Lithuania national basketball team at 2016 Olympic Games explained
This page tracks the progress of the Lithuania men's national basketball team participating in 2016 Summer Olympics.
Main roster
On June 8, the twenty candidates list was published, who were invited to the training camp.[1] The list surprisingly did not included last year European vice-champion Lukas Lekavičius. On July 16, the final Olympic roster was announced, however two of the last candidates Artūras Milaknis and Vaidas Kariniauskas had to remain with the national team till the last friendly match in case if someone will get injured. Though, Milaknis left the team quickly.[2] Following Ulanovas injury, Kariniauskas qualified into the final roster.
Candidates that did not make it to the final team
| Position | Player | Year of birth | Club | Reason | Date announced |
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| 31 | Guard/Forward | | align=center | 1990 | | Coaching decision[3] | July 5 |
| Forward/Center | | align=center | 1990 | | Contract negotiations[4] | July 14 |
| 18 | Guard | | align=center | 1989 | | Coaching decision[5] | July 14 |
| 31 | Guard/Forward | | align=center | 1988 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius |
| 21 | Guard/Forward | | align=center | 1986 | | Coaching decision[6] | July 16 |
| 93 | Guard | | align=center | 1993 | Kymi |
| 92 | Forward | | align=center | 1992 | | Injury, replaced by Kariniauskas[7] | July 31 |
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Depth chart
Preparation matches
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2016 Summer Olympics
Group phase
Lithuania was drawn into the Group B.
All times are local (UTC−3).[8]
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Quarter-final
Notes and References
- Web site: J. Kazlauskas apsisprendė: rinktinės sąrašas – be L. Lekavičiaus, bet su naujais veidais. Krepsinis.lt. 8 June 2016.
- Web site: A.Milaknis savanoriškai paliko rinktinės stovyklą. Krepsinis.net. 23 July 2016.
- Web site: Rokas Giedraitis pirmasis palieka Lietuvos rinktinę. BasketNews.lt. 5 July 2016.
- Web site: Skaudi žinia: D. Motiejūnas Rio nepadės Lietuvos rinktinei. Krepsinis.lt. 14 July 2016.
- Web site: J. Kazlausko sprendimas: rinktinę palieka M. Girdžiūnas ir D. Gailius. Krepsinis.lt. 14 July 2016.
- Web site: Jonas Kazlauskas paskelbė galutinį Lietuvos rinktinės dvyliktuką. 24sek.lt. 16 July 2016.
- Web site: Miklovas. Jonas. Olimpinėse žaidynėse debiutuosiantis Vaidas Kariniauskas: "Vykau su mintimi, kad turiu šansą patekti". BasketNews.lt. 31 July 2016.
- Web site: Full schedule revealed for Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165326/http://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/2016/news/full-schedule-revealed-for-rio-2016-olympic-basketball-tournament. live. September 27, 2018. 20 May 2016. fiba.com.
