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Lithuania at EuroBasket 2009

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Eurobasket 2009 tournament roster edit

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

Lithuanian National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 4 Andrius Mažutis 28 – (1981-04-21)21 April 1981 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) ASK Riga  
G 5 Mantas Kalnietis 23 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris  
SF 6 Jonas Mačiulis 24 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Armani Jeans Milano  
C 7 Darjuš Lavrinovič 29 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Real Madrid  
SG 8 Mindaugas Lukauskis 30 – (1979-05-19)19 May 1979 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ASVEL Basket  
SG 9 Tomas Delininkaitis 27 – (1982-06-11)11 June 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Free Agent
SF 10 Artūras Jomantas 24 – (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Lietuvos Rytas  
F 11 Linas Kleiza 24 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympiacos BC  
F/C 12 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 29 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Montepaschi Siena  
G/F 13 Simas Jasaitis 27 – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Galatasaray Cafe Crown  
C 14 Marijonas Petravičius 29 – (1979-10-24)24 October 1979 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Armani Jeans Milano  
C 15 Robertas Javtokas (C) 29 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 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 edit

Note: All times are local

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

Eurobasket 2009 edit

Note: All times are local

Preliminary round edit

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

Qualifying round edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Trial Macijauskas vs. Olympiacos postponed Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d e f Lithuania reserve Team
  3. ^ Lithuania U20 Team
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