Lithuania national basketball team at the 2012 Olympic Games

The Lithuania national basketball team competed in the 2012 Olympic Games after qualifying into it during 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Rimantas Kaukėnas 35 – (1977-04-11)11 April 1977 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Mens Sana Basket G 5 Mantas Kalnietis 25 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris F 6 Jonas Mačiulis 27 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mens Sana Basket G 7 Martynas Pocius 26 – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto G 8 Renaldas Seibutis 27 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Lietuvos rytas F 9 Darius Songaila 34 – (1978-02-14)14 February 1978 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Valladolid G 10 Simas Jasaitis 30 – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Türk Telekom B.K. F 11 Linas Kleiza (C) 27 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Toronto Raptors C 12 Antanas Kavaliauskas 27 – (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) BK VEF Rīga G 13 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 36 – (1976-03-05)5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Panathinaikos B.C. C 14 Jonas Valančiūnas 20 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Lietuvos rytas F 15 Paulius Jankūnas 28 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Žalgiris	Head coach Kęstutis Kemzūra Assistant coach(es) Valdemaras Chomičius Robertas Kuncaitis Donaldas Kairys Team manager Antanas Guoga Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012 (C) – team captain

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	589	398	+191	10	Quarterfinals
2	France	5	4	1	376	378	−2	9
3	Argentina	5	3	2	448	424	+24	8
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	395	399	−4	7
5	Nigeria	5	1	4	338	456	−118	6
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	320	411	−91	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

29 July 2012 22:15

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Argentina	102–79	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 27–16, 27–22, 24–18
Pts: Scola 32 Rebs: Ginóbili 10 Asts: Ginóbili, Prigioni 6		Pts: Kleiza 20 Rebs: Kleiza 7 Asts: Kalnietis 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Jorge Carrion (PUR), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)

31 July 2012 14:30

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Lithuania	72–53	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 20–19, 22–13, 16–13
Pts: Songaila 12 Rebs: Kleiza 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 9		Pts: Diogu, Al. Aminu 12 Rebs: Al. Aminu 11 Asts: Al. Aminu 2

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

2 August 2012 09:00

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France	82–74	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22
Pts: Parker 27 Rebs: Turiaf 10 Asts: Diaw 8		Pts: Kleiza 17 Rebs: Kleiza 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)

4 August 2012 14:30

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Lithuania	94–99	United States
Scoring by quarter: 25–33, 26–22, 21–23, 22–21
Pts: Kleiza 25 Rebs: Pocius 7 Asts: Jasikevičius, Pocius 6		Pts: James, Anthony 20 Rebs: Love 8 Asts: Paul 6

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Marcos Benito (BRA)

6 August 2012 11:15

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Tunisia	63–76	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 17–22, 19–21, 9–26
Pts: Rzig 17 Rebs: Mejri 12 Asts: Mejri 3		Pts: Songaila, Jasikevičius 13 Rebs: Kleiza, Valančiūnas 6 Asts: Kalnietis 9

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Saša Pukl (SLO), Felicia Grinter (USA)

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 14:00

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Russia	83–74	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 15–17, 22–23, 29–24
Pts: Kirilenko 19 Rebs: Kirilenko 13 Asts: Khryapa 8		Pts: Kaukėnas 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: four players 3

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Michael Aylen (AUS)