2010 Lithuania men's FIBA World Championship team

thumb|right|300px|Lithuania flag during the awarding ceremony Lithuania men's national basketball team had its third appearance at the FIBA World Championship at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Despite qualifying only as a wild card invitation by FIBA following an underwhelming performance at EuroBasket 2009, Lithuania had its best performance ever at the World Championship, losing only the semifinal against the United States en route to a bronze medal. 2010 FIBA World Championship Roster Main roster Lithuanian National Basketball Team #E9D603 #46844C #C1272D #E9D603 y SG 4 Renaldas Seibutis 1985 7 23 1.96 CB Bilbao Berri Spain 2010 8 28 y PG 5 Mantas Kalnietis 1986 9 6 1.96 BC Žalgiris Lithuania 2010 8 28 y SF 6 Jonas Mačiulis 1985 2 10 2.00 Armani Jeans Milano Italy 2010 8 28 y SG 7 Martynas Pocius 1986 4 28 1.96 BC Žalgiris Lithuania 2010 8 28 y SG 8 Martynas Gecevičius 1988 5 16 1.93 Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania 2010 8 28 y G 9 Tomas Delininkaitis 1981 7 11 1.90 PAOK BC Greece 2010 8 28 y SF 10 Simas Jasaitis 1982 3 26 2.01 Galatasaray Cafe Crown Turkey 2010 8 28 y F 11 Linas Kleiza 1985 1 3 2.03 Toronto Raptors Canada 2010 8 28 y F/C 12 Tadas Klimavičius 1982 10 10 2.04 BC Žalgiris Lithuania 2010 8 28 y PF 13 Paulius Jankūnas 1984 4 29 2.06 BC Žalgiris Lithuania 2010 8 28 y C 14 Martynas Andriuškevičius 1986 3 12 2.21 CB Lucentum Alicante Spain 2010 8 28 y C 15 Robertas Javtokas 1980 3 20 2.11 Valencia BC Spain 2010 8 28 C |} | valign="top" | Head coach Lithuania Kęstutis Kemzūra Assistant coach(es) Lithuania Robertas Kuncaitis Lithuania Donaldas Kairys Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club |} Reserves roster Pos Height Player Year of birth Current club PG 1.88 m Arvydas Eitutavičius* 1982 FRA Cholet Basket PG 1.85 m Aidas Viskontas 1986 LTU Perlas Vilnius G 1.92 m Martynas Mažeika 1985 GRE AEK Athens SG 1.94 m Adas Juškevičius 1989 LTU Žalgiris Kaunas SG 1.98 m Renaldas Seibutis* 1985 EUR Free agent SF 2.00 m Deividas Gailius 1988 ITA Virtus Bologna SF 1.96 m Arvydas Šikšnius 1987 LTU Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius F 2.04 m Mindaugas Kuzminskas 1989 LTU BC Šiauliai PF 2.03 m Vytautas Šarakauskas 1982 LTU BC Šiauliai PF 2.03 m Valdas Vasylius 1983 EUR Free Agent PF 2.05 m Valdas Dabkus 1984 CYP InterCollege Etha Engomis F/C 2.04 m Tadas Klimavičius* 1982 LTU Žalgiris Kaunas C 2.21 m Martynas Andriuškevičius* 1986 ESP CB Lucentum AlicanteCoach Robertas Kuncaitis 1964 LTU Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius * denotes players that were placed in the main roster. Candidates that did not make it to the final team: # Position Player Year of birth Last season's club before the tournament Notes   Forward Mindaugas Katelynas 1983 ESP CB Lucentum Alicante Sustained an injury while in training camphttp://www.lrytas.lt/-12803449271278194173-traum%C4%85-patyr%C4%99s-m-katelynas-i%C5%A1vyksta-i%C5%A1-rinktin%C4%97s-stovyklos.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100731041948/http://www.lrytas.lt/-12803449271278194173-traum%C4%85-patyr%C4%99s-m-katelynas-i%C5%A1vyksta-i%C5%A1-rinktin%C4%97s-stovyklos.htm 2010-07-31 Lrytas.lt naujienos – sužinoti daugiau!   Center Donatas Motiejūnas 1990 ITA Benetton Treviso Released from the team after game against Czech Republic (2010-08-02)   Guard Giedrius Gustas 1980 GRE Panorama BC Released from the team after game against Spain (2010-08-07)   Guard Arvydas Eitutavičius 1982 FRA Cholet Basket Released from the team after game against USA (2010-08-21)   Guard Mindaugas Lukauskis 1979 FRA ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Released from the team after game against USA (2010-08-21)Other candidates that did not make it to the training camp   Forward Ramūnas Šiškauskas 1978 RUS CSKA Moscow Retired from national team after 2008 Summer Olympics   Guard Arvydas Macijauskas 1980 EU Free agent Decided to end careerMacijauskas announces retirement   Guard Rimantas Kaukėnas 1977 ESP Real Madrid Decided not to play because family circumstances   Center Marijonas Petravičius 1979 ITA Armani Jeans Milano Cannot play because of back injury   Forward Kšyštof Lavrinovič 1979 ITA Montepaschi Siena Cannot play because of back injury   Center Darjuš Lavrinovič 1979 ESP Real Madrid Cannot play because the new club didn't give permission to participate   Guard Šarūnas Jasikevičius 1976 GRE Panathinaikos Athens Decided not to play   Forward Artūras Jomantas 1985 LTU BC Lietuvos Rytas Cannot play because of minor injuries Preparation matches Note: All times are UTC+2 Reserve Team #eee July 6 England 20:30 ENG 73 22-19 21-23 15-20 15-16 78 LTU #eee July 7 England 20:30 ENG 78 21-19 19-31 24-18 14-24 92 LTU #eee July 13 China 11:00 CBA Team China 81 27-24 24-32 18-26 12-25 107 LTU #eee July 14 China 14:30 CBA Team China 68 11-31 19-15 16-24 22-14 84 LTU #eee July 16 China 14:30 China 86 22-15 24-22 16-17 24-28 82 LTU #eee July 18 China 14:30 China 81 10-6 20-19 23-30 26-22 77 LTU #eee July 20 China 14:30 China 68 10-26 16-15 23-22 19-16 79 LTU Main Team #eee July 31 Šiaulių arena, Šiauliai, Lithuania 21:00 LTU 91 28-16 23-22 30-14 10-7 59 FIN #eee August 2 Cido arena, Panevėžys, Lithuania 19:10 LTU 93 25-24 24-18 11-19 15-14 18-9 84 CZE Report #eee August 6 Vitoria, Spain 21:30 LTU 86 21-23 19-15 27-25 19-21 84 SLO Report #eee August 7 Vitoria, Spain 21:00 ESP 97 30-16 25-26 23-15 19-19 76 LTU Report #eee August 13 Bamberg, Germany 22:00 LTU 80 23-18 15-16 22-26 20-17 77 TUR Report #eee August 14 Bamberg, Germany 19:15 GER 67 25-22 10-18 11-18 21-20 78 LTU Report #eee August 15 Bamberg, Germany 17:30 LTU 93 17-24 26-21 20-24 30-13 82 CRO Report #eee August 20 Madrid, Spain 21:30 ESP 94 24-19 25-22 25-13 20-21 75 LTU Report #eee August 21 Madrid, Spain 22:00 LTU 61 15-7 14-21 20-29 12-20 77 USA Report #eee August 24 Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania 19:10 LTU 94 25-13 21-12 24-17 24-25 67 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris Report FIBA World Championship 2010 Note: All times are local Preliminary round 2010 FIBA World Championship Group D #eee August 28 16:00 Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir NZL 79 LTU 92 24–25 10–25 27–24 18–18 Report Penney 37 Kleiza 27 Abercrombie 11 Kleiza 8 Cameron, Tait 3 Kalnietis, Mačiulis 4 3,500 Anthony Dewayne Jordan (USA), Srdan Dozai (CRO), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB) #eee August 29 16:00 Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir LTU 70 CAN 68 Report 12–20 21–23 22–14 15–11 Kleiza 18 Anderson 15 Kleiza 10 Kendall 11 Pocius 4 Anderson 5 3,000 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Jakub Zamojski (POL), Juan Jose Fernandez (ARG) #eee August 31 21:00 Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir ESP 73 LTU 76 22–11 21–24 21–18 9–23 Report Navarro, Gasol 18 Kleiza 17 Fernández 9 Kleiza, Javtokas 8 Garbajosa, López 3 Kalnietis 5 7,000 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Anthony Dewayne Jordan (USA), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB) #eee September 1 21:00 Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir LTU 69 FRA 55 Report 11–24 13–6 28–11 17–14 Mačiulis 19 Batum 13 Javtokas 5 Diaw 6 Kleiza 3 Batum 3 7,100 Jorge Vasquez (PUR), Anthony Dewayne Jordan (USA), Juan Jose Fernandez (ARG) #eee September 2 18:30 Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir LIB 66 LTU 84 16–16 16–23 19–25 15–20 Report Fahed 19 Seibutis 17 Rustom, Abdelnour 6 Andriuškevičius, Klimavičius 7 Rustom 5 Delininkaitis 4 4,300 Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Jakub Zamojski (POL) Knockout stage 2010 FIBA World Championship knockout stage Round of 16 #eee September 7 Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul 18:00 LTU 78 17–22 26–18 21–11 14–16 67 CHN Report Liu W. 21 Kleiza 30 Yi J.L. 12 Kleiza 9 Liu W., Wang Z.Z., Wang S.P. 3 Kalnietis 5 15,000 Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Recep Ankarali (TUR), Yuji Hirahara (JPN) Quarterfinals #eee September 9 Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul 21:00 LTU 104 28–18 22–12 35–23 19–32 85 ARG Report Jasaitis 19 Delfino 25 Kleiza 9 Oberto, Jasen 5 Kalnietis, Jankūnas 5 Prigioni 6 15,000 Jorge Vasquez (PUR), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Scott Jason Butler (AUS) Semifinals #eee September 11 Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul 19:00 USA 89 23–12 19–15 23–26 24–21 74 LTU Report Durant 38 Javtokas 15 Odom 10 Javtokas 9 Billups, Rose, Westbrook 3 Kalnietis, Mačiulis, Pocius, Delininkaitis 2 15,000 Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Marcos Fornies Benito (BRA) Third–place game #eee September 12 Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul 19:00 SRB 88 22–23 16–25 16–24 34–27 99 LTU Report Veličković 18 Kleiza 33 Krstić 8 Jasaitis 10 Rašić 10 Kleiza 4 15,000 Jorge Vasquez (PUR), Anthony Dewayne Jordan (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE) Orders, decorations, and medals National team players, coaches and staff members were awarded with State orders, decorations and medals for their success.Dėl apdovanojimo valstybės ordinais ir medaliais Kūno kultūros ir sporto dienos proga, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas lt Award Award title Person Position 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Kęstutis Kemzūra Head coach 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Paulius Jankūnas Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Simas Jasaitis Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Robertas Javtokas Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Linas Kleiza Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Robertas Kuncaitis Coach 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross Jonas Mačiulis Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Officer's Cross Juozas Petkevičius Technical manager 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Martynas Andriuškevičius Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Tomas Delininkaitis Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Martynas Gecevičius Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Mantas Kalnietis Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Tadas Klimavičius Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Martynas Pocius Player 100px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross Renaldas Seibutis Player 50px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Aidas Buzelis Masseur 50px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Rimtautas Gudas Doctor 50px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Donaldas Kairys Coach-scout 50px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Evaldas Kandratavičius Physical training coach 50px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Aleksejus Peletskij Masseur 50px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Mantas Šernius Coach-scout 50px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal Vytenis Trumpickas Doctor References 2010 World