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Revision as of 23:57, 11 January 2013
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1936 |
| CEO | Arvydas Sabonis |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Official website | musukrepsinis.lt |
Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija), also known as LKF, is a national governing body of basketball in Lithuania. It was founded in 1936, but due to Soviet occupation, the federation disappeared from FIBA. It was reinstated in 1991 following the Independence of Lithuania. In 2011, the famous basketball player Arvydas Sabonis was elected as the commissioner of the federation.
Accomplishments
- World Championship
- 2010: 3rd place
Leagues
- LKL: premier men's basketball league (founded in 1993)
- NKL: secondary men's basketball league (founded in 2005)
- LKAL: secondary men's basketball league (founded in 1994, disbanded in 2005)
- LMKL: premier women's basketball league (founded in 1994)
- LSKL: student basketball league (founded in 1998)
- MKL: elementary student basketball league (founded in 2001)
- LKVL: veteran basketball league
Commissioners
- Algimantas Pavilionis – served from 1994 till 2003.
- Vladas Garastas – served from 2003 till 2011.
- Arvydas Sabonis – serving since 2011.
External links
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