Lithuania national basketball team at FIBA World Championship 2010

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

Lithuanian National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
SG 4 Seibutis, Renaldas 25 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CB Bilbao Berri Spain
PG 5 Kalnietis, Mantas 23 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris Lithuania
SF 6 Mačiulis, Jonas 25 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Armani Jeans Milano Italy
SG 7 Pocius, Martynas 24 – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris Lithuania
SG 8 Gecevičius, Martynas 22 – (1988-05-16)16 May 1988 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania
G 9 Delininkaitis, Tomas 29 – (1981-07-11)11 July 1981 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PAOK BC Greece
SF 10 Jasaitis, Simas 28 – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Galatasaray Cafe Crown Turkey
F 11 Kleiza, Linas 25 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Toronto Raptors Canada
F/C 12 Klimavičius, Tadas 27 – (1982-10-10)10 October 1982 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Žalgiris Lithuania
PF 13 Jankūnas, Paulius 26 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Žalgiris Lithuania
C 14 Andriuškevičius, Martynas 24 – (1986-03-12)12 March 1986 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) CB Lucentum Alicante Spain
C 15 Javtokas, Robertas (C) 30 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Valencia BC Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club

Reserves roster

Pos Height Player Year of birth Current club
PG
1.88 m
 Arvydas Eitutavičius*
1982
 France Cholet Basket
PG
1.85 m
 Aidas Viskontas
1986
 Lithuania Perlas Vilnius
G
1.92 m
 Martynas Mažeika
1985
 Greece AEK Athens
SG
1.94 m
 Adas Juškevičius
1989
 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
SG
1.98 m
 Renaldas Seibutis*
1985
 European Union Free Agent
SF
2.00 m
 Deividas Gailius
1988
 Italy Virtus Bologna
SF
1.96 m
 Arvydas Šikšnius
1987
 Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
F
2.04 m
 Mindaugas Kuzminskas
1989
 Lithuania BC Šiauliai
PF
2.03 m
 Vytautas Šarakauskas
1982
 Lithuania BC Šiauliai
PF
2.03 m
 Valdas Vasylius
1983
 European Union Free Agent
PF
2.05 m
 Valdas Dabkus
1984
 Cyprus InterCollege Etha Engomis
F/C
2.04 m
 Tadas Klimavičius*
1982
 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
C
2.21 m
 Martynas Andriuškevičius*
1986
 Spain CB Lucentum Alicante
Coach
Robertas Kuncaitis
1964
 Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius

* 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 Spain CB Lucentum Alicante Sustained an injury while in training camp[1]
  Center Donatas Motiejūnas 1990 Italy Benetton Treviso Released from the team after game against Czech Republic (2010-08-02)
  Guard Giedrius Gustas 1980 Greece Panorama BC Released from the team after game against Spain (2010-08-07)
  Guard Arvydas Eitutavičius 1982 France Cholet Basket Released from the team after game against USA (2010-08-21)
  Guard Mindaugas Lukauskis 1979 France ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne 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 Russia CSKA Moscow Retired from national team after 2008 Summer Olympics
  Guard Arvydas Macijauskas 1980 European Union Free agent Decided to end career[2]
  Guard Rimantas Kaukėnas 1977 Spain Real Madrid Decided not to play because family circumstances
  Center Marijonas Petravičius 1979 Italy Armani Jeans Milano Cannot play because of back injury
  Forward Kšyštof Lavrinovič 1979 Italy Montepaschi Siena Cannot play because of back injury
  Center Darjuš Lavrinovič 1979 Spain Real Madrid Cannot play because the new club didn't give permission to participate
  Guard Šarūnas Jasikevičius 1976 Greece Panathinaikos Athens Decided not to play
  Forward Artūras Jomantas 1985 Lithuania BC Lietuvos Rytas Cannot play because of minor injuries

Preparation matches

Note: All times are UTC+2

Reserve Team

July 6
20:30
England  73–78  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22-19, 21-23, 15-20, 15-16
July 7
20:30
England  78–92  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 19-31, 24-18, 14-24
July 13
11:00
CBA Team China 81–107  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 27-24, 24-32, 18-26, 12-25
July 14
14:30
CBA Team China 68–84  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 11-31, 19-15, 16-24, 22-14
July 16
14:30
China  86–82  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 24-22, 16-17, 24-28
July 18
14:30
China  81–77  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10-6, 20-19, 23-30, 26-22
July 20
14:30
China  68–79  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10-26, 16-15, 23-22, 19-16

Main Team

July 31
21:00
Lithuania  91–59  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 28-16, 23-22, 30-14, 10-7
August 2
19:10
Lithuania  93–84 (OT)  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25-24, 24-18, 11-19, 15-14, Overtime: 18-9
August 6
21:30
Lithuania  86–84  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 21-23, 19-15, 27-25, 19-21
August 7
21:00
Spain  97–76  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 30-16, 25-26, 23-15, 19-19
August 13
22:00
Lithuania  80–77  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 15-16, 22-26, 20-17
August 14
19:15
Germany  67–78  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25-22, 10-18, 11-18, 21-20
August 15
17:30
Lithuania  93–82  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17-24, 26-21, 20-24, 30-13
August 20
21:30
Spain  94–75  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 25-22, 25-13, 20-21
August 21
22:00
Lithuania  61–77  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15-7, 14-21, 20-29, 12-20
August 24
19:10
Lithuania  94–67 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 25-13, 21-12, 24-17, 24-25

FIBA World Championship 2010

Note: All times are local

Preliminary round

August 28
16:00
New Zealand  79–92  Lithuania
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  Canada
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  Lithuania
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  France
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  Lithuania
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  China
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  Argentina
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  Lithuania
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  Lithuania
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]

Award Award title Person Position
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Kęstutis Kemzūra Head coach
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Paulius Jankūnas Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Simas Jasaitis Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Robertas Javtokas Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Linas Kleiza Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Robertas Kuncaitis Coach
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Jonas Mačiulis Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Officer's Cross Juozas Petkevičius Technical manager
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Martynas Andriuškevičius Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Tomas Delininkaitis Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Martynas Gecevičius Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Mantas Kalnietis Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Tadas Klimavičius Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Martynas Pocius Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Renaldas Seibutis Player
 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Aidas Buzelis Masseur
 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Rimtautas Gudas Doctor
 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Donaldas Kairys Coach-scout
 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Evaldas Kandratavičius Physical training coach
 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Aleksejus Peletskij Masseur
 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Mantas Šernius Coach-scout
 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Vytenis Trumpickas Doctor

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lrytas.lt/-12803449271278194173-traumą-patyręs-m-katelynas-išvyksta-iš-rinktinės-stovyklos.htm
  2. ↑ Macijauskas announces retirement
  3. ↑ Dėl apdovanojimo valstybės ordinais ir medaliais Kūno kultūros ir sporto dienos proga, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas (Lithuanian)
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