# Lithuania national basketball team at 2008 Olympic Games

Winning the third place game at Eurobasket 2007 against Greece allowed Lithuania to qualify for the Olympic basketball tournament at Beijing 2008 without competition at 2008 Pre-Olympics Tournament. The Lithuanian men's basketball team came in fourth place after being beaten by Argentina's basketball team, 87-75.

## 2008 Olympic tournament roster

Lithuanian basketball team started its preparation for the Olympics at the end of June, 2008. After couple of training camps and preolympic friendly matches the national team was selected.
Candidates that didn't make for the final team:
| # | Position | Player | Year of birth | Last season's club before the tournament | Notes |
| | Forward | Darius Songaila | 1978 | NBA Washington Wizards | Couldn't play because of back injury announced 2008-07-31 |
| | Guard | Tomas Delininkaitis | 1982 | Mariupol Azovmash | Released from the team after tour in Spain and 2008-07-25 game against Argentina |
| Reserve Team. Reserve team candidates were disjuncted from the main team after 2008-07-11 game against Belarus ||||||
| | Guard | Rolandas Alijevas | 1985 | CSK VVS Samara | |
| | Guard | Mantas Kalnietis | 1986 | Žalgiris Kaunas | |
| | Forward/Center | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 1982 | Panionios BC | |
| | Center | Michailas Anisimovas | 1984 | Lietuvos rytas | |
| | Forward | Donatas Zavackas | 1980 | Šiauliai | |
| | Forward | Justas Sinica | 1985 | Sakalai | |
| | Guard | Martynas Pocius | 1986 | NCAA Duke Blue Devils | |
| | Guard | Steponas Babrauskas | 1984 | Legea Svafati | Added to the list after Jomantas and Seibutis injuries. |
| | Guard | Artūras Milaknis | 1986 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Added to the list after Jomantas and Seibutis injuries. |
| Other candidates that didn't make to the training camp ||||||
| | Forward | Paulius Jankūnas | 1984 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Couldn't play because of health reasons; |
| | Center | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas | 1975 | NBA Cleveland Cavaliers | On 2008-06-12 Cavaliers declined to give their permission to Z. Ilgauskas to play for the team. |
| | Forward | Artūras Jomantas | 1985 | Lietuvos rytas | Couldn't play because of the rehabilitation after shoulder surgery. |
| | Guard | Arvydas Macijauskas | 1980 | Olympiacos | Couldn't play because of the back injury. |
| | Guard | Renaldas Seibutis | 1982 | Olympiacos | Couldn't play because of the injury. |

## Preparation matches

* July 11, 2008 18:30
| Lithuania | 113–57 | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter: 23-23, 38-12, 25-9, 27-13 |||
* Šiaulių arena, Šiauliai
* July 13, 2008 18:30
| Lithuania | 115–62 | Iceland |
| Scoring by quarter: 30-19, 31-16, 22-8, 32-19 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
* July 15, 2008 18:30
| Lithuania | 105–67 | Iceland |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-18, 19-15, 28-17, 32-17 |||
* Siemens Arena, Vilnius
* July 21, 2008 20:30
| Lithuania | 90–61 | Portugal |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-8, 21-23, 22-21, 28-9 |||
* El Palacio de los Deportes de Riazor, La Coruña, Spain
* July 24, 2008 20:00
| Lithuania | 66–91 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 22-29, 13-20, 11-20 |||
* Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz, Ourense, Spain
* July 25, 2008 20:00
| Lithuania | 94–75 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 33-14, 23-12, 17-21, 21-28 |||
* Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz, Ourense, Spain
* July 27, 2008 18:30
| Lithuania | 90–62 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 11-17, 37-6, 25-22 |||
* Siemens Arena, Vilnius
* August 1, 2008 20:00
| Lithuania | 84–120 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-31, 24-25, 27-35, 18-29 |||
* Coati Strip Coati Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao, China
* August 2, 2008 20:00
| Lithuania | 82–74 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-15, 23-18, 22-18, 19-23 |||
* Coati Strip Coati Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao, China

## Olympic games

Group Stage
* August 10, 2008 16:45
| Lithuania | 79–75 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 20-19, 17-15, 28-30 |||
* Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
* August 12, 2008 09:00
| Lithuania | 99–67 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 31-14, 28-19, 25-14 |||
* Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
* August 14, 2008 16:45
| Lithuania | 86–79 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 21-17, 25-21, 17-17 |||
* Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
* August 16, 2008 14:30
| Lithuania | 86–73 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 29-30, 16-17, 28-11 |||
* Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
* August 18, 2008 11:15
| Lithuania | 75–106 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-28, 15-27, 22-20, 24-31 |||
* Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Quarterfinal
* August 20, 2008 16:45
| Lithuania | 94–68 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 22-13, 29-23, 24-15 |||
* Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Semifinal
* August 22, 2008 20:00
| Lithuania | 86–91 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 23-19, 24-22, 20-29 |||
* Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Bronze medal game
* August 24, 2008 12:00
| Lithuania | 75–87 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 13-22, 15-22, 26-19 |||
* Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing