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| Founded | 2005; 19 years ago (2005) |
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| First season | 2005–06 |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Confederation | FIBA Europe |
| Number of teams | 32 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Promotion to | NKL |
| Relegation to | RKL B Division |
| Website | rkl.lt |
RKL (Lithuanian: Regionų krepšino lyga, English: Regional Basketball League) is a third Lithuania basketball league. Regional Basketball League started their activity in 2005. RKL consists of 32 basketball teams from 28 Lithuania cities. Regions divided to four groups: Aukštaitija, Žemaitija, Suvalkija and center of Lithuania. Each group has eight basketball teams. In the 2006-2007 RKL season, there was some differences as the regions was divided to two groups: East and West of Lithuania and the number of participants was 28 (14 teams for each group). There is B Division of RKL, which is the 4th tier basketball league of Lithuania.
League champions
- 2005–2006 season (debut): BC Mažeikiai
- 2006–2007 season: BC Juventus
- 2007–2008 season: Šiaulių ABRO-Saulė
- 2008–2009 season: BC Radviliškis
- 2009–2010 season: BC Ežerūnas-Karys
- 2010–2011 season: BC Ežerūnas-Karys
- 2011–2012 season: BC Olimpas Plungė
- 2012–2013 season: BC Trakai
- 2013–2014 season: BC Rasai
- 2014–2015 season: BC Telšiai
- 2015–2016 season: KTU
- 2016–2017 season: BC Tauragė
- 2017–2018 season: BC Gargždai-SC
- 2018–2019 season: BC Lūšis
- 2019–2020 season: KK Perlas Vilkaviškis
- 2020–2021 season: BC Kretinga
- 2021–2022 season: BC Rivile
- 2022–2023 season: BC Jurbarkas-Karys
- 2023–2024 season: KK Olimpas
References
- Indriliūnas, Vaidas (26 April 2019). "Sezono sensacija tapusi „Lūšis" pasidabino RKL A diviziono auksu!" (in Lithuanian). RKL. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
External links
- Official website of Natural Pharmaceuticals-RKL (Lithuanian)
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