Lithuania national basketball team at 2016 Olympic Games

This page tracks the progress of the Lithuania men's national basketball team participating in 2016 Summer Olympics.

Main roster

On June 8, the twenty candidates list was published, who were invited to the training camp.[1] The list surprisingly did not included last year European vice-champion Lukas Lekavičius. On July 16, the final Olympic roster was announced, however two of the last candidates: Artūras Milaknis and Vaidas Kariniauskas had to remain with the national team till the last friendly match in case if someone will get injured. Though, Milaknis left the team quickly.[2] Following Ulanovas injury, Kariniauskas qualified into the final roster.

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 5 Kalnietis, Mantas 29 – 6 September 1986 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Olimpia Milano G 7 Juškevičius, Adas 27 – 3 January 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Lietuvos Rytas SF 8 Mačiulis, Jonas 31 – 10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid SG 10 Seibutis, Renaldas 31 – 23 July 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Žalgiris F/C 11 Sabonis, Domantas 20 – 3 May 1996 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Gonzaga Bulldogs C 12 Kavaliauskas, Antanas 31 – 19 September 1984 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Lietuvos Rytas PF 13 Jankūnas, Paulius 32 – 29 April 1984 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Žalgiris C 15 Javtokas, Robertas (C) 36 – 20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Žalgiris C 17 Valančiūnas, Jonas 24 – 6 May 1992 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Toronto Raptors SF 19 Kuzminskas, Mindaugas 26 – 19 October 1989 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Unicaja Málaga G/F 40 Grigonis, Marius 22 – 26 April 1994 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ICL Manresa G 93 Kariniauskas, Vaidas 22 – 16 November 1993 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Kymis B.C.	Head coach Jonas Kazlauskas Assistant coach(es) Darius Maskoliūnas Gintaras Krapikas Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

Candidates that did not make it to the final team

#	Position	Player	Year of birth	Club	Reason	Date announced
31	Guard/Forward	Rokas Giedraitis	1990	BC Šiauliai	Coaching decision[4]	July 5
	Forward/Center	Donatas Motiejūnas	1990	Houston Rockets	Contract negotiations[5]	July 14
18	Guard	Mindaugas Girdžiūnas	1989	Neptūnas Klaipėda	Coaching decision[6]	July 14
31	Guard/Forward	Deividas Gailius	1988	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
21	Guard/Forward	Artūras Milaknis	1986	UNICS Kazan	Coaching decision[7]	July 16
93	Guard	Vaidas Kariniauskas	1993	Kymi
92	Forward	Edgaras Ulanovas	1992	Žalgiris Kaunas	Injury, replaced by Kariniauskas[8]	July 31

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
SG	Renaldas Seibutis	Marius Grigonis
PG	Mantas Kalnietis	Adas Juškevičius	Vaidas Kariniauskas

Preparation matches

29 June 2016 18:30 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	88–58	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 21–21, 17–14, 22–11
Pts: Ulanovas, Girdžiūnas 16 Rebs: Kavaliauskas 12 Asts: Juškevičius, Kariniauskas 4		Pts: Webster 16

Švyturys Arena, Lithuania

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29 June 2016 18:30 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	81–56	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 20–12, 32–16, 13–19
Pts: Juškevičius 17 Rebs: Javtokas, Girdžiūnas, Ulanovas, Kavaliauskas 5 Asts: Kariniauskas 5		Pts: Romdhane 15

Švyturys Arena, Lithuania

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10 July 2016 18:30 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	84–53	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 19–10, 18–13, 19–16
Pts: Juškevičius 15 Rebs: Kavaliauskas 6 Asts: Kalnietis, Jankūnas 4		Pts: Cox 12

Siemens Arena, Lithuania

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12 July 2016 18:30 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	84–61	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 18–6, 24–22, 18–14
Pts: Valančiūnas 16 Rebs: Sabonis 12 Asts: Kariniauskas 5		Pts: Kok 14

Alytus Arena, Lithuania

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14 July 2016 18:30 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	84–51	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 21-9, 24-20, 23-16, 16-6
Pts: Kuzminskas 14 Rebs: Sabonis 13 Asts: Kariniauskas 4		Pts: Liutyč 13

Kėdainiai Arena, Lithuania

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18 July 2016 18:30 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	87–83 (OT)	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 15-12, 20-25, 18-15, Overtime: 15-11
Pts: Kalnietis 24 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Kalnietis 5		Pts: Rodríguez 14

Kaunas, Lithuania

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21 July 2016 21:45 EEST

Report (media)

Spain	76–78	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 23-15, 16-24, 20-23, 17-16
Pts: Llull 12		Pts: Valančiūnas, Kuzminskas 15 Rebs: Valančiūnas 7 Asts: Kariniauskas 5

Málaga, Spain

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25 July 2016

Report (media)

Australia

0–0 (cancelled)

Lithuania

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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28 July 2016 03:00 EEST

Report (media)

Argentina	86–85 (OT)	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10-7, 16-23, 19-18, 23-20, Overtime: 10-10, 8-7
Pts: Scola 17		Pts: Jankūnas 17 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Juškevičius 3

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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30 July 2016 18:00 EEST

Report (media)

Australia	68–81	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 21-20, 14-21, 22-19
Pts: Ingles 16 Rebs: Baynes 7		Pts: Valančiūnas 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 7

São Paulo, Brazil

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31 July 2016

Report

Brasil	64–62	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 12-19, 11-12, 17-12
Pts: Marquinhos 14 Rebs: Nenê, Lima 7 Asts: Huertas 4		Pts: Kalnietis 13 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Kalnietis, Seibutis, Juškevičius, Mačiulis, Kariniauskas 2

São Paulo, Brazil

2016 Summer Olympics

Group phase

Lithuania was drawn into the Group B.

Scene from the Lithuania-Brazil game during the group phase.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	3	2	400	407	−7	8[lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	3	2	432	357	+75	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	392	428	−36	8[lower-alpha 1]
4	Argentina	5	3	2	441	428	+13	8[lower-alpha 1]
5	Brazil (H)	5	2	3	411	407	+4	7
6	Nigeria	5	1	4	392	441	−49	6

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. In games among the four teams at 3–2, Croatia and Spain were 2–1 while Argentina and Lithuania were 1–2. Croatia beat Spain 72–70, and Lithuania beat Argentina 81–73.

All times are local (UTC−3).[9]

7 August 2016 14:15

Boxscore

Brazil	76–82	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–27, 12–31, 23–12, 24–12
Pts: Barbosa 21 Rebs: Nenê 8 Asts: Huertas 3		Pts: Kalnietis 16 Rebs: Jankūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 8

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,990 Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX)

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9 August 2016 19:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	89–80	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 23–25, 29–13, 24–26
Pts: Mačiulis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 7 Asts: Kalnietis 12		Pts: Diogu 19 Rebs: Diogu 7 Asts: Ere 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,785 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Anne Panther (GER)

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11 August 2016 22:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	81–73	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 14–12, 27–22, 24–24
Pts: Kuzminskas 23 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Kalnietis 7		Pts: Ginóbili 22 Rebs: Nocioni, Scola 7 Asts: Scola 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,093 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Damir Javor (SLO), Eddie Viator (FRA)

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13 August 2016 19:00

Boxscore

Spain	109–59	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 22–18, 36–16, 25–14
Pts: Gasol 23 Rebs: Reyes 9 Asts: Llull 6		Pts: Kuzminskas 17 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Mačiulis 2

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,045 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

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15 August 2016 22:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	81–90	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 20–34, 14–28, 26–15
Pts: Kalnietis 26 Rebs: Valančiūnas 6 Asts: Kalnietis 11		Pts: Bogdanović 22 Rebs: Simon 10 Asts: Simon 6

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,809 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Steven Anderson (USA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)

Quarter-final

17 August 2016 11:00

Boxscore

Australia	90–64	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 22–13, 22–13, 20–21
Pts: Mills 24 Rebs: Bogut 7 Asts: Bogut 6		Pts: Kalnietis, Kavaliauskas 12 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,348 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)

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