Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team

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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
Appearances24
MedalsGold Gold: 2 (1996, 2012)
Silver Silver: 5 (2005, 2008, 2016, 2022, 2025)
Bronze 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

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Main article: FIBA U20 EuroBasket
Year Pos. Pld W L
Greece 1992 Did not participate
Slovenia 1994 Did not qualify
Turkey 1996[5] 1st 7 6 1
Italy 1998[6] 8th 8 3 5
North Macedonia 2000[7] 10th 5 2 3
Lithuania 2002[8] 5th 8 4 4
Czech Republic 2004[9] 3rd 8 6 2
Russia 2005[10] 2nd 8 6 2
Turkey 2006[11] 7th 8 3 5
Slovenia 2007[12] 11th 8 2 6
Latvia 2008[13] 2nd 8 6 2
Greece 2009[14] 5th 9 6 3
Croatia 2010[15] 9th 8 5 3
Spain 2011[16] 14th 9 4 5
Slovenia 2012[17] 1st 9 6 3
Estonia 2013[18] 7th 10 6 4
Greece 2014[19] 5th 10 7 3
Italy 2015[20] 7th 10 5 5
Finland 2016[21] 2nd 7 4 3
Greece 2017[22] 6th 7 4 3
Germany 2018[23] 9th 7 6 1
Israel 2019[24] 5th 7 5 2
Montenegro 2022[25] 2nd 7 4 3
Greece 2023[26] 8th 7 4 3
Poland 2024[27] 5th 7 5 2
Greece 2025[28] 2nd 7 4 3
Total 24/26 189 113 76

Current roster

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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 Lithuania
SF 3 Tadas Vaičiūnas 20 – (1999-04-21)21 April 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Lietkabelis Lithuania
SG 4 Justinas Leganovič 19 – (1999-10-15)15 October 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) West Nottingham Academy United States
SG 5 Lukas Uleckas 19 – (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris Lithuania
G 6 Ernestas Jonkus 20 – (1999-07-03)3 July 1999 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Gargždai-SC Lithuania
SG 7 Ignas Sargiūnas 19 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Colorado State University United States
SF 10 Vitalijus Kozys 20 – (1999-04-30)30 April 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Žalgiris Lithuania
PF 11 Paulius Poška 20 – (1999-03-23)23 March 1999 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Šilutė Lithuania
PF 18 Grantas Vasiliauskas 20 – (1999-01-10)10 January 1999 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Jonava Lithuania
F/C 35 Danielius Lavrinovičius 20 – (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Artland Dragons Germany
F 92 Justas Sakalauskas 20 – (1999-02-06)6 February 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Vytis Lithuania
PG 99 Marius Valinskas 20 – (1999-05-04)4 May 1999 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Lietkabelis Lithuania
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 08-07-2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ FIBA World Ranking, boys
  2. ^ "Profile - Lithuania". about.fiba.basketball.
  3. ^ "Lithuania (U20 men)". www.eurobasket.com.
  4. ^ ""Auksinis jaunimas" pratęsė tradiciją - laimėjo penktąjį auksą!". Krepsinis.net. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ^ "1996 FIBA European Championship for Men '22 and Under'". www.fibaeurope.com.
  6. ^ "1998 FIBA European Championship for Men '22 and Under'". www.fibaeurope.com.
  7. ^ "2000 FIBA European Championship for Young Men". www.fiba.basketball.
  8. ^ "2002 FIBA European Championship for Young Men". www.fiba.basketball.
  9. ^ "2004 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  10. ^ "2005 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  11. ^ "2006 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  12. ^ "2007 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  13. ^ "2008 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  14. ^ "2009 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  15. ^ "2010 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  16. ^ "2011 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  17. ^ "2012 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  18. ^ "2013 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  19. ^ "2014 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  20. ^ "2015 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  21. ^ "2016 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  22. ^ "2017 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  23. ^ "2018 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  24. ^ "2019 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  25. ^ "2022 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  26. ^ "2023 FIBA U20 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
  27. ^ "2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket". www.fiba.basketball.
  28. ^ "2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket". www.fiba.basketball.
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