Lithuania men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team
| Joined FIBA | 1936 | ||
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| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | LKF | ||
| Coach | Tomas Urbelionis | ||
| U17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 | ||
| Medals | Bronze: 1 (2016) | ||
| U16 EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 23 | ||
| Medals | Gold: 2 (2008, 2022) Silver: 5 (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2025) Bronze: 1 (2007) | ||
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The Lithuania men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė vaikinų jaunučių iki 16 ir jaunių iki 17 krepšinio rinktinė), is the representative for Lithuania in international basketball competitions, and it is organized and run by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.[1][2] The team represents the country at the FIBA U16 EuroBasket and at the FIBA U17 World Cup.
Competitive record
U17 World Cup
| Year | Pos. | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010[3] | 4th | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2012[4] | 9th | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2016[5] | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2022[6] | 4th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024[7] | 5th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026 | Qualified | |||
| 2028 | To be determined | |||
| Total | 5/9 | 29 | 18 | 11 |
U16 EuroBasket
| Year | Pos. | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 to 1989 | Part of the Soviet Union | |||
| 1991 | Did not participate | |||
| 1993[8] | 5th | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | |||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 2001[9] | 4th | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003[10] | 11th | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004[11] | 4th | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005[12] | 4th | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 2006[13] | 10th | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2007[14] | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2008[15] | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2009[16] | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010[17] | 2nd | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011[18] | 13th | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 2012[19] | 11th | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013[20] | 9th | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2014[21] | 10th | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015[22] | 2nd | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016[23] | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2017[24] | 6th | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018[25] | 7th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019[26] | 9th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022[27] | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023[28] | 4th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024[29] | 9th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025[30] | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 23/37 | 185 | 120 | 65 |
Past rosters of medal-winning teams
2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Bronze medal
Gilvydas Biruta, Povilas Duchovskis, Mantas Kadzevičius, Saulius Kulvietis, Osvaldas Matulionis, Deividas Nazarovas, Augustas Pečiukevičius, Arūnas Sakalauskas, Giedrius Staniulis, Jonas Valančiūnas, Ovidijus Varanauskas, Haroldas Venskus (Head coach: Marius Linartas)[31]
2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Gold medal
Jonas Valančiūnas, Evaldas Aniulis, Rimvydas Brencius, Vytenis Cižauskas, Rolandas Jakštas, Deividas Pukis, Dovydas Redikas, Taurantas Tamošiūnas, Edgaras Ulanovas, Tomas Urbonas, Lukas Žemaitis, Tautvydas Sabonis (Head coach: Kazys Maksvytis)[32]
2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Silver medal
Ignas Ramašauskas, Tauras Jogėla, Vaidas Kariniauskas, Simonas Kymantas, Simonas Lekys, Tomas Lekūnas, Paulius Leščinskas, Mantas Mockevičius, Rokas Narkevičius, Osvaldas Olisevičius, Martynas Paliukėnas, Paulius Semaška (Head coach: Darius Dikčius)[33]
2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Silver medal
Augustinas Jankaitis, Tomas Dimša, Tomas Galeckas, Jokūbas Gintvainis, Marius Grigonis, Timotis Kuckailis, Lukas Lekavičius, Paulius Naraškevičius, Simas Raupys, Justas Tamulis, Denis Krestinin, Artūras Makovskis (Head coach: Arūnas Visockas)[34]
2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Silver medal
Grantas Vasiliauskas, Aidas Bakutis, Tomas Balčiūnas, Elvis Juozaitis, Lukas Kišūnas, Vitalijus Kozys, Danielius Lavrinovičius, Ignas Sargiūnas, Lukas Uleckas, Tadas Vaičiūnas, Arnas Velička, Aidas Zitkus (Head coach: Gediminas Petrauskas)[35]
2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship – Bronze medal
Grantas Vasiliauskas, Tomas Balčiūnas, Elvis Juozaitis, Lukas Kišūnas, Vitalijus Kozys, Paulius Poška, Ignas Sargiūnas, Lukas Uleckas, Tadas Vaičiūnas, Arnas Velička, Julius Daugėla, Domantas Vilys (Head coach: Gediminas Petrauskas)[36]
2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Silver medal
Tomas Balčiūnas, Deividas Sirvydis, Domantas Vilys, Arnas Adomavičius, Martynas Arlauskas, Dovydas Giedraitis, Rokas Jokubaitis, Nedas Kancleris, Tautvydas Kupštas, Gertautas Urbonavičius, Laurynas Vaistaras, Erikas Venskus (Head coach: Mantas Šernius)[37]
2022 FIBA U16 European Championship – Gold medal
Dovydas Buika, Kasparas Jakučionis, Matas Buteliauskas, Steponas Žilakauskis, Kristupas Smirnov, Rokas Kreišmontas, Mantas Laurenčikas, Paulius Narvilas, Nedas Raupelis, Kevinas Šacas, Nojus Indrušaitis, Mantas Juzėnas (Head coach: Tomas Purlys)[38]
2025 FIBA U16 EuroBasket – Silver medal
Gabrielius Buivydas, Arnas Erlickis, Kristupas Sabeckas, Lukas Lukošiūnas, Paulius Veliulis, Benas Biržinis, Jokūbas Kukta, Rojus Stankevičius, Simas Raščius, Lukas Šiškauskas, Joris Sinica, Augustas Kičas (Head coach: Tomas Tarasevičius)[39]
See also
- Lithuania men's national basketball team
- Lithuania men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team
- Lithuania women's national under-16 basketball team
References
- ^ "Profile - Lithuania". about.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "Lithuania (U16 men)". www.eurobasket.com.
- ^ "2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2016 FIBA U16 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2017 FIBA U16 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2018 FIBA U16 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2019 FIBA U16 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2022 FIBA U16 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2023 FIBA U16 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2024 FIBA U16 EuroBasket". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2025 FIBA U16 EuroBasket". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "Lithuania - 2007 U16 European Championship Men - Division A". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Lithuania - 2008 U16 European Championship Men - Division A". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Lithuania - 2009 U16 European Championship Men - Division A". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Lithuania - 2010 U16 European Championship Men - Division A". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Lithuania - 2015 U16 European Championship Men - Division A". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Lithuania - 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Lithuania - 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship - Division A". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Lithuania - 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Lithuania Team Profile - 2025 FIBA U16 EuroBasket". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
External links
- Official website
- Archived records of Lithuania team participations