Lithuania national basketball team at 2008 Olympic Games

Winning the third place game at Eurobasket 2007 against Greece allowed Lithuania to qualify for the Olympic basketball tournament at Beijing 2008 without competition at 2008 Pre-Olympics Tournament. The Lithuanian men's basketball team came in fourth place after being beaten by Argentina's basketball team, 87-75.[1]


2008 Olympic tournament roster

Lithuanian basketball team started its preparation for the Olympics at the end of June, 2008. After couple of training camps and preolympic friendly matches the national team was selected.

Lithuania National Basketball Team 2008 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 4 Kaukėnas, Rimantas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Montepaschi Siena
SG 5 Lukauskis, Mindaugas 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) BC Lietuvos Rytas
SF 6 Mačiulis, Jonas 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 216 lb (98 kg) BC Žalgiris
C 7 Lavrinovič, Darjuš 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) UNICS Kazan
G/F 8 Šiškauskas, Ramūnas (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) PBC CSKA Moscow
G 9 Prekevičius, Marius 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) BC Siauliai
G/F 10 Jasaitis, Simas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Tau Ceramica
F 11 Kleiza, Linas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Denver Nuggets
F/C 12 Lavrinovič, Kšyštof 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Montepaschi Siena
PG 13 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Panathinaikos BC
F/C 14 Petravičius, Marijonas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) BC Lietuvos Rytas
C 15 Javtokas, Robertas 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) MBC Dynamo Moscow
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes last pro club before the tournament

Candidates that didn't make for the final team:

# Position Player Year of birth Last season's club before the tournament Notes
 ForwardDarius Songaila1978 NBA Washington WizardsCouldn't play because of back injury announced 2008-07-31
 GuardTomas Delininkaitis1982 Mariupol AzovmashReleased from the team after tour in Spain and 2008-07-25 game against Argentina
Reserve Team. Reserve team candidates were disjuncted from the main team after 2008-07-11 game against Belarus
 GuardRolandas Alijevas1985 CSK VVS Samara 
 GuardMantas Kalnietis1986 Žalgiris Kaunas 
 Forward/CenterAntanas Kavaliauskas1982 Panionios BC 
 CenterMichailas Anisimovas1984 Lietuvos rytas 
 ForwardDonatas Zavackas1980 Šiauliai 
 ForwardJustas Sinica1985 Sakalai 
 GuardMartynas Pocius1986 NCAA Duke Blue Devils 
 GuardSteponas Babrauskas1984 Legea SvafatiAdded to the list after Jomantas and Seibutis injuries.
 GuardArtūras Milaknis1986 Žalgiris KaunasAdded to the list after Jomantas and Seibutis injuries.
Other candidates that didn't make to the training camp
 ForwardPaulius Jankūnas1984 Žalgiris KaunasCouldn't play because of health reasons;
 CenterŽydrūnas Ilgauskas1975 NBA Cleveland CavaliersOn 2008-06-12 Cavaliers declined to give their permission to Z. Ilgauskas to play for the team.[2]
 ForwardArtūras Jomantas1985 Lietuvos rytasCouldn't play because of the rehabilitation after shoulder surgery.
 GuardArvydas Macijauskas1980 OlympiacosCouldn't play because of the back injury.
 GuardRenaldas Seibutis1982 OlympiacosCouldn't play because of the injury.

Preparation matches
Lithuania vs Iceland in Vilnius (2008-07-15).
July 11, 2008
18:30
Lithuania  113–57  Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 23-23, 38-12, 25-9, 27-13
July 13, 2008
18:30
Lithuania  115–62  Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 30-19, 31-16, 22-8, 32-19
July 15, 2008
18:30
Lithuania  105–67  Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 26-18, 19-15, 28-17, 32-17
July 21, 2008
20:30
Lithuania  90–61  Portugal
Scoring by quarter: 19-8, 21-23, 22-21, 28-9
El Palacio de los Deportes de Riazor, La Coruña, Spain
July 24, 2008
20:00
Lithuania  66–91  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 22-29, 13-20, 11-20
Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz, Ourense, Spain
July 25, 2008
20:00
Lithuania  94–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 33-14, 23-12, 17-21, 21-28
Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz, Ourense, Spain
July 27, 2008
18:30
Lithuania  90–62  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 11-17, 37-6, 25-22
August 1, 2008
20:00
Lithuania  84–120  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15-31, 24-25, 27-35, 18-29
Coati Strip Coati Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao, China
August 2, 2008
20:00
Lithuania  82–74  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18-15, 23-18, 22-18, 19-23
Coati Strip Coati Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao, China


Olympic games

Group Stage

August 10, 2008
16:45
Lithuania  79–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 20-19, 17-15, 28-30
August 12, 2008
09:00
Lithuania  99–67  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 31-14, 28-19, 25-14
August 14, 2008
16:45
Lithuania  86–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 21-17, 25-21, 17-17
August 16, 2008
14:30
Lithuania  86–73  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 29-30, 16-17, 28-11
August 18, 2008
11:15
Lithuania  75–106  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14-28, 15-27, 22-20, 24-31

Quarterfinal

August 20, 2008
16:45
Lithuania  94–68  China
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 22-13, 29-23, 24-15

Semifinal

August 22, 2008
20:00
Lithuania  86–91  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 23-19, 24-22, 20-29

Bronze medal game

August 24, 2008
12:00
Lithuania  75–87  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 13-22, 15-22, 26-19

References
  1. Argentina earns bronze, beats Lithuania. NBC Olympics. August 24, 2008. Retrieved on September 13, 2008.
  2. Danny Ferry: No Olympics for Ilgauskas
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