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

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in international

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competitions, and it is organized and run by the

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

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

FIBA U20 EuroBasket The FIBA U20 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U20 European Championship, originally known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under'. It is a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through ...

. The

2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 15th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Slovenia from 12 to 22 July 2012. Lithuania won the title for the second time. Participating ...

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).

FIBA U20 EuroBasket record

Current roster

2019 FIBA U20 European Championship The 2019 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in Tel Aviv, Israel from 13 to 21 July 2019. Participating teams * * * * * * * * (3rd place, 2018 FIBA U2 ...

References

External links

Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF)

of Lithuania team participations {{FIBA Europe U20 teams M U20 Men's national under-20 basketball teams 1994 establishments in Lithuania National sports teams established in 1994