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National Basketball League (Lithuania)

The National Basketball League (NKL) (), also known as 7bet-NKL for sponsorship reasons, 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 15 teams. The champions of the league have the option to promote to the LKL. However, this rarely happens, as most clubs do not meet the budgetary and arena infrastructure related requirements.

History

The league was established in 2005, when the second division LKAL (Lietuvos Krepšinio A Lyga, Lithuanian Basketball A League) was abolished and split into two divisions, the NKL, which is its direct successor, and the newly founded third division RKL.

Current teams and venues

NKL necessitates an arena with a seating capacity of 500 in order to enter in the competition.

League champions

Titles by club

Marks defunct or inactive former winners of the competition.

References

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