Lithuania men's national basketball team
Rank Name First game Age
1 Zenonas Puzinauskas 1937-05-02 17y59d
2 Vytautas Lesčinskas 1939-05-23 17y
3 Vytautas Norkus 1939-05-25 18y117d
4 Žydrūnas Ilgauskas 1993-11-17 18y165d
5 Leonas Petrauskas 1937-05-05 18y
6 Artūras Andrulis 1937-05-03 19y23d
7 Rokas Jokubaitis 2020-02-24 19y97d
8 Jonas Valančiūnas 2011-08-31 19y117d
9 Domantas Sabonis 2015-09-05 19y125d
10 Kęstutis Šeštokas 1995-10-08 19y175d
11 Saulius Štombergas 1993-06-24 19y193d
12 Pranas Mažeika 1937-05-04 19y302d
13 Alvydas Pazdrazdis 1992-06-23 19y336d
14 Mantas Kalnietis 2006-08-19 19y348d
15 Arnoldas Kulboka 2018-02-26 20y53d
16 Laurynas Birutis 2018-02-26 20y183d
17 Martynas Echodas 2018-02-23 20y231d
18 Saulius Kuzminskas 2003-01-25 20y235d
19 Gytis Masiulis 2018-12-02 20y236d
20 Virginijus Praškevičius 1994-11-16 20y257d
The Lithuania men's national basketball team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė vyrų krepšinio rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Lithuania. Despite Lithuania's small size, with a population of less than 3 million, the country's devotion to basketball has made them a traditional force of the sport in Europe. The Lithuanian national team won the last EuroBasket tournaments prior to World War II, in 1937 and 1939. The 1939 team was led by Frank Lubin, who helped popularize basketball in the country and was called the grandfather of Lithuanian basketball. Following the country's annexation by the Soviet Union during the war, Lithuanian players frequently formed the core of the Soviet national team. The most prevalent example was the 1988 Olympic basketball gold medal-winning team, which got most of its scoring from four Lithuanians: Valdemaras Chomičius, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Šarūnas Marčiulionis and Arvydas Sabonis. After the restoration of Lithuanian independence in 1990, the national team was resurrected. Lithuania won bronze medals at the first three Summer Olympics to include NBA players - 1992, 1996, and 2000 - in addition to finishing fourth in 2004 and 2008, and in eighth place in 2012. The Lithuanian national team won the EuroBasket for the third time in 2003, and also a bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA World Cup.