Lithuania national basketball team at Eurobasket 2009

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Eurobasket 2009 tournament roster

The upcoming tournament in which Lithuania will compete in will be the Eurobasket 2009 in Poland. The roster of the team is given below:

Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat.
G 4 Mažutis, Andrius &1000000000000002800000028 - April 21, 1981(1981-04-21) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) ASK Riga
G 5 Kalnietis, Mantas &1000000000000002300000023 - September 6, 1986(1986-09-06) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Žalgiris Kaunas
SF 6 Mačiulis, Jonas &1000000000000002400000024 - February 10, 1985(1985-02-10) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Armani Jeans Milano
C 7 Lavrinovič, Darjuš &1000000000000002900000029 - November 1, 1979(1979-11-01) 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Real Madrid
SG 8 Lukauskis, Mindaugas &1000000000000003000000030 - May 19, 1979(1979-05-19) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ASVEL Basket
SG 9 Delininkaitis, Tomas &1000000000000002700000027 - June 11, 1982(1982-06-11) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Free Agent
SF 10 Jomantas, Artūras &1000000000000002400000024 - May 4, 1985(1985-05-04) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Lietuvos Rytas
F 11 Kleiza, Linas &1000000000000002400000024 - January 3, 1985(1985-01-03) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympiacos BC
F/C 12 Lavrinovič, Kšyštof &1000000000000002900000029 - November 1, 1979(1979-11-01) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Montepaschi Siena
G/F 13 Jasaitis, Simas &1000000000000002700000027 - March 26, 1982(1982-03-26) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Galatasaray Cafe Crown
C 14 Petravičius, Marijonas &1000000000000002900000029 - October 24, 1979(1979-10-24) 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Armani Jeans Milano
C 15 Javtokas, Robertas (C) &1000000000000002900000029 - March 20, 1980(1980-03-20) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Khimki Moscow Region
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club
  • Age field is age on September 7, 2009

Candidates that did not make for the final team:

# Position Player Year of birth Last season's club before the tournament Notes
  Forward Paulius Jankūnas 1984 Žalgiris Kaunas Released from the team after first game in Acropolis Tournament. Announced 2009-08-25
  Forward Mindaugas Katelynas 1983 Armani Jeans Milano Released from the team after training camp. Announced 2009-08-09
  Guard Renaldas Seibutis 1985 CB Bilbao Berri Released from the team after training camp. Announced 2009-08-09
  Guard Giedrius Gustas 1980 Kavala BC Released from the team after training camp. Announced 2009-08-09
Other candidates that didn't make to the training camp
  Forward Darius Songaila 1978 NBA Washington Wizards Retired from national team
  Forward Ramūnas Šiškauskas 1978 CSKA Moscow Retired from national team after 2008 Summer Olympics
  Guard Šarūnas Jasikevičius 1976 Panathinaikos Couldn't play because of several micro-injuries
  Center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas 1975 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Cavaliers declined to give their permission to play for the team, as well as in 2008 Summer Olympics
  Guard Arvydas Macijauskas 1980 Olympiacos Decided not to play because of trial vs. Olympiacos[1]
  Guard Rimantas Kaukėnas 1977 Montepaschi Siena Decided not to play because family circumstances

Preparation matches

Note: All times are local

July 7 Lithuania [3] 79–82  Lithuania[2]    Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 26-20, 16-23, 22-25
July 11 China  76–76  Lithuania[3]    Beijing, China
Scoring by quarter: 28-23, 14-13, 18-21, 16-19
July 12 Beijing Ducks 72–106  Lithuania[3]    Beijing, China
Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 17-29, 14-26, 26-23
July 15 China  77–82  Lithuania[3] OT  Xiamen, China
Scoring by quarter: 19-10, 21-15, 19-21, 11-24, OT: 7-12
July 17 China  62–67  Lithuania[3]    Jiyuan, China
Scoring by quarter: 15-18, 11-24, 20-12, 24-13
July 19 China  85–76  Lithuania[3]    Jincheng, China
Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 12-26, 25-19, 19-22
August 12
20:15		 Lithuania  77–75  Latvia OT  Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 21-17, 10-13, 18-21, OT: 11-9
August 14
19:45		 Latvia  81–79  Lithuania    Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 25-23, 20-17, 19-17, 15-25
August 19
18:15		 Lithuania  81–75  Slovenia    Sevilla, Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22-17, 21-18, 24-23, 14-17
August 20
18:15		 Lithuania  97–62  Great Britain    Sevilla, Spain
Scoring by quarter: 28-10, 18-24, 23-15, 28-13
August 21
20:25		 Spain  100–74  Lithuania    Sevilla, Spain
Scoring by quarter: 24-17, 32-23, 29-15, 15-19
August 24
19:00		 Lithuania  78–61  Russia    Athenes, Greece
Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 13-16, 26-13, 16-14
August 25
19:00		 Lithuania  70–78  Serbia    Athenes, Greece
Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 18-19, 23-21, 16-19
August 26
21:45		 Greece  75–73  Lithuania    Athenes, Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14-15, 20-19, 16-25, 25-14
August 31
18:45		 Lithuania  66–61  Russia    Cido Arena, Panevėžys, Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16:18, 21:11, 15:23, 14:9
September 3
20:30		 Lithuania  94–72  Spain    Siemens Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 23-22, 26-19, 22-13

Eurobasket 2009

Note: All times are local

Preliminary round

September 7
21:15		 Turkey  84–76  Lithuania    Centennial Hall, Wrocław
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 20–17, 24–19, 21–18
September 8
18:15		 Lithuania  75–86  Poland    Centennial Hall, Wrocław
Scoring by quarter: 23-25, 9-17, 18-18, 25-26
September 9
21:15		 Lithuania  84–69  Bulgaria    Centennial Hall, Wrocław
Scoring by quarter: 25-22, 16-19, 16-15, 27-13

Qualifying round

September 12
21:00		 Lithuania  58–81  Slovenia    Atlas Arena, Łódź
Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 8–15, 13–19, 19–19
September 14
15:45		 Spain  84–70  Lithuania    Atlas Arena, Łódź
Scoring by quarter: 15-24, 25-8, 24-11, 20-27
September 16
15:45		 Lithuania  79–89  Serbia    Atlas Arena, Łódź
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 18–18, 24–22, 18–26

References

  1. ^ Trial Macijauskas vs. Olympiacos postponed
  2. ^ Lithuania U20 Team
  3. ^ a b c d e f Lithuania reserve Team