This page tracks the progress of the Lithuania men's national basketball team participating in

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Main roster

On June 8, the twenty candidates list was published, who were invited to the training camp. 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

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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. Following Ulanovas injury, Kariniauskas qualified into the final roster.

Candidates that did not make it to the final team

Depth chart

Preparation matches

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2016 Summer Olympics

Group phase

Lithuania was drawn into the Group B. 1035617-rj 07082016- mg 6040

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Quarter-final

References

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Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

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