# Lithuania national basketball team at 2016 Olympic Games

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. 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. Following Ulanovas injury, Kariniauskas qualified into the final roster.
The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

### Candidates that did not make it to the final team

| # | Position | Player | Year of birth | Club | Reason | Date announced |
| 31 | Guard/Forward | Rokas Giedraitis | 1990 | BC Šiauliai | Coaching decision | July 5 |
| | Forward/Center | Donatas Motiejūnas | 1990 | Houston Rockets | Contract negotiations | July 14 |
| 18 | Guard | Mindaugas Girdžiūnas | 1989 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | Coaching decision | July 14 |
| 31 | Guard/Forward | Deividas Gailius | 1988 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | Coaching decision | July 14 |
| 21 | Guard/Forward | Artūras Milaknis | 1986 | UNICS Kazan | Coaching decision | July 16 |
| 93 | Guard | Vaidas Kariniauskas | 1993 | Kymi | Coaching decision | July 16 |
| 92 | Forward | Edgaras Ulanovas | 1992 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Injury, replaced by Kariniauskas | July 31 |

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Jonas Valančiūnas | Antanas Kavaliauskas | Robertas Javtokas |
| PF | Paulius Jankūnas | Domantas Sabonis | |
| SF | Jonas Mačiulis | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | |
| SG | Renaldas Seibutis | Marius Grigonis | |
| PG | Mantas Kalnietis | Adas Juškevičius | Vaidas Kariniauskas |

## Preparation matches

* 29 June 2016 18:30 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 88–58 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 21–21, 17–14, 22–11 |||
| Pts: Ulanovas, Girdžiūnas 16 Rebs: Kavaliauskas 12 Asts: Juškevičius, Kariniauskas 4 | | Pts: Webster 16 |
* Švyturys Arena, Lithuania
* 29 June 2016 18:30 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 81–56 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 20–12, 32–16, 13–19 |||
| Pts: Juškevičius 17 Rebs: Javtokas, Girdžiūnas, Ulanovas, Kavaliauskas 5 Asts: Kariniauskas 5 | | Pts: Romdhane 15 |
* Švyturys Arena, Lithuania
* 10 July 2016 18:30 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 84–53 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 19–10, 18–13, 19–16 |||
| Pts: Juškevičius 15 Rebs: Kavaliauskas 6 Asts: Kalnietis, Jankūnas 4 | | Pts: Cox 12 |
* Siemens Arena, Lithuania
* 12 July 2016 18:30 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 84–61 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 18–6, 24–22, 18–14 |||
| Pts: Valančiūnas 16 Rebs: Sabonis 12 Asts: Kariniauskas 5 | | Pts: Kok 14 |
* Alytus Arena, Lithuania
* 14 July 2016 18:30 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 84–51 | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-9, 24-20, 23-16, 16-6 |||
| Pts: Kuzminskas 14 Rebs: Sabonis 13 Asts: Kariniauskas 4 | | Pts: Liutyč 13 |
* Kėdainiai Arena, Lithuania
* 18 July 2016 18:30 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 87–83 (OT) | |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 15-12, 20-25, 18-15, Overtime: 15-11 |||
| Pts: Kalnietis 24 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Kalnietis 5 | | Pts: Rodríguez 14 |
* Kaunas, Lithuania
* 21 July 2016 21:45 EEST
* Report (media)
| Spain | 76–78 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 23-15, 16-24, 20-23, 17-16 |||
| Pts: Llull 12 | | Pts: Valančiūnas, Kuzminskas 15 Rebs: Valančiūnas 7 Asts: Kariniauskas 5 |
* Málaga, Spain
* 25 July 2016
* Report (media)
| Australia | 0–0 (cancelled) | Lithuania |
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* 28 July 2016 03:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Argentina | 86–85 (OT) | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-7, 16-23, 19-18, 23-20, Overtime: 10-10, 8-7 |||
| Pts: Scola 17 | | Pts: Jankūnas 17 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Juškevičius 3 |
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* 30 July 2016 18:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Australia | 68–81 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 21-20, 14-21, 22-19 |||
| Pts: Ingles 16 Rebs: Baynes 7 | | Pts: Valančiūnas 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 7 |
* São Paulo, Brazil
* 31 July 2016
* Report
| Brasil | 64–62 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 12-19, 11-12, 17-12 |||
| Pts: Marquinhos 14 Rebs: Nenê, Lima 7 Asts: Huertas 4 | | Pts: Kalnietis 13 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Kalnietis, Seibutis, Juškevičius, Mačiulis, Kariniauskas 2 |
* São Paulo, Brazil

## 2016 Summer Olympics
### Group phase

Lithuania was drawn into the Group B.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 400 | 407 | −7 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 432 | 357 | +75 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 392 | 428 | −36 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 441 | 428 | +13 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 411 | 407 | +4 | 7 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 392 | 441 | −49 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 4 In games among the four teams at 3–2, Croatia and Spain were 2–1 while Argentina and Lithuania were 1–2. Croatia beat Spain 72–70, and Lithuania beat Argentina 81–73.
All times are local (UTC−3).
* 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 14:15
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 76–82 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–27, 12–31, 23–12, 24–12 |||
| Pts: Barbosa 21 Rebs: Nenê 8 Asts: Huertas 3 | | Pts: Kalnietis 16 Rebs: Jankūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 8 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,990 Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX)
* 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 19:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 89–80 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 23–25, 29–13, 24–26 |||
| Pts: Mačiulis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 7 Asts: Kalnietis 12 | | Pts: Diogu 19 Rebs: Diogu 7 Asts: Ere 4 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,785 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Anne Panther (GER)
* 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 22:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 81–73 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 14–12, 27–22, 24–24 |||
| Pts: Kuzminskas 23 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Kalnietis 7 | | Pts: Ginóbili 22 Rebs: Nocioni, Scola 7 Asts: Scola 4 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,093 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Damir Javor (SLO), Eddie Viator (FRA)
* 13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 19:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 109–59 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 22–18, 36–16, 25–14 |||
| Pts: Gasol 23 Rebs: Reyes 9 Asts: Llull 6 | | Pts: Kuzminskas 17 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Mačiulis 2 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,045 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
* 15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 22:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 81–90 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 20–34, 14–28, 26–15 |||
| Pts: Kalnietis 26 Rebs: Valančiūnas 6 Asts: Kalnietis 11 | | Pts: Bogdanović 22 Rebs: Simon 10 Asts: Simon 6 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,809 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Steven Anderson (USA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)

### Quarter-final

* 17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 11:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 90–64 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 22–13, 22–13, 20–21 |||
| Pts: Mills 24 Rebs: Bogut 7 Asts: Bogut 6 | | Pts: Kalnietis, Kavaliauskas 12 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 5 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,348 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)