas (4×)	PF	Lithuania	Žalgiris	[8]
2024	Laurynas Birutis	C	Lithuania	Žalgiris	[9]

Awards won by nationality

Country	Total
Lithuania	6
France	2
Belarus	1

Awards won by club

Country	Total
Žalgiris	7
Lietuvos rytas / Rytas	2

See also

• LKL
• LKL MVP
• LKL Finals
• LKL Finals MVP
• King Mindaugas Cup
• LKF Cup

References

1. Kirvelaitis, Erikas (21 February 2016). ""Lietuvos rytas" iškovojo "KIDY tour – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurę" ir nutraukė titulų badą" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Basketball League. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
2. "Kitais metais Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės turnyras vyks Kaune". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
3. Vanagas, Tomas. "Edgaras Ulanovas: apie MVP prizo dalybas ir pamokėlę Echodui". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
4. "Netaiklus Westermanno metimas padovanojo „Rytui" Karaliaus Mindaugo taurę". DELFI.lt. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
5. Butkauskas, Laurynas. "MVP trofėjus kolekcionuojantis Ulanovas: mums reikia tų gerų emocijų". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 February 2020.
6. "Citadele KMT finalo ketverto MVP – J. Lauvergne'as". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
7. "Rekordiniu skirtumu finalą laimėjęs "Žalgiris" pirmą kartą tapo Citadele KMT čempionu Vilniuje" (in Lithuanian). lkl.lt. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
8. "Auksinis Ulanovas pripažintas KMT finalinio ketverto MVP" (in Lithuanian). Basketnews. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
9. ""Žalgiris" penktus metus iš eilės triumfavo Citadele KMT, MVP – L. Birutis" (in Lithuanian). lkl.lt. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

External links

• Official LKL website
• Official LKL YouTube.com channel
• Lithuanian league at Eurobasket.com