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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.

Lithuania National Basketball Team 2008 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Kaukėnas, Rimantas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Montepaschi Siena SG 5 Lukauskis, Mindaugas 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) BC Lietuvos Rytas SF 6 Mačiulis, Jonas 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 216 lb (98 kg) BC Žalgiris C 7 Lavrinovič, Darjuš 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) UNICS Kazan G/F 8 Šiškauskas, Ramūnas (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) PBC CSKA Moscow G 9 Prekevičius, Marius 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) BC Siauliai G/F 10 Jasaitis, Simas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Tau Ceramica F 11 Kleiza, Linas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Denver Nuggets F/C 12 Lavrinovič, Kšyštof 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Montepaschi Siena PG 13 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Panathinaikos BC F/C 14 Petravičius, Marijonas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) BC Lietuvos Rytas C 15 Javtokas, Robertas 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) MBC Dynamo Moscow	Head coach Ramūnas Butautas Assistant coach(es) Rimas Kurtinaitis Robertas Kuncaitis Virginijus Mikalauskas Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes last pro club before the tournament

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

Lithuania	113–57	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 23-23, 38-12, 25-9, 27-13

Lithuania	115–62	Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 30-19, 31-16, 22-8, 32-19

Lithuania	105–67	Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 26-18, 19-15, 28-17, 32-17

Lithuania	90–61	Portugal
Scoring by quarter: 19-8, 21-23, 22-21, 28-9

Lithuania	66–91	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 22-29, 13-20, 11-20

Lithuania	94–75	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 33-14, 23-12, 17-21, 21-28

Lithuania	90–62	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 11-17, 37-6, 25-22

Lithuania	84–120	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15-31, 24-25, 27-35, 18-29

Lithuania	82–74	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18-15, 23-18, 22-18, 19-23

Olympic games

Group Stage

Lithuania	79–75	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 20-19, 17-15, 28-30

Lithuania	99–67	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 31-14, 28-19, 25-14

Lithuania	86–79	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 21-17, 25-21, 17-17

Lithuania	86–73	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 29-30, 16-17, 28-11

Lithuania	75–106	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14-28, 15-27, 22-20, 24-31

Quarterfinal

Lithuania	94–68	China
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 22-13, 29-23, 24-15

Semifinal

Lithuania	86–91	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 23-19, 24-22, 20-29

Bronze medal game

Lithuania	75–87	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 13-22, 15-22, 26-19

References

1. Argentina earns bronze, beats Lithuania. NBC Olympics. August 24, 2008. Retrieved on September 13, 2008.
2. Danny Ferry: No Olympics for Ilgauskas

• Countries at the 2008 Olympic men's basketball tournament
• Lithuania national basketball team at the Olympic Games
• 2008–09 in Lithuanian basketball