Lithuania men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team
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The Lithuania men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė vaikinų jaunučių iki 16 ir jaunių iki 17 krepšinio rinktinė), is the representative for Lithuania in international basketball competitions, and it is organized and run by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.[1][2] The team represents the country at the FIBA U16 EuroBasket and at the FIBA U17 World Cup.
Competitive record
U17 World Cup
U16 EuroBasket
| Year | Pos. | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 to 1989 | Part of the  Soviet Union | |||
 1991 | Did not participate | |||
 1993[9] | 5th | 7 | 6 | 1 |
 1995 | Did not qualify | |||
 1997 | ||||
 1999 | ||||
 2001[10] | 4th | 8 | 5 | 3 |
 2003[11] | 11th | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004[12] | 4th | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005[13] | 4th | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 2006[14] | 10th | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2007[15] | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 3 |
 2008[16] | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 2009[17] | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 4 |
 2010[18] | 2nd | 9 | 4 | 5 |
 2011[19] | 13th | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 2012[20] | 11th | 8 | 4 | 4 |
 2013[21] | 9th | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2014[22] | 10th | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015[23] | 2nd | 9 | 6 | 3 |
 2016[24] | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2017[25] | 6th | 7 | 4 | 3 |
 2018[26] | 7th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019[27] | 9th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
 2022[28] | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023[29] | 4th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024[30] | 9th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
 2025[31] | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 23/37 | 185 | 120 | 65 |
Past rosters of medal-winning teams
2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Bronze medal 
Gilvydas Biruta, Povilas Duchovskis, Mantas Kadzevičius, Saulius Kulvietis, Osvaldas Matulionis, Deividas Nazarovas, Augustas Pečiukevičius, Arūnas Sakalauskas, Giedrius Staniulis, Jonas Valančiūnas, Ovidijus Varanauskas, Haroldas Venskus (Head coach: Marius Linartas)[32]
2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Gold medal 
Jonas Valančiūnas, Evaldas Aniulis, Rimvydas Brencius, Vytenis Cižauskas, Rolandas Jakštas, Deividas Pukis, Dovydas Redikas, Taurantas Tamošiūnas, Edgaras Ulanovas, Tomas Urbonas, Lukas Žemaitis, Tautvydas Sabonis (Head coach: Kazys Maksvytis)[33]
2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Silver medal 
Ignas Ramašauskas, Tauras Jogėla, Vaidas Kariniauskas, Simonas Kymantas, Simonas Lekys, Tomas Lekūnas, Paulius Leščinskas, Mantas Mockevičius, Rokas Narkevičius, Osvaldas Olisevičius, Martynas Paliukėnas, Paulius Semaška (Head coach: Darius Dikčius)[34]
2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Silver medal
Augustinas Jankaitis, Tomas Dimša, Tomas Galeckas, Jokūbas Gintvainis, Marius Grigonis, Timotis Kuckailis, Lukas Lekavičius, Paulius Naraškevičius, Simas Raupys, Justas Tamulis, Denis Krestinin, Artūras Makovskis (Head coach: Arūnas Visockas)[35]
2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Silver medal
Grantas Vasiliauskas, Aidas Bakutis, Tomas Balčiūnas, Elvis Juozaitis, Lukas Kišūnas, Vitalijus Kozys, Danielius Lavrinovičius, Ignas Sargiūnas, Lukas Uleckas, Tadas Vaičiūnas, Arnas Velička, Aidas Zitkus (Head coach: Gediminas Petrauskas)[36]
2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship – Bronze medal 
Grantas Vasiliauskas, Tomas Balčiūnas, Elvis Juozaitis, Lukas Kišūnas, Vitalijus Kozys, Paulius Poška, Ignas Sargiūnas, Lukas Uleckas, Tadas Vaičiūnas, Arnas Velička, Julius Daugėla, Domantas Vilys (Head coach: Gediminas Petrauskas)[37]
2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship – Silver medal
Tomas Balčiūnas, Deividas Sirvydis, Domantas Vilys, Arnas Adomavičius, Martynas Arlauskas, Dovydas Giedraitis, Rokas Jokubaitis, Nedas Kancleris, Tautvydas Kupštas, Gertautas Urbonavičius, Laurynas Vaistaras, Erikas Venskus (Head coach: Mantas Šernius)[38]
2022 FIBA U16 European Championship – Gold medal
Dovydas Buika, Kasparas Jakučionis, Matas Buteliauskas, Steponas Žilakauskis, Kristupas Smirnov, Rokas Kreišmontas, Mantas Laurenčikas, Paulius Narvilas, Nedas Raupelis, Kevinas Šacas, Nojus Indrušaitis, Mantas Juzėnas (Head coach: Tomas Purlys)[39]
2025 FIBA U16 EuroBasket – Silver medal
Gabrielius Buivydas, Arnas Erlickis, Kristupas Sabeckas, Lukas Lukošiūnas, Paulius Veliulis, Benas Biržinis, Jokūbas Kukta, Rojus Stankevičius, Simas Raščius, Lukas Šiškauskas, Joris Sinica, Augustas Kičas (Head coach: Tomas Tarasevičius)[40]
