Arena Condensed FontsLithuania mens national basketball team. Lithuania. FIBA ranking. November 2. 01. 7Joined FIBA1. FIBA zone. FIBA Europe. National federation. Lithuanian Basketball Federation. Coach. Dainius Adomaitis. NicknamesThe Other Dream Team The Second Religion The Baltic Giants The Green Death The Boogeyman from the East. Olympic Games. Appearances. Medals. Bronze 1. FIBA World Cup. Appearances. Arena Condensed Font' title='Arena Condensed Font' />Medals. Bronze 2. FIBA Euro. Basket. Appearances. Medals. Gold 1. 93. Silver 1. 99. 5, 2. Bronze 2. 00. 7Uniforms. First international. Latvia 4. 12. 0 Lithuania Riga, Latvia 1. December 1. 92. 51Biggest win Lithuania 1. FinlandKaunas, Lithuania 2. Art direction Design takes The Royal Studio from Porto, Portugal, to the world beyond Europe. Typography, identity and webdesign is for kids we do culture. MrAnthony My ace in the hole finally shows up. No reason not to, especially since everyone else has a fair shot and everyone should know when the Tuesday Trivia gif. Youve got problems, Ive got advice. This advice isnt sugarcoatedin fact, its sugarfree, and may even be a little bitter. Welcome to Tough Love. No more missed important software updates UpdateStar 11 lets you stay up to date and secure with the software on your computer. May 1. 93. 9Biggest defeat. United States 1. 267. Lithuania Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1. The Lithuania mens national basketball team Lithuanian Lietuvos nacionalin vyr krepinio rinktin participates in FIBAs competitions. Despite Lithuanias small size, with a population of just almost 2. Europe. 3The Lithuanian team won the last Euro. Basket tournaments prior to World War II, in 1. The 1. 93. 9 team was led by Frank Lubin, who helped popularize basketball in the country and was called the grandfather of Lithuanian basketball. Following the countrys 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 1. Olympic basketball gold medal winning team which got most of its scoring from four Lithuanians Valdemaras Chomiius, Rimas Kurtinaitis, arnas Mariulionis and Arvydas Sabonis. After the restoration of Lithuanian independence in 1. Lithuania won bronze medals in the first three Olympics to include NBA players 1. London 2. 01. 2 Olympics. The Lithuanian team won the FIBA Euro. Basket for the third time in 2. FIBA World Championship. HistoryeditEarly teams 1. Lietuvos Fizinio Lavinimo Sjunga LFLS had one of the first male basketball teams in Lithuania, back in 1. On 1. 3 December 1. Latvian capital Riga, Lithuanians played their first international game against their neighbors. Given the Latvians had international knowledge provided by coaches of the American YMCA Young Mens Christian Association,4 they easily won 4. Later on, Latvians were crushing the future three times European champions Lithuanians as well 4. Another game the following year was won by the Latvians 4. During the period, basketball saw its Lithuanian popularity decrease and get overshadowed by football. The cold climate and lack of suitable indoor arena only allowed for basketball to be played during the summer period, and even then those who practiced preferred other sports. Lithuanian Americans build a squad 1. Things started to improve in 1. Physical Culture Palace was opened in Kaunas, featuring a spacious hall with 2. In 1. 93. 5, Lithuania decided to promote a World Lithuanian Congress in temporary capital Kaunas, inviting ethnic Lithuanians from many countries to unite the Lithuanian culture. The following year, a delegation of Lithuanian American athletes from Chicago arrived in Kaunas as participants of World Lithuanian Congress. Two of the players, Juozas Joseph Zukas and Konstantinas Konnie Savickus, stayed to teach basketball secrets to Lithuanians and be a part of the national team. Savickus in particular became a player coach, and while the national team had just been trounced by inaugural European champions. Latvia 1. 231. 0, one year later, with Savickus leading the team and exploiting stalling techniques, Lithuania trailed only 1. Lithuania national basketball team players and staff members in 1. In 1. 93. 6, Lithuania applied to become a member of FIBA and take part in international basketball competitions,6 including Euro. Basket 1. 93. 7, the second European basketball tournament that the Latvia Basketball Association as reigning champions would host in Riga. While Savickus had returned to America,9 another descendant of Lithuanians would arrive to aid the countrys basketball rise. Frank Lubin, who won a gold medal at the first basketball Olympic tournament at the 1. Summer Olympics in Berlin, was invited to visit the Baltic nation by a Lithuanian official in attendance. Going by the Lithuanian name Pranas Lubinas, he spent five months there and served as the countrys first knowledgeable coach, helping spread various basketball techniques. Lubinas, along with Zukas, helped the Lithuanians beat the Latvians for the first time, 3. Physical Culture Palace director Mr. Augustauskas asked me Could you win the European championship I replied Why not Lithuanians already made significant progress and with one or two athletes from Chicago we could easily win that championship. Konstantinas Savickas, describing his first efforts to improve basketball in Lithuania. Lithuanians holding the Euro. Basket 1. 93. 7 trophy. The preparations for the Euro. Basket 1. 93. 7 started slowly, with players training only 4 hours a week. At first, it was decided that the national team at the tournament would not include any Lithuanian Americans however the decision was reversed with only one month remaining, once a Latvian newspaper had printed an extensive article about the second European championship considering Lithuania the weakest of all contestants. Lithuanian player Leonas Baltrnas was shocked at the article and along with journalist Jonas Narbutas, used a translated version of it to request the inclusion of Lithuanian Americans to Vytautas Augustauskas, director of the Physical Culture Palace. After a telegram was sent to the USA, two players arrived one month prior to the tournament, Pranas Talznas and Feliksas Kriauinas, the latter of whom was designated as player coach. To keep secrecy on how Lithuanian Americans were strengthening the team, all preparation games were cancelled and instead prolonged training sessions before the trip to Riga were held behind closed doors. The national team was being prepared not only technically, but also physically. Even once the reinforcements were made public, opponents were skeptic, with Talznas later remembering other teams felt he and Kriauinas were not quality players as everyone thought that a good player must be tall, raising his hand and dunking into the basket. Usb Controller Driver Windows 7 X64 there. The efforts were successful the Lithuanians became the champions of Europe for the first time, defeating all their opponents and with Talznas being picked as the tournaments most valuable player. Following the final victory over Italy, the famous Lithuanian tenor Kipras Petrauskas even interrupted his performance at the State Theatre to joyfully announce the triumph of the national basketball team. The crowd then rose to their feet and together sang the Lithuanian anthem. The team returned to a warm reception, with thousands gathering at a train station in a way Kriauinas compared to like we, here in America, greet the president. Basketball regained its ground immediately, and had its popularity rise abruptly, especially among students. Gymnasium teams from almost all counties competed in student games, teams were assembled in firms and basketball courts appeared all around the country. According to future player Stepas Butautas, In every yard hoops are being made from barrels. Children, teenagers are throwing balls into them, others even a sock crammed with clouts. Our Vervai Primary School teacher K.