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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 4 Andrius Mažutis 28 – (1981-04-21)21 April 1981 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) ASK Riga Latvia
G 5 Mantas Kalnietis 23 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris Lithuania
SF 6 Jonas Mačiulis 24 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Armani Jeans Milano Italy
C 7 Darjuš Lavrinovič 29 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Real Madrid Spain
SG 8 Mindaugas Lukauskis 30 – (1979-05-19)19 May 1979 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ASVEL Basket France
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 Lithuania
F 11 Linas Kleiza 24 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympiacos BC Greece
F/C 12 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 29 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Montepaschi Siena Italy
G/F 13 Simas Jasaitis 27 – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Galatasaray Cafe Crown Turkey
C 14 Marijonas Petravičius 29 – (1979-10-24)24 October 1979 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Armani Jeans Milano Italy
C 15 Robertas Javtokas (C) 29 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Khimki Moscow Region Russia
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
 ForwardPaulius Jankūnas1984Lithuania Žalgiris KaunasReleased from the team after first game in Acropolis Tournament. Announced 2009-08-25
 ForwardMindaugas Katelynas1983Italy Armani Jeans MilanoReleased from the team after training camp. Announced 2009-08-09
 GuardRenaldas Seibutis1985Spain CB Bilbao BerriReleased from the team after training camp. Announced 2009-08-09
 GuardGiedrius Gustas1980Greece Kavala BCReleased from the team after training camp. Announced 2009-08-09
Other candidates that didn't make to the training camp
 ForwardDarius Songaila1978United States NBA Washington WizardsRetired from national team
 ForwardRamūnas Šiškauskas1978Russia CSKA MoscowRetired from national team after 2008 Summer Olympics
 GuardŠarūnas Jasikevičius1976Greece PanathinaikosCouldn't play because of several micro-injuries
 CenterŽydrūnas Ilgauskas1975United States NBA Cleveland CavaliersCavaliers declined to give their permission to play for the team, as well as in 2008 Summer Olympics
 GuardArvydas Macijauskas1980Greece OlympiacosDecided not to play because of trial vs. Olympiacos[1]
 GuardRimantas Kaukėnas1977Italy Montepaschi SienaDecided 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
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

Note: All times are local

Preliminary round

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

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

  1. ↑ Trial Macijauskas vs. Olympiacos postponed Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lithuania reserve Team
  3. ↑ Lithuania U20 Team
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