Lithuania at EuroBasket 2013

This page tracks the progress of the Lithuania national basketball team participating at the EuroBasket 2013.

Main Squad

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Lithuania men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F/C 4 Donatas Motiejūnas 22 – (1990-09-20)20 September 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Houston Rockets  
PG 5 Mantas Kalnietis 26 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC Lokomotiv Kuban  
SF 6 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 23 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Unicaja Malaga  
C 7 Darjuš Lavrinovič 33 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Budivelnyk  
SF 8 Jonas Mačiulis 28 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Panathinaikos B.C.  
G 9 Tomas Delininkaitis 31 – (1982-06-11)11 June 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BK VEF Rīga  
SG 10 Renaldas Seibutis 28 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Lietuvos rytas  
PF 11 Linas Kleiza 28 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahçe Ülker  
F/C 12 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 33 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Žalgiris  
G/F 13 Martynas Pocius 27 – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris  
C 14 Jonas Valančiūnas 21 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Toronto Raptors  
C 15 Robertas Javtokas (C) 33 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Žalgiris  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    September 4, 2013
  • (C) – team captain

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Reserve
C Jonas Valančiūnas Darjuš Lavrinovič Robertas Javtokas
PF Linas Kleiza Donatas Motiejūnas Kšyštof Lavrinovič
SF Jonas Mačiulis Mindaugas Kuzminskas
SG Renaldas Seibutis Martynas Pocius
PG Mantas Kalnietis Tomas Delininkaitis

Candidates that did not make it to the final team

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# Position Player Year of birth Club Reason Date announced
13 Guard Martynas Gecevičius 1988   Lietuvos rytas Coach decision[1] August 22
18 Guard Vytenis Čižauskas 1992   BC Žalgiris Coach decision[2] August 29
6 Guard Adas Juškevičius 1989   Eisbären Bremerhaven Coach decision August 29

Missing players

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# Position Player Year of birth Club Reason Date announced
13 Guard Šarūnas Jasikevičius 1976   Free Agent Needs time to recuperate after a season with FC Barcelona Bàsquet.[3] May 14
4 Guard Rimantas Kaukėnas 1977   Free Agent Retired from national team after 2012 Summer Olympics.[4] May 24
9 Forward Darius Songaila 1978   Free Agent Retired from national team after 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] May 24
10 Forward Simas Jasaitis 1982   PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban Decided to rest and to recover from injuries.[6] May 16
15 Forward Paulius Jankūnas 1984   BC Žalgiris A prolonged recovery to a shoulder injury.[7] July 11

Friendly matches

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August 5, 2013
19:15
Lithuania   86–61   Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 16–14, 29–16, 20–16
Pts: Motiejūnas 19
Rebs: Javtokas 5
Asts: Juškevičius 3
Pts: Hervelle 14

August 6, 2013
19:15
Lithuania   66–53   Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 16–13, 16–9, 11–17
Pts: Kuzminskas 13
Rebs: Valančiūnas 11
Asts: Kalnietis 3
Pts: Tabu 12

August 12, 2013
19:15
Lithuania   97–69   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 34–11, 22–17, 13–15
Pts: Kleiza 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas, Motiejūnas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Pts: Grant 13

August 14, 2013
19:15
Lithuania   95–64   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 34–15, 18–19, 19–18
Pts: D.Lavrinovič 23
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Mačiulis 5
Pts: Gaddefors 14
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Attendance: 5000

August 17, 2013
21:00
Macedonia   50–62   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 15–13, 16–14, 6–21
Pts: Samardžiski, Stojanovski 11 Pts: Kleiza 14
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: Seibutis 4

August 21, 2013
19:20
Lithuania   78–76   Finland
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 20–18, 25–11, 14–23
Pts: Kleiza 17
Rebs: Valančiūnas 11
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Pts: Koponen 20

August 22, 2013
19:20
Lithuania   82–51   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 15–10, 30–14, 18–14
Pts: Valančiūnas 17
Asts: Seibutis, Delininkaitis 4
Pts: Ponkrashov 13

August 23, 2013
19:20
Lithuania   69–55   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 16–14, 16–13, 23–18
Pts: Valančiūnas 23
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Pts: Hruban 11

August 27, 2013
18:30
Italy   63–79   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 16–21, 17–22, 14–19
Pts: Belinelli, Aradori 15 Pts: Kleiza 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas 7
Asts: Kalnietis 6

August 28, 2013
19:00
Greece   80–62   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 19–18, 21–20, 20–11
Pts: Printezis 23 Pts: Kalnietis 13
Rebs: Kleiza 5
Asts: Kalnietis 6

August 29, 2013
18:30
Bosnia & Herzegovina   73–94   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 16–25, 13–20, 20–22
Pts: Wright 22 Pts: Kleiza, Valančiūnas, Kuzminskas 14
Rebs: Kuzminskas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 3

September 1, 2013
19:00
Lithuania   88–83 (OT)   Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–12, 17–28, 17–18Overtime: 11–6
Pts: Kleiza 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 8
Pts: Sanikidze 27

EuroBasket 2013 matches

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Preliminary round

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Serbia 5 3 2 371 366 +5 8 3–0
  Latvia 5 3 2 365 360 +5 8 1–2, 1–1, 1.021
  Lithuania 5 3 2 347 337 +10 8 1–2, 1–1, 1.015
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 3 2 358 359 −1 8 1–2, 1–1, 0.968
  Montenegro 5 2 3 376 382 −6 7  
  North Macedonia 5 1 4 356 369 −13 6  

All times are local (UTC+2)

4 September 2013
21:00
Serbia   63–56   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 13–17, 18–14, 12–15
Pts: Nen. Krstić 20
Rebs: Nen. Krstić 9
Asts: Nedović, Marković 3
Pts: Kalnietis 17
Rebs: D. Lavrinovič 6
Asts: Kalnietis 3
Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 4,720
Referees: Juan Artega (ESP), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Sašo Petek (SLO)

5 September 2013
21:00
Lithuania   75–67   North Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 19–18, 18–17, 18–17
Pts: Kalnietis 17
Rebs: Valančiūnas 7
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Pts: Ilievski 13
Rebs: Antić 8
Asts: Ilievski 4
Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 4,020
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Robert Vyklický (CZE)

6 September 2013
17:45
Latvia   59–67   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 14–17, 14–13, 14–15
Pts: Kuksiks 13
Rebs: Strēlnieks 6
Asts: Strēlnieks 3
Pts: Valančiūnas 11
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Srđan Dozai (CRO), Robert Vyklický (CZE), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)

8 September 2013
21:00
Lithuania   77–70 (OT)   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 13–15, 19–13, 12–16Overtime: 14–7
Pts: K. Lavrinovič 24
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 7
Pts: Rice 19
Rebs: Dubljević 6
Asts: Bjelica 3
Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Juan Artega (ESP), Srđan Dozai (CRO), Anton Makhlin (RUS)

9 September 2013
17:45
Lithuania   72–78   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 12–13, 22–26, 20–21
Pts: Kleiza 20
Rebs: Kleiza 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Pts: Teletović 31
Rebs: Teletović 7
Asts: Gordić 5
Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 3,170
Referees: Elias Koromilas (GRE), Tomasz Trawicki (POL), Anton Makhlin (RUS)

Second round

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Serbia 5 4 1 371 343 +28 9 1–0
  Lithuania 5 4 1 355 314 +41 9 0–1
  France 5 3 2 388 380 +8 8  
  Ukraine 5 2 3 325 364 −39 7  
  Belgium 5 1 4 318 358 −40 6 1–0
  Latvia 5 1 4 362 360 +2 6 0–1

All times are local (UTC+2)

11 September 2013
21:00
Lithuania   76–62   France
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 16–17, 19–15, 25–20
Pts: Seibutis 15
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Kalnietis 7
Pts: de Colo 12
Rebs: Batum, Ajinça 6
Asts: Diaw 6
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 3,880
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Damir Javor (SLO)

13 September 2013
14:30
Lithuania   86–67   Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 26–9, 25–14, 17–32
Pts: Motiejūnas 13
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Pts: Tabu 15
Rebs: Hervelle 8
Asts: Moors 5
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 2,980
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Srđan Dozai (CRO), Aleksandar Milojević (MKD)

15 September 2013
17:45
Ukraine   63–70   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 17–14, 16–16, 17–22
Pts: Gladyr 18
Rebs: Kravtsov 9
Asts: Jeter 8
Pts: Kleiza 15
Rebs: Kuzminskas, Mačiulis 6
Asts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 4
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Srđan Dozai (CRO), Elias Koromilas (GRE)

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinal

19 September 2013
21:00
Lithuania   81–77   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 18–24, 17–19, 24–19
Pts: Seibutis, Kalnietis 17
Rebs: Kalnietis 7
Asts: Mačiulis, Kalnietis 5
Pts: Belinelli 22
Rebs: Cusin 8
Asts: Cinciarini 3
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 8,210
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Vicente Bulto (ESP), Damir Javor (SLO)

Semifinal

20 September 2013
17:45
Lithuania   77–62   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 16–18, 21–8, 16–17
Pts: Mačiulis 23
Rebs: Kleiza 11
Asts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 4
Pts: Bogdanović 15
Rebs: Ukić 7
Asts: Ukić 5
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,180
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)

Final

22 September 2013
21:00
France   80–66   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 31–12, 18–16, 12–16
Pts: Batum 17
Rebs: Ajinça 10
Asts: Diaw 4
Pts: Kleiza 20
Rebs: Mačiulis 6
Asts: three players 2
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Juan Arteaga (ESP), Ilija Belosevic (SRB)

Orders, decorations, and medals

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National team players, coaches and staff members were awarded with State orders, decorations and medals by Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė.[8]

Award Award title Person Position
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Grand Cross Jonas Kazlauskas Head coach
  Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Grand Cross Gintaras Krapikas Coach
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Grand Commander Cross Darius Maskoliūnas Coach
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Grand Commander Cross Juozas Petkevičius Technical manager
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Grand Commander Cross Linas Kleiza Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Grand Commander Cross Robertas Javtokas Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Grand Commander Cross Jonas Mačiulis Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Officer's Cross Tomas Delininkaitis Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Officer's Cross Mantas Kalnietis Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Officer's Cross Martynas Pocius Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Officer's Cross Renaldas Seibutis Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Mindaugas Kuzminskas Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Donatas Motiejūnas Player
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Aidas Buzelis Masseur
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Aleksejus Peletskij Masseur
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Rimtautas Gudas Doctor
  Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Vytenis Trumpickas Doctor
 
Order for Merits to Lithuania Medal Jonas Valančiūnas Player
 
Order for Merits to Lithuania Medal Sigitas Kavaliauskas Physical training coach
 
Order for Merits to Lithuania Medal Linas Kunigėlis Spokesman
 
Order for Merits to Lithuania Medal Benas Matkevičius Coach-scout
 
Order for Merits to Lithuania Medal Žydrūnas Vilenčikas Administrator

Student Squad

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The student roster is composed of players under the age of 25 who stand out from other young Lithuanian basketball players. Some of the players are from the so–called "golden generation" – players born in 1992 who won 5 gold medals in 5 youth competitions. Players from this squad may also be chosen to represent the senior national team in the case of injuries. The team competed in the World's 27th Universiade in Kazan from July 6 until July 17 and finished in 5th place. Vytenis Čižauskas and Adas Juškevičius were chosen as candidates for the main squad.

Lithuanian students' basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Šarūnas Vasiliauskas 24 – (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Pieno žvaigždės  
PG 5 Vytenis Čižauskas 20 – (1992-09-16)16 September 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) CB Valladolid  
PG 6 Augustas Pečiukevičius 21 – (1991-12-02)2 December 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Pärnu  
F 7 Eimantas Bendžius 23 – (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Lietuvos rytas  
G 8 Adas Juškevičius 25 – (1988-01-03)3 January 1988 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris  
G/F 9 Edgaras Ulanovas 21 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Lietkabelis  
G/F 10 Vytenis Lipkevičius 24 – (1989-05-19)19 May 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Žalgiris  
C 11 Mindaugas Kupšas 22 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) BC Lietkabelis  
F 12 Gediminas Orelikas 23 – (1990-05-14)14 May 1990 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Lietuvos rytas  
SF 13 Simas Buterlevičius 24 – (1989-04-18)18 April 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Lietuvos rytas  
C 14 Vaidas Čepukaitis 24 – (1989-05-16)16 May 1989 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Pieno žvaigždės  
F/C 15 Adomas Drungilas 22 – (1990-10-06)6 October 1990 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Lietkabelis  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club
  • Age field is age on September 4, 2013

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Reserve
C Mindaugas Kupšas Vaidas Čepukaitis
PF Gediminas Orelikas Eimantas Bendžius Adomas Drungilas
SF Vytenis Lipkevičius Simas Buterlevičius
SG Adas Juškevičius Edgaras Ulanovas
PG Vytenis Čižauskas Šarūnas Vasiliauskas Augustas Pečiukevičius

Friendly matches

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June 16, 2013
19:00
Lithuania   110–71   Russia U–20
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 33–16, 27–16, 23–17

June 21, 2013
18:00
Lithuania   65–62   Lithuania U–20
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 16–19, 14–12, 15–19

June 23, 2013
10:00
Lithuania   85–44   Czech U–20
Scoring by quarter: 20–7, 21–12, 25–14, 19–11

June 28, 2013
21:30
Lithuania   84–83   Spain Regional
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 15–27, 19–17, 30–20

June 29, 2013
21:30
Lithuania   86–79   Spain Regional
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 26–20, 24–21, 17–19

July 2, 2013
17:00
Lithuania   98–46   Estonia Student
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 25–8, 28–10, 26–12

Universiade matches

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July 7, 2013
18:00
Lithuania   94–71   Norway
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 33–23, 23–18, 15–15
Pts: S. Buterlevičius 16
Rebs: V. Čepukaitis 10
Asts: A. Juškevičius 5
Pts: A. Stien 18
Rebs: A. Bolin 3
Asts: S. Mjøs 6
Miras Sports Complex, Kazan

July 8, 2013
18:00
Lithuania   116–51   Chile
Scoring by quarter: 34–12, 29–8, 37–18, 16–13
Pts: M. Kupšas 20
Rebs: A. Drungilas 7
Asts: V. Čižauskas 5
Pts: T. Álvarez 13
Rebs: R. Controneo 5
Asts: C. Bustamante 3
Miras Sports Complex, Kazan

July 10, 2013
18:00
Lithuania   129–52   China
Scoring by quarter: 34–20, 34–6, 23–16, 38–10
Pts: G. Orelik 22
Rebs: M. Kupšas 10
Asts: 3 players 7
Pts: Z. Liu 16
Rebs: 3 players 4
Asts: J. Cui 2
Miras Sports Complex, Kazan

July 11, 2013
12:30
Lithuania   77–69   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 19–14, 16–18, 20–21
Pts: Š. Vasiliauskas 17
Rebs: V. Lipkevičius 8
Asts: 2 players 4
Pts: C. Felício 20
Rebs: C. Felício 12
Asts: G. Chaia 5
Miras Sports Complex, Kazan

July 12, 2013
10:00
Lithuania   70–51   Finland
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 19–14, 17–7, 16–23
Pts: G. Orelik 15
Rebs: V. Čepukaitis 8
Asts: V. Lipkevičius 3
Pts: A. Nikkarinen 10
Rebs: L. Toivonen 6
Asts: 2 players 2
Miras Sports Complex, Kazan

July 14, 2013
18:30
Quarterfinal (Report)
Lithuania   55–60   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 8–15, 17–14, 10–20
Pts: 2 players 16
Rebs: 2 players 8
Asts: V. Čižauskas 2
Pts: R. Broekhoff 14
Rebs: M. Young 7
Asts: 4 players 2
Miras Sports Complex, Kazan

July 15, 2013
20:30
Classification (Report)
Lithuania   82–61   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 17–15, 27–20, 18–13
Pts: A. Juškevičius 14
Rebs: G. Orelik 5
Asts: V. Čižauskas 4
Pts: T. Raadik 16
Rebs: 2 players 5
Asts: K. Keres 3
Miras Sports Complex, Kazan

July 16, 2013
13:00
5th Place (Report)
Lithuania   87–50   Romania
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 25–15, 20–12, 24–16
Pts: A. Drungilas 16
Rebs: E. Bendžius 7
Asts: Š. Vasiliauskas 5
Pts: B. Țîbîrnă 16
Rebs: R. Török 7
Asts: A. Gutoaia 3
Basket Hall, Kazan

References

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