Lithuania at EuroBasket 2015

This page tracks the progress of the Lithuania men's national basketball team participating in EuroBasket 2015.

Main roster

On May 5, head coach Jonas Kazlauskas published the extended 25–player main roster.[1] The list did not included two long-time national team players: Simas Jasaitis and Kšyštof Lavrinovič. On July 9, the shortened roster was announced.[2] All the mentioned players were invited to join the national team training camp in Palanga on July 20.

Lithuania men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 5 Mantas Kalnietis 28 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
G/F 6 Deividas Gailius 26 – (1989-04-26)26 April 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Lithuania
F 8 Jonas Mačiulis 30 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid Spain
G 10 Renaldas Seibutis 30 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
F/C 11 Domantas Sabonis 19 – (1996-05-03)3 May 1996 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Gonzaga University Bulldogs United States
C 12 Antanas Kavaliauskas 30 – (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Lithuania
F 13 Paulius Jankūnas 31 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
C 17 Jonas Valančiūnas 23 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Toronto Raptors Canada
C 15 Robertas Javtokas 35 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
F 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 25 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Unicaja Málaga Spain
G/F 21 Artūras Milaknis 29 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Unics Kazan Russia
G 43 Lukas Lekavičius 21 – (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 August 2015

Candidates that did not make it to the final team

# Position Player Year of birth Club Reason Date announced
Forward/Center Donatas Motiejūnas 1990 United States Houston Rockets Back injury[3] June 10
Guard Martynas Pocius 1986 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Recurrent back injury[4] June 26
Forward Linas Kleiza 1985 European Union Free agent Needs to rest knee[5] June 30
Guard Martynas Gecevičius 1988 Turkey TED Ankara Kolejliler Not invited to the training camp[6] July 9
Guard Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 1989 Lithuania Neptūnas Klaipėda
Guard Vaidas Kariniauskas 1993 Greece Gimnastikos Silogos Kymis
Forward Gediminas Orelik 1990 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Guard/Forward Edgaras Ulanovas 1992 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
Center Darjuš Lavrinovič 1979 Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Injuries[7] July 14
Guard Marius Runkauskas 1986 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Coaching decision[8][9] August 16
Guard/Forward Rokas Giedraitis 1992 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Guard Adas Juškevičius 1989 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Coaching decision[10] August 25
Guard Žygimantas Janavičius 1989 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Coaching decision[11] September 1
Forward/Center Artūras Gudaitis 1993 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jonas Valančiūnas Antanas Kavaliauskas Robertas Javtokas
PF Paulius Jankūnas Domantas Sabonis
SF Jonas Mačiulis Mindaugas Kuzminskas Deividas Gailius
SG Renaldas Seibutis Artūras Milaknis
PG Mantas Kalnietis Lukas Lekavičius

Preparation matches

29 July 2015
19:00 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 80–68 Australia Australia
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 23–15, 16–16, 23–11
Pts: Gudaitis 11
Rebs: Sabonis 7
Asts: Kalnietis, Juškevičius 3		 Pts: Motum 19
Švyturys Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 5,800
28 July 2015
18:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 92–85 Australia Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 28–22, 21–17, 23–27
Pts: Kuzminskas, Lekavičius 14
Rebs: Sabonis 8
Asts: Four players 3		 Pts: Andersen 20
Šiauliai Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 5,700
8 August 2015
19:00 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 78–71 Finland Finland
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 19–22, 17–16, 17–15
Pts: Jankūnas 11
Rebs: Sabonis 8
Asts: Kalnietis 11		 Pts: Koponen 21
Alytus Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 5,500
12 August 2015
18:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 86–71 Austria Austria
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 21–16, 23–21, 18–16
Pts: Milaknis 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Janavičius 8		 Pts: Pöltl 27
Kėdainiai Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 2,500

Huawei Cup

17 August 2015
19:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 86–74 Turkey Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 21–17, 22–16, 16–22
Pts: Jankūnas 14
Rebs: Sabonis 8
Asts: Lekavičius 6		 Pts: Savaş 13
Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 8,660
18 August 2015
19:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 68–62 North Macedonia Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 16–15, 15–18, 26–12
Pts: Kavaliauskas 15
Rebs: Sabonis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 4		 Pts: Stojanovski 14
Rebs: Samardžiski 11
19 August 2015
19:30 EEST
Lithuania Lithuania 59–72 Croatia Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 9–19, 9–20, 15–20, 26–13
Pts: Seibutis 16
Rebs: Mačiulis 6
Asts: Janavičius, Sabonis 3		 Pts: Bogdanović 12
Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania
Attendance: 10,839

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

27 August 2015
19:00 EEST
Turkey Turkey 71–53 Lithuania Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 15–9, 21–25, 20–4
Pts: İlyasova 13
Rebs: İlyasova 13		 Pts: Valančiūnas 14
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 6
28 August 2015
19:00 EEST
Netherlands Netherlands 72–94 Lithuania Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 16–24, 19–23, 19–21
Pts: Akerboom 15 Pts: Kuzminskas 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Janavičius 6
29 August 2015
19:00 EEST
Greece Greece 67–62 Lithuania Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–16, 18–15, 18–16
Pts: Printezis 14
Rebs: Antetokounmpo 7
Asts: Spanoulis 6		 Pts: Mačiulis 15
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6

EuroBasket 2015

Preliminary round

5 September 2015
21:30
Lithuania  69–68  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–14, 17–19, 19–23
Pts: Jankūnas 22
Rebs: Valančiūnas 11
Asts: Kalnietis 7		 Pts: Fesenko 19
Rebs: Fesenko 11
Asts: Randle 6
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 8,846
Referees: Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Eddie Viator (FRA), Sigmundur Herbertsson (ISL)
6 September 2015
18:30
Latvia  49–68  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 9–16, 11–20, 10–19
Pts: Bērziņš, Freimanis 8
Rebs: Freimanis 9
Asts: Janičenoks 4		 Pts: Valančiūnas 15
Rebs: Mačiulis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 10,492
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Petar Obradović (BIH), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA)
7 September 2015
15:30
Lithuania  74–76  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 15–23, 19–22, 20–19
Pts: Valančiūnas 25
Rebs: Valančiūnas 12
Asts: Kalnietis 13		 Pts: Lojeski 20
Rebs: Gillet 4
Asts: Lojeski, Van Rossom 5
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,570
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Petar Obradović (BIH), Sigmundur Herbertsson (ISL)
9 September 2015
21:30
Estonia  62–64  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–18, 20–11, 11–15
Pts: Talts 20
Rebs: Vene 7
Asts: S. Sokk 5		 Pts: Mačiulis 15
Rebs: Mačiulis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 7
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 6,985
Referees: Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Marcin Kowalski (POL), Amit Balak (ISR)
10 September 2015
21:30
Czech Republic  81–85 (OT)  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 19–15, 14–28, 18–14, Overtime: 12–16
Pts: Schilb 18
Rebs: Satoranský 9
Asts: Satoranský 15		 Pts: Kuzminskas 18
Rebs: Valančiūnas 10
Asts: Kalnietis 4
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 4,669
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Petar Obradović (BIH)

Round of 16

13 September 2015
21:00
Lithuania  85–81  Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 22–20, 22–22, 24–19
Pts: Mačiulis 34
Rebs: Mačiulis 6
Asts: Kalnietis 7		 Pts: Pachulia 23
Rebs: Pachulia, Sanikidze 7
Asts: Tsintsadze 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 16,953
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jakub Zamojski (POL)

Quarterfinal

16 September 2015
21:00
Italy  85–95 (OT)  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 16–16, 23–23, 20–19, Overtime: 6–16
Pts: Bargnani 21
Rebs: Gallinari 6
Asts: Cinciarini 5		 Pts: Valančiūnas 26
Rebs: Valančiūnas 15
Asts: Kalnietis 11
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 13,173
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Sreten Radović (CRO), Miloš Koljenšić (MNE)

Semifinal

18 September 2015
21:00
Serbia  64–67  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 17–13, 9–13, 21–19
Pts: Teodosić 16
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 3		 Pts: Valančiūnas 15
Rebs: Kuzminskas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 20,042
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

Final

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 Final
20 September 2015
19:00
Spain  80–63  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 22–25, 19–10, 20–20
Pts: Gasol 25
Rebs: Gasol 12
Asts: Rodríguez 6		 Pts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 13
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,372
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy), Ilija Belošević (Serbia), Borys Ryzhyk (Ukraine)

State awards

On September 22, 2015, the national team players, coaches and staff members were awarded with State awards and medals by Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Although, many members were unable to receive new state awards because they were awarded in 2013 and the Lithuanian law requires a minimum of 3 years break before receiving a new one. Such members received presidential letters of thanks and gifts.[12][13]

Award Award title Person Position
Order for Merits to Lithuania Grand Cross Paulius Jankūnas Player
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Mindaugas Špokas Team manager
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Deividas Gailius Player
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Antanas Kavaliauskas Player
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Lukas Lekavičius Player
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Artūras Milaknis Player
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Domantas Sabonis Player
Order for Merits to Lithuania Knight's Cross Jonas Valančiūnas Player
Order for Merits to Lithuania Medal Paulius Jacikas Physiotherapist
Order for Merits to Lithuania Medal Petras Mikučionis Physiotherapist

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