Tourney Name: | Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė |
Year: | 2017 |
City: | Kaunas |
Country: | Lithuania |
Arena: | Žalgiris Arena |
Dates: | 14–19 February 2017 |
Champion: | Žalgiris (1st title) |
Second: | Lietkabelis |
Third: | Juventus |
Fourth: | Vytautas |
Mvp: | Edgaras Ulanovas |
Mvp Link: | Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė MVP |
Prevseason: | 2016 |
Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as KIDY Tour – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes,[1] was the second edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. On 18 February 2016 it was announced that Kaunas would host the tournament.[2]
Lietuvos rytas were the defending champion, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Juventus.[3]
Žalgiris won their first title, beating Lietkabelis 84–63 in the final.[4] Juventus won bronze medals, defeating Vytautas.[5] Žalgiris forward Edgaras Ulanovas was awarded as MVP of the tournament.[6]
Tournament format was slightly changed before 2017. Quarterfinals were separated from final matches and played in home team arenas. Due to these changes tournament length was extended from 3 to 6 days.[7]
Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2016–17 LKL regular season qualified to the tournament.[8]
The draw of the 2017 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė was held on 9 January 2017 at 14:00 EET in Town Hall of Kaunas.[9] The seeded teams were paired with the non-seeded teams for the quarterfinals. The location of these matches was determined by the luck of the draw.
Team ! | Height | Weight | First round | Second round | Final round | |||
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G/F | Arvydas Čepulis | Šiauliai | 1.96 | 87 | 20 | 18 | 22 | |
F | 2.06 | 100 | 21 | 16 (7) | 17 | |||
F | 1.97 | 93 | 17 (7) | 16 (2) | — | |||
G | 1.91 | 85 | 19 | 14 | — | |||
G | 1.95 | 80 | 17 (6) | — | — | |||
G/F | 2.00 | 92 | 16 | — | — | |||
G | 1.80 | 71 | 15 | — | — | |||
G | 1.88 | 85 | 12 | — | — | |||
G/F | 1.95 | 87 | 11 | — | — | |||
G | 1.91 | 78 | 11 | — | — | |||
F/C | 2.09 | 105 | 11 | — | — |
Deividas Gailius was selected as Margiris Normantas replacement.[10]
Tadas Rinkūnas was selected as Ben Magden replacement.
Team ! | Height | Weight | First round | Final round | |||
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– | Gediminas Žitlinskas | Street artist | 1.75 | 74 | 93 | 149 | |
G/F | 1.93 | 84 | 91 | 148 | |||
F/C | 2.06 | 102 | 83 | — | |||
F | 2.03 | 93 | 80 | — | |||
F | 2.02 | 91 | 55 | — | |||
F | 2.10 | 113 | — | — |
Rytis Pipiras was selected as Drew Gordon replacement.[11]
Isaiah Hartenstein was unable to participate due to an injury[12]