Pristina, Kosovo from the Palanga International Airport for their first qualification game versus the Kosovo national team in the Palace of Youth and Sports. Lithuania won the game 61–99 by starting to crush the Kosovans in the third quarter. On November 26, 2017, Lithuanians also crushed their second opponent Poland national team 75–55 in Klaipėda to perfectly finish the first phase of the group stage. On February 2, 2018, list of the roster for the second qualification window was published. On February 19, 2018, the team gathered in Palanga. On February 23, 2018, Lithuanians narrowly defeated Hungary 80–75 in Klaipėda. On February 26, 2018, they crushed Kosovo yet again. On May 31, 2018, list of the roster for the third qualification window was published, which included Lithuanian NBA and EuroLeague players. On June 25, 2018, the strengthened team gathered in Kaunas. It crushed Poland in Gdańsk 79–61 and Hungary in Budapest 73–50. On September 3, 2018, team roster for the fourth qualification window was announced. Prior to the qualification games, Lithuania national team lost a friendly game to the Latvia national team 80–97, but later after defeating the Croatia national team 84–83 in Osijek and Netherlands national team 95–93 in Vilnius it qualified to the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China. Competitive record FIBA World Cup Olympic Games EuroBasket Results and fixtures 2021 2022 2023 Team Current roster Roster for the EuroBasket 2022. Depth chart Best player award Notable players Players medal leaders For a full list of all the medallists, see Medal winners in Lithuania national basketball team Coaching staff Last updated: 2022-11-14. Statistics include official FIBA-recognized matches only. Notable assistant coaches include: Javier Imbroda, Spanish, helped Lithuania earn its first medal shortly after independence at Barcelona 1992 Olympics. Donnie Nelson, American, son of Hall of Famer coach Don Nelson, helped Lithuania's funding for Barcelona 1992 and became assistant coach for many years later. After Lithuania nearly upset the US at Sydney 2000, Nelson declared that he would never help Lithuania in matches against the USA. Juozas Petkevičius has been with the national team in most competitions since the restoration of independence. Commonly called Juozukas, relates well with fans, players, and staff members, and is widely regarded as the mascot of the team. Past rosters 1937 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 8 teams Artūras Andrulis, Leonas Baltrūnas, Pranas Talzūnas, Leopoldas Kepalas, Feliksas Kriaučiūnas, Pranas Mažeika, Eugenijus Nikolskis, Leonas Petrauskas, Zenonas