National Basketball League (Lithuania)


The National Basketball League , 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. 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 requirements for budget and seating capacity.
WWW nklyga.lt

History

The league was established in 2005, when the second division LKAL 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.
TeamArenaCapacityCityFounded
BC AlytusAlytus Arena5500Alytus2024
BC Jurbarkas-KarysAntanas Giedraitis-Giedrius Gymnasium Sports Hall500Jurbarkas2016
BC OmegaGarliava Arena1300Garliava2009
BC Žalgiris-2Žalgiris Training Center500Kaunas1999
Kėdainiai Sport CenterKėdainiai2015
BC Neptūnas-AkvaservisKlaipėda KKRC400Klaipėda1987
BC KretingaKretinga Arena822Kretinga1999
BC Sūduva-MantingaMarijampolė SC Sports Hall800Marijampolė2006
BC MažeikiaiMažeikiai Venta Progymnasium Sports Hall500Mažeikiai2005
BC Olimpas PalangaPalanga Arena1180Palanga2018
BC Olimpas PlungėŽemaitijos Suvenyras Sports HallUDCPlungė1989
BC Vytis-VDUŠakiai Sports Center800Šakiai2005
BC ŠilutėŠilutės Vydūno Gymnasium650Šilutė1990
BC TelšiaiTelšiai Sport Arena1000Telšiai2012
BC StekasUkmergė TVM Sports HallUDCUkmergė2010
BC PerlasVilkaviškis Sport Center800Vilkaviškis2017
BC Rytas-2NBA Basketball School Arena1490Vilnius2003

Titles by club

Marks defunct or inactive former winners of the competition.