# 2014 Lithuania FIBA Basketball World Cup team

This page tracks the progress of the Lithuanian national basketball team participating in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

## Main roster

On May 13, head coach Jonas Kazlauskas announced both the extended 24–player main roster and the reserve roster for the national team. On July 1, he announced the condensed candidate roster consisting of 17 players. On August 11, he narrowed the list down to 14 players.

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

| Position | Player | Year of birth | Club | Reason | Date announced |
| Center | Robertas Javtokas | 1980 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Needs time to recuperate | June 30 |
| Forward | Linas Kleiza | 1985 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Personal problems | July 1 |
| Guard | Martynas Gecevičius | 1988 | Lietuvos rytas | Coaching decision | July 1 |
| Guard | Marius Grigonis | 1994 | Peñas Huesca | Coaching decision | July 1 |
| Guard | Tomas Dimša | 1994 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Coaching decision | July 1 |
| Forward | Domantas Sabonis | 1996 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | Coaching decision | July 1 |
| Center | Antanas Kavaliauskas | 1984 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | Coaching decision | August 11 |
| Forward | Deividas Gailius | 1988 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | Coaching decision | August 11 |
| Guard | Žygimantas Janavičius | 1989 | Braunschweig Löwen | Coaching decision | August 11 |
| Center | Artūras Gudaitis | 1993 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Coaching decision | August 26 |
| Guard | Adas Juškevičius* | 1989 | Lietuvos rytas | Coaching decision | August 26 |
| Guard | Mantas Kalnietis | 1986 | Lokomotiv Kuban | Clavicular dislocation | August 26 |
* – Juškevičius was recalled to the national team after Kalnietis' injury vs. Croatia.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Jonas Valančiūnas | Darjuš Lavrinovič | |
| PF | Donatas Motiejūnas | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | Paulius Jankūnas |
| SF | Jonas Mačiulis | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | Simas Jasaitis |
| SG | Renaldas Seibutis | Martynas Pocius | |
| PG | Šarūnas Vasiliauskas | Adas Juškevičius | |

### Preparation matches

* 26 July 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 93–74 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–10, 21–24, 22–21, 23–19 |||
| Pts: Gudaitis 15 Rebs: Gudaitis 8 Asts: Vasiliauskas 9 | | Pts: Šmits 13 |
* Šiauliai Arena, Lithuania
* 28 July 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 82–51 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 25–22, 12–12, 24–8 |||
| Pts: Kuzminskas 15 Rebs: Motiejūnas, Gailius 6 Asts: Jankūnas 6 | | Pts: Shengelia 13 |
* Cido Arena, Lithuania
* 30 July 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 81–54 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 15–12, 29–15, 19–13 |||
| Pts: D.Lavrinovič 17 Rebs: Motiejūnas 12 Asts: Vasiliauskas 5 | | Pts: Pachulia 18 |
* Siemens Arena, Lithuania
* 4 August 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 90–81 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 20–24, 25–22, 19–21 |||
| Pts: Kuzminskas 12 Rebs: Mačiulis 7 Asts: Pocius 4 | | Pts: Koivisto, Lee 13 |
* Helsinki, Finland
* 8 August 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 70–54 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 15–18, 22–13, 10–4 |||
| Pts: D.Lavrinovič 19 Rebs: Motiejūnas, D.Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Pocius, D.Lavrinovič 4 | | Pts: Gladyr, Jeter 11 |
* Švyturys Arena, Lithuania
* 9 August 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 83–66 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 27–21, 29–16, 14–11 |||
| Pts: Valančiūnas 20 Rebs: Valančiūnas 11 Asts: Kalnietis 11 | | Pts: Lee 20 |
* Švyturys Arena, Lithuania
* 11 August 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 91–78 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 31–27, 19–18, 17–18 |||
| Pts: Valančiūnas 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 7 | | Pts: Andersen 19 |
* Švyturys Arena, Lithuania
* 16 August 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 86–67 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–19, 25–10, 22–22 |||
| Pts: Motiejūnas 18 Rebs: Motiejūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 5 | | Pts: Printezis 14 |
* Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania
* 17 August 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 85–79 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 19–18, 18–17, 30–21 |||
| Pts: Valančiūnas 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas, Mačiulis 5 Asts: Kalnietis 6 | | Pts: Penney 26 |
* Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania
* 18 August 2014 19:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Lithuania | 80–76 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 19–20, 21–12, 23–22 |||
| Pts: Valančiūnas 14 Rebs: Jankūnas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 4 | | Pts: Zupan 18 |
* Žalgiris Arena, Lithuania
* 21 August 2014 18:15 EEST
* Report (media)
| Brazil | 61–64 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 16–7, 14–21, 9–18 |||
| Pts: Hettsheimeir 14 | | Pts: Valančiūnas, Mačiulis 11 Rebs: Motiejūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 7 |
* Arena Stožice, Slovenia
* 22 August 2014 18:15 EEST
* Report (media)
| Iran | 67–80 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 20–17, 18–18, 18–24 |||
| Pts: Nikkhah 15 | | Pts: Pocius 12 Rebs: Jankūnas 7 Asts: Juškevičius 3 |
* Arena Stožice, Slovenia
* 23 August 2014 21:15 EEST
* Report (media)
| Slovenia | 74–72 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 26–22, 12–18, 20–19 |||
| Pts: Lorbek 18 | | Pts: Motiejūnas, Kalnietis, D.Lavrinovič 15 Rebs: D.Lavrinovič 9 Asts: Kalnietis 6 |
* Arena Stožice, Slovenia
* 26 August 2014 20:00 EEST
* Report (media)
| Croatia | 94–80 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 22–26, 28–23, 19–19 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 24 | | Pts: Mačiulis 20 Rebs: Pocius 5 Asts: Vasiliauskas 3 |
* Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Croatia

### Preliminary round

* 30 August 2014 19:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 87–74 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 22:27, 23:14, 22:12, 20:21 |||
| Pts: Mačiulis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 5 Asts: Seibutis 5 | | Pts: Cruz 21 Rebs: Ayón 6 Asts: Cruz 4 |
* Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
* 31 August 2014 19:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 75–62 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 23:22, 15:13, 25:14, 12:13 |||
| Pts: Motiejūnas 12 Rebs: Valančiūnas 13 Asts: Seibutis 4 | | Pts: Mingas 14 Rebs: Mingas 9 Asts: Cipriano 3 |
* Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
* 2 September 2014 16:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 75–82 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20:30, 8:17, 28:15, 19:20 |||
| Pts: Seibutis 21 Rebs: Valančiūnas 6 Asts: Seibutis 3 | | Pts: Ingles 18 Rebs: Baynes 6 Asts: Ingles 4 |
* Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
* 3 September 2014 19:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 79–49 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 17:19, 22:10, 18:4, 22:16 |||
| Pts: Juškevičius 20 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Motiejūnas 5 | | Pts: Moon 15 Rebs: Oh 4 Asts: Kim 4 |
* Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
* 4 September 2014 20:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 67–64 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22:24, 14:20, 19:18, 12:2 |||
| Pts: Valančiūnas 12 Rebs: D.Lavrinovič 8 Asts: Juškevičius 3 | | Pts: Lorbek 14 Rebs: Omić 8 Asts: Dragić 4 |
* Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas

### Knockout stage

* 7 September 2014 16:00 vte
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 71–76 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 17–13, 24–22, 21–18 |||
| Pts: C. Webster 26 Rebs: Vukona 10 Asts: Penney 3 | | Pts: Valančiūnas 22 Rebs: Valančiūnas 13 Asts: Seibutis 5 |
* Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 7,783 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Alejandro Chiti (ARG), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

### Quarterfinals

* 9 September 2014 17:00 vte
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 73–61 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 20–10, 14–16, 26–17 |||
| Pts: Seibutis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 13 Asts: Seibutis, Pocius 3 | | Pts: Gönlüm 13 Rebs: Aşık 10 Asts: Preldžić 5 |
* Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 9,752 Referees: Juan González (ESP), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Eddie Viator (FRA)

### Semifinals

* 11 September 2014 21:00 vte
* Boxscore
| United States | 96–68 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–19, 33–14, 20–19 |||
| Pts: Irving 18 Rebs: Gay 7 Asts: Irving 4 | | Pts: Valančiūnas, Kuzminskas 15 Rebs: Kuzminskas 9 Asts: Juškevičius, Seibutis 2 |
* Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 15,070 Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Sreten Radović (CRO)

### Third place playoff

* 13 September 2014 18:00 vte
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 93–95 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 23–21, 29–21, 22–31 |||
| Pts: Valančiūnas 25 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Seibutis 4 | | Pts: Batum 27 Rebs: Lauvergne 9 Asts: Diaw 4 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 11,800 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Juan González (ESP)

## Reserve roster

The main goal of the reserve roster is to prepare the team for participation in the 2015 Summer Universiade held in South Korea. Some candidates are listed in both the main roster and the reserve roster.

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

| Position | Player | Year of birth | Club | Reason | Date announced |
| Center | Egidijus Mockevičius | 1992 | Evansville Purple Aces | NCAA rules | June 16 |
| Forward | Gilvydas Biruta | 1991 | Rhode Island Rams | NCAA rules | June 16 |
| Forward | Artūras Gudaitis | 1993 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Back injury | June 18 |

### Friendly matches

* June 22, 2014
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 76–55 | Slovenia U–20 |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–10, 22–12, 19–13 |||
* Slovenia
* June 24, 2014
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 82–65 | Slovenia Reserve Team |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 21–19, 12–18, 24–13 |||
* Slovenia
* June 29, 2014
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 86–71 | Lithuania U–20 |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 29–19, 21–15, 21–17 |||
* Druskininkai, Lithuania
* June 30, 2014
| Lithuania | 82–64 | Lithuania U–20 |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–14, 17–21, 22–19 |||
* Druskininkai, Lithuania

### Promoted to the Main roster

| # | Position | Player | Year of birth | PPG | RPG | APG |
| 8 | G | Adas Juškevičius | 1989 | 13.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| 10 | PG | Žygimantas Janavičius | 1989 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
| 12 | PG | Šarūnas Vasiliauskas | 1989 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| --- | F/C | Artūras Gudaitis | 1993 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |