Country: | Lithuania |
Joined Fiba: | 1936 |
Fiba Ranking: | 7th[1] |
Fiba Zone: | FIBA Europe |
National Fed: | Lithuanian Basketball Federation |
Nickname: | Basketball: The Second Religion, Game of the Nation |
Zone Championship: | FIBA U20 EuroBasket |
Zone Appearances: | 23 |
Zone Medals: | Gold: 2 (1996, 2012) Silver: 4 (2005, 2008, 2016, 2022) Bronze: 1 (2004) |
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The Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė vaikinų jaunimo iki 20 krepšinio rinktinė), is the representative for Lithuania in international basketball competitions, and it is organized and run by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.[2] [3] The Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team represents Lithuania at the FIBA U20 EuroBasket.
The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship champions generation (born 1992), led by Jonas Valančiūnas, won every single age-restricted tournament they have competed in. No other generation in the world have shown such impressive performance. Consequently, the unique Lithuanian generation was nicknamed "Auksinis Lietuvos jaunimas" (English: The Golden Lithuanian Youth).[4]
See main article: FIBA U20 EuroBasket.
Year | width=25 | ! | width=25 | ! | width=25 | ||
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1992 | Did not participate | ||||||
1994 | Did not qualify | ||||||
1996 | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | |||
1998 | 8th | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||
2000 | 10th | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
2002 | 5th | 8 | 4 | 4 | |||
2004 | 3rd | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||
2005 | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||
2006 | 7th | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||
2007 | 11th | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||
2008 | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||
2009 | 5th | 9 | 6 | 3 | |||
2010 | 9th | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
2011 | 14th | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||
2012 | 1st | 9 | 6 | 3 | |||
2013 | 7th | 10 | 6 | 4 | |||
2014 | 5th | 10 | 7 | 3 | |||
2015 | 7th | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||
2016[5] | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||
2017[6] | 6th | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||
2018[7] | 9th | 7 | 6 | 1 | |||
2019[8] | 5th | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
2022[9] | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||
2023[10] | 8th | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||
2024[11] | 5th | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
Total | 23/25 | 182 | 109 | 73 |
2019 FIBA U20 European Championship