The Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team ( Lithuanian: ''Lietuvos nacionalinė vaikinų jaunimo iki 20 krepšinio rinktinė''), is the representative for

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 ...

in international

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competitions, and it is organized and run by the

Lithuanian Basketball Federation The Lithuanian Basketball Federation ( lt, Lietuvos krepšinio federacija), also known as LKF, is a national governing body of basketball in Lithuania. It was founded in 1936, but due to Soviet occupation, the federation disappeared from FIBA. It ...

. The Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team represents Lithuania at the

FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The FIBA U20 European Championship, previously known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under', is a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through the 2004 edition, it was held biennially, but ...

. The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship champions generation (born 1992), led by

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, 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).

Competitive record

FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Current roster

2019 FIBA U20 European Championship

External links

Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF)

References

{{National sports teams of Lithuania M U20 Men's national under-20 basketball teams