Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team

Lithuania
FIBA ranking7th[1]
Joined FIBA1936
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationLithuanian Basketball Federation
Nickname(s)Basketball: The Second Religion, Game of the Nation
FIBA U20 EuroBasket
Appearances23
Medals Gold: 2 (1996, 2012)
Silver: 4 (2005, 2008, 2016, 2022)
Bronze: 1 (2004)

The Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė vaikinų jaunimo iki 20 krepšinio rinktinė), is the representative for Lithuania in international basketball competitions, and it is organized and run by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.[2][3] The Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team represents Lithuania at the FIBA U20 EuroBasket.

The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship champions generation (born 1992), led by Jonas Valančiūnas, won every single age-restricted tournament they have competed in. No other generation in the world have shown such impressive performance. Consequently, the unique Lithuanian generation was nicknamed "Auksinis Lietuvos jaunimas" (English: The Golden Lithuanian Youth).[4]

FIBA U20 EuroBasket record

Main article: FIBA U20 EuroBasket
Year Pos. Pld W L
1992 Did not participate
1994 Did not qualify
1996 1st 7 6 1
1998 8th 8 3 5
2000 10th 5 2 3
2002 5th 8 4 4
2004 3rd 8 6 2
2005 2nd 8 6 2
2006 7th 8 3 5
2007 11th 8 2 6
2008 2nd 8 6 2
2009 5th 9 6 3
2010 9th 8 5 3
2011 14th 9 4 5
2012 1st 9 6 3
2013 7th 10 6 4
2014 5th 10 7 3
2015 7th 10 5 5
2016[5] 2nd 7 4 3
2017[6] 6th 7 4 3
2018[7] 9th 7 6 1
2019[8] 5th 7 5 2
2022[9] 2nd 7 4 3
2023[10] 8th 7 4 3
2024[11] 5th 7 5 2
Total 23/25 182 109 73

Current roster

2019 FIBA U20 European Championship


Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 1 Arnas Velička 19 – (1999-12-10)10 December 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris
SF 3 Tadas Vaičiūnas 20 – (1999-04-21)21 April 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Lietkabelis
SG 4 Justinas Leganovič 19 – (1999-10-15)15 October 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) West Nottingham Academy
SG 5 Lukas Uleckas 19 – (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris
G 6 Ernestas Jonkus 20 – (1999-07-03)3 July 1999 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Gargždai-SC
SG 7 Ignas Sargiūnas 19 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Colorado State University
SF 10 Vitalijus Kozys 20 – (1999-04-30)30 April 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Žalgiris
PF 11 Paulius Poška 20 – (1999-03-23)23 March 1999 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Šilutė
PF 18 Grantas Vasiliauskas 20 – (1999-01-10)10 January 1999 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Jonava
F/C 35 Danielius Lavrinovičius 20 – (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Artland Dragons
F 92 Justas Sakalauskas 20 – (1999-02-06)6 February 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Vytis
PG 99 Marius Valinskas 20 – (1999-05-04)4 May 1999 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Lietkabelis
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 08-07-2019

References

  1. ^ FIBA World Ranking, boys
  2. ^ Profile - Lithuania, FIBA.basketball
  3. ^ Lithuania (U20), eurobasket.com
  4. ^ ""Auksinis jaunimas" pratęsė tradiciją - laimėjo penktąjį auksą!". Krepsinis.net. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ^ 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship
  6. ^ 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship
  7. ^ 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship
  8. ^ 2019 FIBA U20 European Championship
  9. ^ 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship
  10. ^ 2023 FIBA U20 European Championship
  11. ^ 2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket
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