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.
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Candidates that didn't make for the final team:
# | Position | Player | Year of birth | Last season's club before the tournament | Notes |
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Forward | Darius Songaila | 1978 | ![]() |
Couldn't play because of back injury announced 2008-07-31 | |
Guard | Tomas Delininkaitis | 1982 | ![]() |
Released 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 | |||||
Guard | Rolandas Alijevas | 1985 | ![]() |
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Guard | Mantas Kalnietis | 1986 | ![]() |
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Forward/Center | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 1982 | ![]() |
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Center | Michailas Anisimovas | 1984 | ![]() |
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Forward | Donatas Zavackas | 1980 | ![]() |
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Forward | Justas Sinica | 1985 | ![]() |
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Guard | Martynas Pocius | 1986 | ![]() |
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Guard | Steponas Babrauskas | 1984 | ![]() |
Added to the list after Jomantas and Seibutis injuries. | |
Guard | Artūras Milaknis | 1986 | ![]() |
Added to the list after Jomantas and Seibutis injuries. | |
Other candidates that didn't make to the training camp | |||||
Forward | Paulius Jankūnas | 1984 | ![]() |
Couldn't play because of health reasons; | |
Center | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas | 1975 | ![]() |
On 2008-06-12 Cavaliers declined to give their permission to Z. Ilgauskas to play for the team.[2] | |
Forward | Artūras Jomantas | 1985 | ![]() |
Couldn't play because of the rehabilitation after shoulder surgery. | |
Guard | Arvydas Macijauskas | 1980 | ![]() |
Couldn't play because of the back injury. | |
Guard | Renaldas Seibutis | 1982 | ![]() |
Couldn't play because of the injury. |
Preparation matches[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Lithuania_vs_Iceland_in_Vilnius_%282008-07-15%29.jpg/200px-Lithuania_vs_Iceland_in_Vilnius_%282008-07-15%29.jpg)
Lithuania vs Iceland in Vilnius (2008-07-15).
July 15, 2008
18:30 |
Lithuania ![]() |
105–67 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 26-18, 19-15, 28-17, 32-17 |
Siemens Arena, Vilnius
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July 27, 2008
18:30 |
Lithuania ![]() |
90–62 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 11-17, 37-6, 25-22 |
Siemens Arena, Vilnius
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August 1, 2008
20:00 |
Lithuania ![]() |
84–120 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 15-31, 24-25, 27-35, 18-29 |
Coati Strip Coati Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao, China
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August 2, 2008
20:00 |
Lithuania ![]() |
82–74 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 18-15, 23-18, 22-18, 19-23 |
Coati Strip Coati Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao, China
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Olympic games[]
Group Stage
August 10, 2008
16:45 |
Lithuania ![]() |
79–75 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 20-19, 17-15, 28-30 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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August 12, 2008
09:00 |
Lithuania ![]() |
99–67 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 31-14, 28-19, 25-14 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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August 14, 2008
16:45 |
Lithuania ![]() |
86–79 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 21-17, 25-21, 17-17 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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August 16, 2008
14:30 |
Lithuania ![]() |
86–73 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 29-30, 16-17, 28-11 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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August 18, 2008
11:15 |
Lithuania ![]() |
75–106 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 14-28, 15-27, 22-20, 24-31 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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Quarterfinal
August 20, 2008
16:45 |
Lithuania ![]() |
94–68 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 22-13, 29-23, 24-15 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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Semifinal
August 22, 2008
20:00 |
Lithuania ![]() |
86–91 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 23-19, 24-22, 20-29 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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Bronze medal game
August 24, 2008
12:00 |
Lithuania ![]() |
75–87 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 13-22, 15-22, 26-19 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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References[]
- ^ Argentina earns bronze, beats Lithuania. NBC Olympics. August 24, 2008. Retrieved on September 13, 2008.
- ^ Danny Ferry: No Olympics for Ilgauskas
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