Lithuania at EuroBasket 2015

This page tracks the progress of the Lithuania men's national basketball team participating in EuroBasket 2015.

Main roster

On May 5, head coach Jonas Kazlauskas published the extended 25–player main roster.[1] The list did not included two long-time national team players: Simas Jasaitis and Kšyštof Lavrinovič. On July 9, the shortened roster was announced.[2] All the mentioned players were invited to join the national team training camp in Palanga on July 20.

Lithuania men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 5 Kalnietis, Mantas 28 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
G/F 6 Gailius, Deividas 26 – (1989-04-26)26 April 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Lithuania
F 8 Mačiulis, Jonas 30 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid Spain
G 10 Seibutis, Renaldas 30 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
F/C 11 Sabonis, Domantas 19 – (1996-05-03)3 May 1996 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Gonzaga University Bulldogs United States
C 12 Kavaliauskas, Antanas 30 – (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Lithuania
F 13 Jankūnas, Paulius 31 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
C 17 Valančiūnas, Jonas 23 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Toronto Raptors Canada
C 15 Javtokas, Robertas 35 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
F 19 Kuzminskas, Mindaugas 25 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Unicaja Málaga Spain
G/F 21 Milaknis, Artūras 29 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Unics Kazan Russia
G 43 Lekavičius, Lukas 21 – (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 August 2015

Candidates that did not make it to the final team

# Position Player Year of birth Club Reason Date announced
Forward/CenterDonatas Motiejūnas1990United States Houston RocketsBack injury[3]June 10
GuardMartynas Pocius1986Lithuania Žalgiris KaunasRecurrent back injury[4]June 26
ForwardLinas Kleiza1985European Union Free agentNeeds to rest knee[5]June 30
GuardMartynas Gecevičius1988Turkey TED Ankara KolejlilerNot invited to the training camp[6]July 9
GuardMindaugas Girdžiūnas1989Lithuania Neptūnas Klaipėda
GuardVaidas Kariniauskas1993Greece Gimnastikos Silogos Kymis
ForwardGediminas Orelik1990Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Guard/ForwardEdgaras Ulanovas1992Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
CenterDarjuš Lavrinovič1979Italy Grissin Bon Reggio EmiliaInjuries[7]July 14
GuardMarius Runkauskas1986Lithuania Lietuvos rytas VilniusCoaching decision[8][9]August 16
Guard/ForwardRokas Giedraitis1992Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
GuardAdas Juškevičius1989Lithuania Lietuvos rytas VilniusCoaching decision[10]August 25
GuardŽygimantas Janavičius1989Lithuania Lietuvos rytas VilniusCoaching decision[11]September 1
Forward/CenterArtūras Gudaitis1993Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jonas Valančiūnas Antanas Kavaliauskas Robertas Javtokas
PF Paulius Jankūnas Domantas Sabonis
SF Jonas Mačiulis Mindaugas Kuzminskas Deividas Gailius
SG Renaldas Seibutis Artūras Milaknis
PG Mantas Kalnietis Lukas Lekavičius

Preparation matches

29 July 2015
19:00 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 80–68 Australia Australia
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 23–15, 16–16, 23–11
Pts: Gudaitis 11
Rebs: Sabonis 7
Asts: Kalnietis, Juškevičius 3		 Pts: Motum 19
Švyturys Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 5,800
28 July 2015
18:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 92–85 Australia Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 28–22, 21–17, 23–27
Pts: Kuzminskas, Lekavičius 14
Rebs: Sabonis 8
Asts: Four players 3		 Pts: Andersen 20
Šiauliai Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 5,700
8 August 2015
19:00 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 78–71 Finland Finland
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 19–22, 17–16, 17–15
Pts: Jankūnas 11
Rebs: Sabonis 8
Asts: Kalnietis 11		 Pts: Koponen 21
Alytus Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 5,500
12 August 2015
18:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 86–71 Austria Austria
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 21–16, 23–21, 18–16
Pts: Milaknis 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Janavičius 8		 Pts: Pöltl 27
Kėdainiai Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 2,500

Huawei Cup

17 August 2015
19:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 86–74 Turkey Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 21–17, 22–16, 16–22
Pts: Jankūnas 14
Rebs: Sabonis 8
Asts: Lekavičius 6		 Pts: Savaş 13
Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 8,660
18 August 2015
19:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 68–62 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 16–15, 15–18, 26–12
Pts: Kavaliauskas 15
Rebs: Sabonis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 4		 Pts: Stojanovski 14
Rebs: Samardžiski 11
19 August 2015
19:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 59–72 Croatia Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 9–19, 9–20, 15–20, 26–13
Pts: Seibutis 16
Rebs: Mačiulis 6
Asts: Janavičius, Sabonis 3		 Pts: Bogdanović 12
Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 10,839

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

27 August 2015
19:00 EEST
Turkey Turkey 71–53 Lithuania Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 15–9, 21–25, 20–4
Pts: İlyasova 13
Rebs: İlyasova 13		 Pts: Valančiūnas 14
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 6
28 August 2015
19:00 EEST
Netherlands Netherlands 72–94 Lithuania Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 16–24, 19–23, 19–21
Pts: Akerboom 15 Pts: Kuzminskas 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Janavičius 6
29 August 2015
19:00 EEST
Greece Greece 67–62 Lithuania Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–16, 18–15, 18–16
Pts: Printezis 14
Rebs: Antetokounmpo 7
Asts: Spanoulis 6		 Pts: Mačiulis 15
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6

EuroBasket 2015

Preliminary round

5 September 2015
21:30
Lithuania  69–68  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–14, 17–19, 19–23
Pts: Jankūnas 22
Rebs: Valančiūnas 11
Asts: Kalnietis 7		 Pts: Fesenko 19
Rebs: Fesenko 11
Asts: Randle 6
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 8,846
Referees: Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Eddie Viator (FRA), Sigmundur Herbertsson (ISL)
6 September 2015
18:30
Latvia  49–68  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 9–16, 11–20, 10–19
Pts: Bērziņš, Freimanis 8
Rebs: Freimanis 9
Asts: Janičenoks 4		 Pts: Valančiūnas 15
Rebs: Mačiulis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 10,492
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Petar Obradović (BIH), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA)
7 September 2015
15:30
Lithuania  74–76  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 15–23, 19–22, 20–19
Pts: Valančiūnas 25
Rebs: Valančiūnas 12
Asts: Kalnietis 13		 Pts: Lojeski 20
Rebs: Gillet 4
Asts: Lojeski, Van Rossom 5
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,570
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Petar Obradović (BIH), Sigmundur Herbertsson (ISL)
9 September 2015
21:30
Estonia  62–64  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–18, 20–11, 11–15
Pts: Talts 20
Rebs: Vene 7
Asts: S. Sokk 5		 Pts: Mačiulis 15
Rebs: Mačiulis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 7
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 6,985
Referees: Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Marcin Kowalski (POL), Amit Balak (ISR)
10 September 2015
21:30
Czech Republic  81–85 (OT)  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 19–15, 14–28, 18–14, Overtime: 12–16
Pts: Schilb 18
Rebs: Satoranský 9
Asts: Satoranský 15		 Pts: Kuzminskas 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 4
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 4,669
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Petar Obradović (BIH)

Round of 16

13 September 2015
21:00
Lithuania  85–81  Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 22–20, 22–22, 24–19
Pts: Mačiulis 34
Rebs: Mačiulis 6
Asts: Kalnietis 7		 Pts: Pachulia 23
Rebs: Pachulia, Sanikidze 7
Asts: Tsintsadze 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 16,953
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jakub Zamojski (POL)

Quarterfinal

16 September 2015
21:00
Italy  85–95 (OT)  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 16–16, 23–23, 20–19, Overtime: 6–16
Pts: Bargnani 21
Rebs: Gallinari 6
Asts: Cinciarini 5		 Pts: Valančiūnas 26
Rebs: Valančiūnas 15
Asts: Kalnietis 11
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 13,173
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Sreten Radović (CRO), Miloš Koljenšić (MNE)

Semifinal

18 September 2015
21:00
Serbia  64–67  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 17–13, 9–13, 21–19
Pts: Teodosić 16
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 3		 Pts: Valančiūnas 15
Rebs: Kuzminskas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 20,042
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

Final

20 September 2015
19:00
Spain  80–63  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 22–25, 19–10, 20–20
Pts: Gasol 25
Rebs: Gasol 12
Asts: Rodríguez 6		 Pts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 13
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,372
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)

State awards

On September 22, 2015, the national team players, coaches and staff members were awarded with State awards and medals by Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Although, many members were unable to receive new state awards because they were awarded in 2013 and the Lithuanian law requires a minimum of 3 years break before receiving a new one. Such members received presidential letters of thanks and gifts.[12][13]

AwardAward titlePersonPosition
Order for Merits to Lithuania Grand CrossPaulius JankūnasPlayer
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's CrossMindaugas ŠpokasTeam manager
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's CrossDeividas GailiusPlayer
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's CrossAntanas KavaliauskasPlayer
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's CrossLukas LekavičiusPlayer
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's CrossArtūras MilaknisPlayer
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's CrossDomantas SabonisPlayer
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's CrossJonas ValančiūnasPlayer
Order for Merits to Lithuania MedalPaulius JacikasPhysiotherapist
Order for Merits to Lithuania MedalPetras MikučionisPhysiotherapist

References

  1. ↑ "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Motiejūno Lietuvos rinktinėje nebus". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pocius negalės padėti Lietuvos rinktinei". BasketNews.lt. June 26. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Miklovas, Jonas. "Kleiza šią vasarą rinktinėje nežais". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Darjušas: „Skaudančia širdimi turiu pasakyti rinktinei „ne"". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jonas Kazlauskas atsisveikino su dviem Lietuvos rinktinės žaidėjais". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Augustis, Mindaugas. "J. Kazlauskas atsisakė pirmųjų krepšininkų paslaugų". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Oficialus verdiktas: J. Kazlauskas prieš kelionę į Graikiją atsisakė A. Juškevičiaus". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dvejonės baigėsi – Jonas Kazlauskas paskelbė galutinį rinktinės dvyliktuką". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Vieninga ir laiminti Lietuva – svarbiausia krepšininkų pergalė". LRP.lt. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Rinktinę apdovanojusi D. Grybauskaitė: įsipareigoju nuvykti į olimpiadą, jei tai jums padės". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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