Lithuania at the 2010 FIBA World Championship
Lithuania flag during the awarding ceremony
Lithuania men's national basketball team had its third appearance at the FIBA World Championship at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Despite qualifying only as a wild card invitation by FIBA following an underhwhelming performance at EuroBasket 2009, Lithuania had its best performance ever at the World Championship, losing only the semifinal against the United States en route to a bronze medal.
2010 FIBA World Championship Roster
Main roster
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Reserves roster
| Pos | Height | Player | Year of birth | Current club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Arvydas Eitutavičius* |  | ||
| PG | Aidas Viskontas |  | ||
| G | Martynas Mažeika |  | ||
| SG | Adas Juškevičius | | ||
| SG | Renaldas Seibutis* |  | ||
| SF | Deividas Gailius |  | ||
| SF | Arvydas Šikšnius | | ||
| F | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | | ||
| PF | Vytautas Šarakauskas | | ||
| PF | Valdas Vasylius | | ||
| PF | Valdas Dabkus |  | ||
| F/C | Tadas Klimavičius* | | ||
| C | Martynas Andriuškevičius* |  | ||
| Coach | ||||
| Robertas Kuncaitis | | |||
* denotes players that were placed in the main roster.
Candidates that did not make it to the final team:
| # | Position | Player | Year of birth | Last season's club before the tournament | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Mindaugas Katelynas | 1983 | | Sustained an injury while in training camp[1] | |
| Center | Donatas Motiejūnas | 1990 | | Released from the team after game against Czech Republic (2010-08-02) | |
| Guard | Giedrius Gustas | 1980 | | Released from the team after game against Spain (2010-08-07) | |
| Guard | Arvydas Eitutavičius | 1982 | | Released from the team after game against USA (2010-08-21) | |
| Guard | Mindaugas Lukauskis | 1979 | | Released from the team after game against USA (2010-08-21) | |
| Other candidates that did not make it to the training camp | |||||
| Forward | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 1978 |  | Retired from national team after 2008 Summer Olympics | |
| Guard | Arvydas Macijauskas | 1980 | | Decided to end career[2] | |
| Guard | Rimantas Kaukėnas | 1977 | | Decided not to play because family circumstances | |
| Center | Marijonas Petravičius | 1979 | | Cannot play because of back injury | |
| Forward | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 1979 | | Cannot play because of back injury | |
| Center | Darjuš Lavrinovič | 1979 | | Cannot play because the new club didn't give permission to participate | |
| Guard | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 1976 | | Decided not to play | |
| Forward | Artūras Jomantas | 1985 | | Cannot play because of minor injuries | |
Preparation matches
Note: All times are UTC+2
Reserve Team
Main Team
August 2 19:10 |
| Lithuania |
93–84 (OT) |  |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-24, 24-18, 11-19, 15-14, Overtime: 18-9 | ||
FIBA World Championship 2010
Note: All times are local
Preliminary round
August 28 16:00 |
New Zealand  |
79–92 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 10–25, 27–24, 18–18 | ||
| Pts: Penney 37 Rebs: Abercrombie 11 Asts: Cameron, Tait 3 |
Pts: Kleiza 27 Rebs: Kleiza 8 Asts: Kalnietis, Mačiulis 4 | |
İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Anthony Dewayne Jordan (USA), Srdan Dozai (CRO), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB) |
August 29 16:00 |
| Lithuania |
70–68 |  |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 21–23, 22–14, 15–11 | ||
| Pts: Kleiza 18 Rebs: Kleiza 10 Asts: Pocius 4 |
Pts: Anderson 15 Rebs: Kendall 11 Asts: Anderson 5 | |
İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Jakub Zamojski (POL), Juan Jose Fernandez (ARG) |
August 31 21:00 |
| Spain |
73–76 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 21–24, 21–18, 9–23 | ||
| Pts: Navarro, Gasol 18 Rebs: Fernández 9 Asts: Garbajosa, López 3 |
Pts: Kleiza 17 Rebs: Kleiza, Javtokas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 5 | |
İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Anthony Dewayne Jordan (USA), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB) |
September 1 21:00 |
| Lithuania |
69–55 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 13–6, 28–11, 17–14 | ||
| Pts: Mačiulis 19 Rebs: Javtokas 5 Asts: Kleiza 3 |
Pts: Batum 13 Rebs: Diaw 6 Asts: Batum 3 | |
İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Attendance: 7,100 Referees: Jorge Vasquez (PUR), Anthony Dewayne Jordan (USA), Juan Jose Fernandez (ARG) |
September 2 18:30 |
Lebanon  |
66–84 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 16–23, 19–25, 15–20 | ||
| Pts: Fahed 19 Rebs: Rustom, Abdelnour 6 Asts: Rustom 5 |
Pts: Seibutis 17 Rebs: Andriuškevičius, Klimavičius 7 Asts: Delininkaitis 4 | |
İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Jakub Zamojski (POL) |
Knockout stage
Round of 16
September 7 18:00 |
| Lithuania |
78–67 |  |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 26–18, 21–11, 14–16 | ||
| Pts: Kleiza 30 Rebs: Kleiza 9 Asts: Kalnietis 5 |
Pts: Liu W. 21 Rebs: Yi J.L. 12 Asts: Liu W., Wang Z.Z., Wang S.P. 3 | |
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Recep Ankarali (TUR), Yuji Hirahara (JPN) |
Quarterfinals
September 9 21:00 |
| Lithuania |
104–85 |  |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 22–12, 35–23, 19–32 | ||
| Pts: Jasaitis 19 Rebs: Kleiza 9 Asts: Kalnietis, Jankūnas 5 |
Pts: Delfino 25 Rebs: Oberto, Jasen 5 Asts: Prigioni 6 | |
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Jorge Vasquez (PUR), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Scott Jason Butler (AUS) |
Semifinals
September 11 19:00 |
United States  |
89–74 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 19–15, 23–26, 24–21 | ||
| Pts: Durant 38 Rebs: Odom 10 Asts: Billups, Rose, Westbrook 3 |
Pts: Javtokas 15 Rebs: Javtokas 9 Asts: Kalnietis, Mačiulis, Pocius, Delininkaitis 2 | |
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Marcos Fornies Benito (BRA) |
Third–place game
September 12 19:00 |
Serbia  |
88–99 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–25, 16–24, 34–27 | ||
| Pts: Veličković 18 Rebs: Krstić 8 Asts: Rašić 10 |
Pts: Kleiza 33 Rebs: Jasaitis 10 Asts: Kleiza 4 | |
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Jorge Vasquez (PUR), Anthony Dewayne Jordan (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE) |
Orders, decorations, and medals
National team players, coaches and staff members were awarded with State orders, decorations and medals for their success.[3]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100731041948/http://www.lrytas.lt/-12803449271278194173-traum%C4%85-patyr%C4%99s-m-katelynas-i%C5%A1vyksta-i%C5%A1-rinktin%C4%97s-stovyklos.htm
- ↑ Macijauskas announces retirement
- ↑ Dėl apdovanojimo valstybės ordinais ir medaliais Kūno kultūros ir sporto dienos proga, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas (in Lithuanian)
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