2014 Lithuania FIBA Basketball World Cup team

This page tracks the progress of the Lithuanian national basketball team participating in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Main roster

On May 13, head coach Jonas Kazlauskas announced both the extended 24–player main roster and the reserve roster for the national team.^[1] On July 1, he announced the condensed candidate roster consisting of 17 players.^[2] On August 11, he narrowed the list down to 14 players.^[3]

Lithuania men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 14 Jonas Valančiūnas 22 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Toronto Raptors C 7 Darjuš Lavrinovič 34 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Pallacanestro Reggiana F/C 11 Donatas Motiejūnas 23 – (1990-09-20)20 September 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Houston Rockets F/C 12 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 34 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Valencia BC PF 13 Paulius Jankūnas (C) 30 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Žalgiris SF 8 Jonas Mačiulis 29 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto SF 91 Simas Jasaitis 32 – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) PBC Lokomotiv Kuban SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 24 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Unicaja Málaga G/F 4 Martynas Pocius 28 – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Galatasaray Liv Hospital SG 10 Renaldas Seibutis 29 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Darüşşafaka S.K. G 18 Adas Juškevičius 25 – (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Lietuvos rytas PG 25 Šarūnas Vasiliauskas 25 – (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Trefl Sopot	Head coach Jonas Kazlauskas Assistant coach(es) Darius Maskoliūnas Gintaras Krapikas

Candidates that did not make it to the final team

#	Position	Player	Year of birth	Club	Reason	Date announced
	Center	Robertas Javtokas	1980	Žalgiris Kaunas	Needs time to recuperate[4]	June 30
	Forward	Linas Kleiza	1985	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Personal problems[2]	July 1
	Guard	Martynas Gecevičius	1988	Lietuvos rytas	Coaching decision[2]	July 1
	Guard	Marius Grigonis	1994	Peñas Huesca
	Guard	Tomas Dimša	1994	Žalgiris Kaunas
	Forward	Domantas Sabonis	1996	Gonzaga Bulldogs
	Center	Antanas Kavaliauskas	1984	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	Coaching decision[3]	August 11
	Forward	Deividas Gailius	1988	Neptūnas Klaipėda
	Guard	Žygimantas Janavičius	1989	Braunschweig Löwen
	Center	Artūras Gudaitis	1993	Žalgiris Kaunas	Coaching decision[5]	August 26
	Guard	Adas Juškevičius*	1989	Lietuvos rytas
	Guard	Mantas Kalnietis	1986	Lokomotiv Kuban	Clavicular dislocation[6]

* – Juškevičius was recalled to the national team after Kalnietis' injury vs. Croatia.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jonas Valančiūnas	Darjuš Lavrinovič
PF	Donatas Motiejūnas	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Paulius Jankūnas
SF	Jonas Mačiulis	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	Simas Jasaitis
SG	Renaldas Seibutis	Martynas Pocius
PG	Šarūnas Vasiliauskas	Adas Juškevičius

Preparation matches

26 July 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	93–74	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 27–10, 21–24, 22–21, 23–19
Pts: Gudaitis 15 Rebs: Gudaitis 8 Asts: Vasiliauskas 9		Pts: Šmits 13

Šiauliai Arena, Lithuania

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28 July 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	82–51	Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 25–22, 12–12, 24–8
Pts: Kuzminskas 15 Rebs: Motiejūnas, Gailius 6 Asts: Jankūnas 6		Pts: Shengelia 13

Cido Arena, Lithuania

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30 July 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	81–54	Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 15–12, 29–15, 19–13
Pts: D.Lavrinovič 17 Rebs: Motiejūnas 12 Asts: Vasiliauskas 5		Pts: Pachulia 18

Siemens Arena, Lithuania

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4 August 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	90–81	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 20–24, 25–22, 19–21
Pts: Kuzminskas 12 Rebs: Mačiulis 7 Asts: Pocius 4		Pts: Koivisto, Lee 13

Helsinki, Finland

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8 August 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	70–54	Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 15–18, 22–13, 10–4
Pts: D.Lavrinovič 19 Rebs: Motiejūnas, D.Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Pocius, D.Lavrinovič 4		Pts: Gladyr, Jeter 11

Švyturys Arena, Lithuania

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9 August 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	83–66	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 27–21, 29–16, 14–11
Pts: Valančiūnas 20 Rebs: Valančiūnas 11 Asts: Kalnietis 11		Pts: Lee 20

Švyturys Arena, Lithuania

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11 August 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	91–78	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 31–27, 19–18, 17–18
Pts: Valančiūnas 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 7		Pts: Andersen 19

Švyturys Arena, Lithuania

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16 August 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	86–67	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–19, 25–10, 22–22
Pts: Motiejūnas 18 Rebs: Motiejūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 5		Pts: Printezis 14

Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania

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17 August 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	85–79	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 19–18, 18–17, 30–21
Pts: Valančiūnas 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas, Mačiulis 5 Asts: Kalnietis 6		Pts: Penney 26

Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania

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18 August 2014 19:00 EEST

Report (media)

Lithuania	80–76	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 19–20, 21–12, 23–22
Pts: Valančiūnas 14 Rebs: Jankūnas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 4		Pts: Zupan 18

Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania

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21 August 2014 18:15 EEST

Report (media)

Brazil	61–64	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 16–7, 14–21, 9–18
Pts: Hettsheimeir 14		Pts: Valančiūnas, Mačiulis 11 Rebs: Motiejūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 7

Arena Stožice, Slovenia

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22 August 2014 18:15 EEST

Report (media)

Iran	67–80	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 20–17, 18–18, 18–24
Pts: Nikkhah 15		Pts: Pocius 12 Rebs: Jankūnas 7 Asts: Juškevičius 3

Arena Stožice, Slovenia

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23 August 2014 21:15 EEST

Report (media)

Slovenia	74–72	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 26–22, 12–18, 20–19
Pts: Lorbek 18		Pts: Motiejūnas, Kalnietis, D.Lavrinovič 15 Rebs: D.Lavrinovič 9 Asts: Kalnietis 6

Arena Stožice, Slovenia

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26 August 2014 20:00 EEST

Report (media)

Croatia	94–80	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 22–26, 28–23, 19–19
Pts: Bogdanović 24		Pts: Mačiulis 20 Rebs: Pocius 5 Asts: Vasiliauskas 3

Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Croatia

Preliminary round

30 August 2014 19:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	87–74	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 22:27, 23:14, 22:12, 20:21
Pts: Mačiulis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 5 Asts: Seibutis 5		Pts: Cruz 21 Rebs: Ayón 6 Asts: Cruz 4

Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas

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31 August 2014 19:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	75–62	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 23:22, 15:13, 25:14, 12:13
Pts: Motiejūnas 12 Rebs: Valančiūnas 13 Asts: Seibutis 4		Pts: Mingas 14 Rebs: Mingas 9 Asts: Cipriano 3

Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas

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2 September 2014 16:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	75–82	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20:30, 8:17, 28:15, 19:20
Pts: Seibutis 21 Rebs: Valančiūnas 6 Asts: Seibutis 3		Pts: Ingles 18 Rebs: Baynes 6 Asts: Ingles 4

Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas

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3 September 2014 19:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	79–49	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 17:19, 22:10, 18:4, 22:16
Pts: Juškevičius 20 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Motiejūnas 5		Pts: Moon 15 Rebs: Oh 4 Asts: Kim 4

Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas

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4 September 2014 20:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	67–64	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 22:24, 14:20, 19:18, 12:2
Pts: Valančiūnas 12 Rebs: D.Lavrinovič 8 Asts: Juškevičius 3		Pts: Lorbek 14 Rebs: Omić 8 Asts: Dragić 4

Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas

Knockout stage

7 September 2014 16:00 v t e

Boxscore

New Zealand	71–76	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 17–13, 24–22, 21–18
Pts: C. Webster 26 Rebs: Vukona 10 Asts: Penney 3		Pts: Valančiūnas 22 Rebs: Valančiūnas 13 Asts: Seibutis 5

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 7,783 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Alejandro Chiti (ARG), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

Quarterfinals

9 September 2014 17:00 v t e

Boxscore

Lithuania	73–61	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 20–10, 14–16, 26–17
Pts: Seibutis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 13 Asts: Seibutis, Pocius 3		Pts: Gönlüm 13 Rebs: Aşık 10 Asts: Preldžić 5

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 9,752 Referees: Juan González (ESP), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Eddie Viator (FRA)

Semifinals

11 September 2014 21:00 v t e

Boxscore

United States	96–68	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–19, 33–14, 20–19
Pts: Irving 18 Rebs: Gay 7 Asts: Irving 4		Pts: Valančiūnas, Kuzminskas 15 Rebs: Kuzminskas 9 Asts: Juškevičius, Seibutis 2

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 15,070 Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Sreten Radović (CRO)

Third place playoff

13 September 2014 18:00 v t e

Boxscore

Lithuania	93–95	France
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 23–21, 29–21, 22–31
Pts: Valančiūnas 25 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Seibutis 4		Pts: Batum 27 Rebs: Lauvergne 9 Asts: Diaw 4

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 11,800 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Juan González (ESP)

Reserve roster

The main goal of the reserve roster is to prepare the team for participation in the 2015 Summer Universiade held in South Korea. Some candidates are listed in both the main roster and the reserve roster.^[7]

Lithuania reserve national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 6 Tauras Jogėla 21 – (1993-05-02)2 May 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Žalgiris G 8 Adas Juškevičius 25 – (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Eisbären Bremerhaven PG 10 Žygimantas Janavičius 25 – (1989-02-20)20 February 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC TonyBet C 11 Evaldas Kairys 23 – (1990-10-11)11 October 1990 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Pieno žvaigždės PG 12 Šarūnas Vasiliauskas 25 – (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Trefl Sopot PG 13 Vytenis Čižauskas 21 – (1992-09-16)16 September 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Žalgiris G/F 19 Vaidas Kariniauskas 20 – (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Žalgiris SF 22 Eimantas Bendžius 24 – (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Lietuvos rytas SG 31 Rokas Giedraitis 22 – (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Šiauliai G 44 Paulius Dambrauskas 22 – (1991-12-16)16 December 1991 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Dzūkija C 49 Mindaugas Kupšas 23 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) BC Žalgiris G/F 92 Edgaras Ulanovas 22 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Žalgiris F/C -- Artūras Gudaitis 21 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Žalgiris	Head coach Dainius Adomaitis Assistant coach(es) Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age August 30, 2014

Candidates that did not make it to the final team

#	Position	Player	Year of birth	Club	Reason	Date announced
	Center	Egidijus Mockevičius	1992	Evansville Purple Aces	NCAA rules	June 16
	Forward	Gilvydas Biruta	1991	Rhode Island Rams	NCAA rules	June 16
	Forward	Artūras Gudaitis	1993	Žalgiris Kaunas	Back injury[8]	June 18

Friendly matches

June 22, 2014

Boxscore

Lithuania	76–55	Slovenia U–20
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–10, 22–12, 19–13

Slovenia

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June 24, 2014

Boxscore

Lithuania	82–65	Slovenia Reserve Team
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 21–19, 12–18, 24–13

Slovenia

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June 29, 2014

Boxscore

Lithuania	86–71	Lithuania U–20
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 29–19, 21–15, 21–17

Druskininkai, Lithuania

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June 30, 2014

Lithuania	82–64	Lithuania U–20
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–14, 17–21, 22–19

Druskininkai, Lithuania

Promoted to the Main roster

#	Position	Player	Year of birth	PPG	RPG	APG
8	G	Adas Juškevičius	1989	13.3	4.5	2.0
10	PG	Žygimantas Janavičius	1989	6.8	2.3	4.3
12	PG	Šarūnas Vasiliauskas	1989	5.3	2.0	5.0
---	F/C	Artūras Gudaitis	1993	0.0	0.0	0.0

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