Lithuania at EuroBasket 2009

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:

Lithuanian National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Mažutis, Andrius 7004103660000000000♠28 – (1981-04-21)21 April 1981 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) ASK Riga G 5 Kalnietis, Mantas 7003840200000000000♠23 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris SF 6 Mačiulis, Jonas 7003897500000000000♠24 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Armani Jeans Milano C 7 Lavrinovič, Darjuš 7004109030000000000♠29 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Real Madrid SG 8 Lukauskis, Mindaugas 7004110690000000000♠30 – (1979-05-19)19 May 1979 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ASVEL Basket SG 9 Delininkaitis, Tomas 7003995000000000000♠27 – (1982-06-11)11 June 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Free Agent SF 10 Jomantas, Artūras 7003889200000000000♠24 – (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Lietuvos Rytas F 11 Kleiza, Linas 7003901300000000000♠24 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympiacos BC F/C 12 Lavrinovič, Kšyštof 7004109030000000000♠29 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Montepaschi Siena G/F 13 Jasaitis, Simas 7004100270000000000♠27 – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Galatasaray Cafe Crown C 14 Petravičius, Marijonas 7004109110000000000♠29 – (1979-10-24)24 October 1979 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Armani Jeans Milano C 15 Javtokas, Robertas (C) 7004107630000000000♠29 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Khimki Moscow Region	Head coach Ramūnas Butautas Assistant coach(es) Rimas Kurtinaitis Robertas Kuncaitis Virginijus Mikalauskas 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 [2]	79–82	Lithuania[3]
Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 26-20, 16-23, 22-25

Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania

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

Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania

August 14 19:45

Latvia	81–79	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25-23, 20-17, 19-17, 15-25

Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia

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

Cido Arena, Panevėžys, Lithuania

September 3 20:30

Lithuania	94–72	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 23-22, 26-19, 22-13

Siemens Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania

Eurobasket 2009

Note: All times are local

Preliminary round

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September 7 21:15

Turkey	84–76	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 20–17, 24–19, 21–18

Centennial Hall, Wrocław

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September 8 18:15

Lithuania	75–86	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 23-25, 9-17, 18-18, 25-26

Centennial Hall, Wrocław

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September 9 21:15

Lithuania	84–69	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 25-22, 16-19, 16-15, 27-13

Centennial Hall, Wrocław

Qualifying round

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September 12 21:00

Lithuania	58–81	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 8–15, 13–19, 19–19

Atlas Arena, Łódź

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September 14 15:45

Spain	84–70	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15-24, 25-8, 24-11, 20-27

Atlas Arena, Łódź

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September 16 15:45

Lithuania	79–89	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 18–18, 24–22, 18–26

Atlas Arena, Łódź

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