The Lithuania men's national basketball team 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.
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TV3 Lithuania is a Lithuanian free-to-air television channel that was launched on 11 April 1993. It was owned by Modern Times Group (MTG) until 2017, when it was acquired by Providence Equity Partners for €115 million.
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Edgaras Ulanovas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player and the team captain for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague.
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The Baltic Women's Basketball League (BWBL) is a top-level regional basketball league in Northern Europe. The league features women's teams from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Teams from Finland, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Sweden have competed in the past seasons.
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Basketball is the most popular sport in Lithuania. During public opinion polls in Lithuania, the Lithuanians regularly describe basketball as their priority interest sport. A research in 2015 indicated that nearly 41% of all population in Lithuania watched the EuroBasket 2015 final between Lithuania and Spain and it became the most watched event of the 21st century in Lithuania. The popularity of basketball among Lithuanians led to it being nicknamed as the "second religion" in Lithuania.
Evaldas Kandratavičius is a Lithuanian professional athletic trainer, who has worked with some of the best professional basketball teams in Europe for multiple years, including: Lithuania men's national basketball team, Lithuania women's national basketball team, CSKA Moscow, Lietuvos rytas Vilnius and many famous Women's National Basketball Association players. He graduated Lithuanian Sports University and successfully defended his dissertation in Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. He signed with BC Khimki in the summer of 2019.
Justė Veronika Jocytė is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Lyon ASVEL women's club of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and its youth academy. She plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
This article displays the rosters for the teams competing at the EuroBasket Women 2023. Each team had to submit 12 players.
The EuroBasket 2029 bidding process entails the bids for the EuroBasket 2029. The four eventual winners will be decided during a dedicated event in June 2025.
Estonia (At the Unibet Arena in Tallinn) [2] 
Finland (Venue unknown, either in Helsinki or Tampere) [3] 
Germany (At the SAP Garden in Munich) [4] 
Greece (At the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens) [5] [6] 
Lithuania (At the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas) [7] [8] 
Slovenia (At the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana) [9] [10] [11] [12] 
Netherlands (At the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam) [13] 
Spain (At the WiZink Center in Madrid) [14] 
Slovakia (At the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava) [15] [16] 