VŠĮ Gargždų sportas was removed from the Lithuanian Basketball League association by consensus at the LKL general meeting of members. Also, their representative Ovidijus Jakubaitis was removed from the members of the LKL Board.
After “Gargždas” withdrew from the Betsafe-LKL championship due to bankruptcy in the middle of the season, the issue of relegation of the last-placed team in the 2023-2024 season to a lower league was not considered.
Let’s meet in 2024-2025. “Betsafe-LKL” championship participant licenses were granted to Kaunas “Žalgiris”, Panevėžys “7bet-Lietkabelios”, Vilnius “Wolves Twinsbet”, Utenas “Uniclub Casino – Juventus”, Jonavas “CBet”, Pasvalis “Pieno szvejdažių”, “Šiauliai” and Mažeikiai “M Basket Delamode” teams.
For three clubs: “Rytui” of Vilnius, “Neptūni” of Klaipėda, “Nevėžiu-Optibet” of Kėdainiai in 2024-2025. “Betsafe-LKL” championship participant licenses have not yet been granted, after identifying deficiencies in compliance with the licensing criteria of LKL clubs, without timely submission of audit conclusions to the LKL Licensing Commission. For these teams, the licensing deadline has been extended until May 10, for the submission of additional documents and the elimination of identified deficiencies.
Jurbarkos “Jurbarko-Karios” basketball club, 2023-2024 participated as guests in the LKL Board meeting. Povilas Valaitis, the team leader and head coach of the National Basketball League Championship winner, who presented the club’s sporting, administrative, financial and infrastructure opportunities to competitively participate in the “Betsafe-LKL” championship.
After hearing information about the club, the LKL Board decided to allow the Jurbarkas city team to participate in the licensing procedures of LKL clubs. Champions of the National Basketball League until May 10. The Lithuanian Basketball League must submit the necessary documents, according to which it would be possible to assess the club’s compliance with the LKL club licensing criteria and to consider the issue of the 2024-2025 season. “Betsafe-LKL” championship participant license granting.
