Just shared a trophy and bite again to work
A team is waiting
Gold medals of the country A division were won by Vilnius Spark, silver-Klaipėda Neptune-Aamberton team, bronze-Klaipeda LCC International University (you) team.
Basketball players of Alytaus-gut.lt, LSU-Kaunas and Vilnius Spark-VKM-MRU.
The most useful (MVP) player was recognized by Gerda Raulušaitytė (LCC TU), Division B-Deimantė Žukaitė (LSU-Kaunas).
Three representatives of Neptune-Amberton were invited together with G. Raulušaityte: Brigita Sinickaitė, Eglė Šventoraitė and Urtė Čižauskaitė, four « Spark » basketball players: Justina Miknaitė, Eglė Zabotkaitė, Giedrė Labucienė and Sintija Aukštikalnytė and Šiauliai
Gabija Meškonytė (Sarluiso Royals, Germany), Laura Juškaitė (Brno Žabiny, Czech Republic), Laura Miškinienė (Lublin Miškinienė (Lublin’s Polski Caper Savior Azm Umcs, Poland), Justė Jocytė (Vicerbano Asvel, France), Monika Grigalauskytė Nikitinaite (Sosnoveco MB Zaglebie, Poland) and Kamilė Nacickaite-Horst (no club).
Career: E. Šventoraitė represented the Lithuanian national team and in the 2015 Eurobasket final tournament. Photo by FIBA.com
From the seaside – to Molėtai
The basketball players led by coach Vilius Stanišauskas will go to work on May 12 at the LCC Base in Klaipėda, later move to Molėtai Sports Center.
On May 30 and 31, a friendly match is planned in Istanbul with Turkish, June 5 and 6 at home with Swedes, and 11th and 12th in Athens with Greeks and British.
At first it seems: time to prepare for the competition – enough, but later it runs out.
Sandra Linkevičienė and Tomas Rinkevičius will work at V. Stanišauskas headquarters, and former basketball player Gintarė Petronytė will help.
« The preparation phase looks long, but I have worked with the youth teams and I know that at first it seems that time will be enough, but later it is missing.
According to the strategist, the strength of the team will be unity.
« We have already shown that we can pursue one fist to a goal and overthrow the mountains, » said V. Stanišauskas.
Bologna: Our country’s basketball players with Slovenians, Serbs and Italians will compete in the Paladozza Arena. Photo by paladozza.org
Start – in Bologna
The Eurobasket final tournament will start on June 18th. The Lithuanian Championship will be launched in Group B in Bologna, Paladozza Arena: June 18 will meet with Slovenians, 19 days. – Serbs and 21 d. – with Italians.
The 1-2 teams in the group will move to Piraea and compete in the quarter -finals with representatives of Group A (Greece, Turkey, France, Switzerland).
The last time Lithuanian basketball players fought for Eurobasket trophy in 2015 in Hungary. At that time, our coach Mantas Shernius led us to the quarter -finals, but 66:68 lost to Belarusians, later did not stand against Turkees – 57:66, Montenegro – 77:89 and finished eighth.
The most famous Lithuanian chords are gold in 1997, 1938 silver and fourth place in 2001 and 2005.
What do rivals plan?
« We have fallen out of the European elite for a decade, so it is difficult to appreciate future rivals, » said L. Juškaitė.
2023 In the European Championship final, the Serbians took fifth place, Italians-ninth, Slovenians-15th.
The Slovenian national team strategist Greek Georgios Dikikooulakos has already announced candidates for the main composition, including thirteen legionnaires, and the most famous for this season’s Euroleague Champion Teja Oblak (Prague ZVVZ USK, Czech Republic) and bronze winner Mojca Jelenc (Valencia), Spanish. Ajasha Sivka (« Tarbes »).
The three -control Slovenian matches are scheduled – with Portuguese, British and Montenegro.
The Italians planned to check their strength with the Belgians and checks twice before the Eurobasket final tournament, and once with Greeks and Spanish.
