RKL ''(

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n: Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga,

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: Regional Basketball League)'' is a third

basketball league. Regional Basketball League started their activity in 2005. RKL consists of 32 basketball teams from 28

cities. Regions divided to four groups:

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Žemaitija Samogitia or Žemaitija ( Samogitian: ''Žemaitėjė''; see below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five cultural regions of Lithuania and formerly one of the two core administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuani ...

Suvalkija Suvalkija or Sudovia ( lt, Suvalkija or ''Sūduva'') is the smallest of the five cultural regions of Lithuania. Its unofficial capital is Marijampolė. People from Suvalkija (Suvalkijans, Suvalkians) are called (plural) or (singular) in Lithu ...

and center of

. 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

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 BC Gargždai is a professional basketball club based in Gargždai, Lithuania. Club have won 2021-22 National Basketball League. Starting from 2022-23 season club will debut in Lithuanian Basketball League. Home matches will be played in Palang ...

* 2018–2019 season: BC Lūšis * 2019–2020 season: KK Perlas Vilkaviškis * 2020–2021 season: BC Kretinga

References

External links

Official website of Natural Pharmaceuticals-RKL
''(Lithuanian)'' 2005 establishments in Lithuania Basketball leagues in Lithuania Sports leagues established in 2005 Lithe Professional sports leagues in Lithuania {{basketball-competition-stub