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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 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Renaldas Seibutis 25 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CB Bilbao Berri PG 5 Mantas Kalnietis 23 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris SF 6 Jonas Mačiulis 25 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Armani Jeans Milano SG 7 Martynas Pocius 24 – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris SG 8 Martynas Gecevičius 22 – (1988-05-16)16 May 1988 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Lietuvos Rytas G 9 Tomas Delininkaitis 29 – (1981-07-11)11 July 1981 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PAOK BC SF 10 Simas Jasaitis 28 – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Galatasaray Cafe Crown F 11 Linas Kleiza 25 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Toronto Raptors F/C 12 Tadas Klimavičius 27 – (1982-10-10)10 October 1982 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Žalgiris PF 13 Paulius Jankūnas 26 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Žalgiris C 14 Martynas Andriuškevičius 24 – (1986-03-12)12 March 1986 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) CB Lucentum Alicante C 15 Robertas Javtokas (C) 30 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Valencia BC	Head coach Kęstutis Kemzūra Assistant coach(es) Robertas Kuncaitis 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	Cholet Basket
PG	1.85 m	Aidas Viskontas	1986	Perlas Vilnius
G	1.92 m	Martynas Mažeika	1985	AEK Athens
SG	1.94 m	Adas Juškevičius	1989	Žalgiris Kaunas
SG	1.98 m	Renaldas Seibutis*	1985	Free Agent
SF	2.00 m	Deividas Gailius	1988	Virtus Bologna
SF	1.96 m	Arvydas Šikšnius	1987	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
F	2.04 m	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	1989	BC Šiauliai
PF	2.03 m	Vytautas Šarakauskas	1982	BC Šiauliai
PF	2.03 m	Valdas Vasylius	1983	Free Agent
PF	2.05 m	Valdas Dabkus	1984	InterCollege Etha Engomis
F/C	2.04 m	Tadas Klimavičius*	1982	Žalgiris Kaunas
C	2.21 m	Martynas Andriuškevičius*	1986	CB Lucentum Alicante
Coach
		Robertas Kuncaitis	1964	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	CB Lucentum Alicante	Sustained an injury while in training camp
	Center	Donatas Motiejūnas	1990	Benetton Treviso	Released from the team after game against Czech Republic (2010-08-02)
	Guard	Giedrius Gustas	1980	Panorama BC	Released from the team after game against Spain (2010-08-07)
	Guard	Arvydas Eitutavičius	1982	Cholet Basket	Released from the team after game against USA (2010-08-21)
	Guard	Mindaugas Lukauskis	1979	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	CSKA Moscow	Retired from national team after 2008 Summer Olympics
	Guard	Arvydas Macijauskas	1980	Free agent	Decided to end career
	Guard	Rimantas Kaukėnas	1977	Real Madrid	Decided not to play because family circumstances
	Center	Marijonas Petravičius	1979	Armani Jeans Milano	Cannot play because of back injury
	Forward	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	1979	Montepaschi Siena	Cannot play because of back injury
	Center	Darjuš Lavrinovič	1979	Real Madrid	Cannot play because the new club didn't give permission to participate
	Guard	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	1976	Panathinaikos Athens	Decided not to play
	Forward	Artūras Jomantas	1985	BC Lietuvos Rytas	Cannot play because of minor injuries

Preparation matches

Note: All times are UTC+2

Reserve Team

England	73–78	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22-19, 21-23, 15-20, 15-16

England	78–92	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 19-31, 24-18, 14-24

CBA Team	81–107	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 27-24, 24-32, 18-26, 12-25

CBA Team	68–84	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 11-31, 19-15, 16-24, 22-14

China	86–82	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 24-22, 16-17, 24-28

China	81–77	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10-6, 20-19, 23-30, 26-22

China	68–79	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10-26, 16-15, 23-22, 19-16

Main Team

Lithuania	91–59	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 28-16, 23-22, 30-14, 10-7

Lithuania	93–84 (OT)	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 25-24, 24-18, 11-19, 15-14, Overtime: 18-9

Lithuania	86–84	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 21-23, 19-15, 27-25, 19-21

Spain	97–76	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 30-16, 25-26, 23-15, 19-19

Lithuania	80–77	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 15-16, 22-26, 20-17

Germany	67–78	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25-22, 10-18, 11-18, 21-20

Lithuania	93–82	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17-24, 26-21, 20-24, 30-13

Spain	94–75	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 25-22, 25-13, 20-21

Lithuania	61–77	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15-7, 14-21, 20-29, 12-20

Lithuania	94–67	Kauno Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 25-13, 21-12, 24-17, 24-25

FIBA World Championship 2010

Note: All times are local

Preliminary round

New Zealand	79–92	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 10–25, 27–24, 18–18
Pts: Penney 37 Rebs: Abercrombie 11 Asts: Cameron, Tait 3		Pts: Kleiza 27 Rebs: Kleiza 8 Asts: Kalnietis, Mačiulis 4

Lithuania	70–68	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 21–23, 22–14, 15–11
Pts: Kleiza 18 Rebs: Kleiza 10 Asts: Pocius 4		Pts: Anderson 15 Rebs: Kendall 11 Asts: Anderson 5

Spain	73–76	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 21–24, 21–18, 9–23
Pts: Navarro, Gasol 18 Rebs: Fernández 9 Asts: Garbajosa, López 3		Pts: Kleiza 17 Rebs: Kleiza, Javtokas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 5

Lithuania	69–55	France
Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 13–6, 28–11, 17–14
Pts: Mačiulis 19 Rebs: Javtokas 5 Asts: Kleiza 3		Pts: Batum 13 Rebs: Diaw 6 Asts: Batum 3

Lebanon	66–84	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 16–23, 19–25, 15–20
Pts: Fahed 19 Rebs: Rustom, Abdelnour 6 Asts: Rustom 5		Pts: Seibutis 17 Rebs: Andriuškevičius, Klimavičius 7 Asts: Delininkaitis 4

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Lithuania	78–67	China
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 26–18, 21–11, 14–16
Pts: Kleiza 30 Rebs: Kleiza 9 Asts: Kalnietis 5		Pts: Liu W. 21 Rebs: Yi J.L. 12 Asts: Liu W., Wang Z.Z., Wang S.P. 3

Quarterfinals

Lithuania	104–85	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 22–12, 35–23, 19–32
Pts: Jasaitis 19 Rebs: Kleiza 9 Asts: Kalnietis, Jankūnas 5		Pts: Delfino 25 Rebs: Oberto, Jasen 5 Asts: Prigioni 6

Semifinals

United States	89–74	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 19–15, 23–26, 24–21
Pts: Durant 38 Rebs: Odom 10 Asts: Billups, Rose, Westbrook 3		Pts: Javtokas 15 Rebs: Javtokas 9 Asts: Kalnietis, Mačiulis, Pocius, Delininkaitis 2

Third–place game

Serbia	88–99	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–25, 16–24, 34–27
Pts: Veličković 18 Rebs: Krstić 8 Asts: Rašić 10		Pts: Kleiza 33 Rebs: Jasaitis 10 Asts: Kleiza 4

Orders, decorations, and medals

National team players, coaches and staff members were awarded with State orders, decorations and medals for their success.

Award	Award title	Person	Position
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross	Kęstutis Kemzūra	Head coach
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross	Paulius Jankūnas	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross	Simas Jasaitis	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross	Robertas Javtokas	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross	Linas Kleiza	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross	Robertas Kuncaitis	Coach
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Commander's Cross	Jonas Mačiulis	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Officer's Cross	Juozas Petkevičius	Technical manager
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross	Martynas Andriuškevičius	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross	Tomas Delininkaitis	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross	Martynas Gecevičius	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross	Mantas Kalnietis	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross	Tadas Klimavičius	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross	Martynas Pocius	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Knight's Cross	Renaldas Seibutis	Player
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal	Aidas Buzelis	Masseur
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal	Rimtautas Gudas	Doctor
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal	Donaldas Kairys	Coach-scout
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal	Evaldas Kandratavičius	Physical training coach
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal	Aleksejus Peletskij	Masseur
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal	Mantas Šernius	Coach-scout
	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Medal	Vytenis Trumpickas	Doctor

References

1. "Lrytas.lt naujienos – sužinoti daugiau!". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31.
2. Macijauskas announces retirement
3. Dėl apdovanojimo valstybės ordinais ir medaliais Kūno kultūros ir sporto dienos proga, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas (in Lithuanian)

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