 Lithuania | |
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| Information | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Federation | Lithuanian Baseball Association |
| Confederation | WBSC Europe |
| Manager | Maksim Burdin |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 10  (9 August 2024) [1] |
| Baseball5 World Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2022 ) |
| Best result | 8th (1 time, in 2024 ) |
| Baseball5 European Championship | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2020 ) |
| Best result |  1st (1 time, in 2023 ) |
The Lithuania national Baseball5 team represents Lithuania in international Baseball5 competitions.
Lithuania participated as hosts in the 2020 Baseball5 European Championship, where they reached the final, but lost to France 0 matches to 2. [2] [3]
As European runner-up, the Lithuanian team qualified to the inaugural Baseball5 World Cup played in Mexico City, where the team participated in the historic first game of tournament, but lost to Mexico 5–3 and 4–2. [4] Lithuania finished the championship 11th with a 2–6 record. [5]
Lithuania became European champions in 2023, after winning the 2023 Baseball5 European Championship defeating France 2 sets to 0, in a replay of the 2020 final. [6]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1B | Kira Baitul | F |
| 12 | SS | Deividas Baniūnas | M |
| 1 | SS | Napalis Paulius Grigas | M |
| 77 | 2B | Ugne Kučinskaitė | F |
| 7 | 3B | Nomeda Neverauskaitė | F |
| 9 | 2B | Aistė Paškevičiūtė | F |
| 5 | P | Kristijonas Vicas | M |
| 27 | 1B | Dovydas Zakaras | M |
| No. | Pos. | Name |
|---|---|---|
| -- | Manager | Maksim Burdzin |
| -- | Coach | Arvydas Birbalas |
| Baseball5 World Cup record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA |
 2022 | Placement round | 11th | 2 | 6 | 53 | 81 |
 2024 | Placement round | 8th | 4 | 4 | 97 | 98 |
| Total | 2/2 | – | 6 | 10 | 150 | 179 |
| Baseball5 European Championship record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2020 | Final | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 92 | 79 |
| 2023 | Final | 1st | 8 | 1 | 155 | 41 |
| Total | 2/2 | – | 14 | 4 | 247 | 120 |
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