Lithuania Basketball is the most popular and happening sport of the nation. Travel to Lithuania and get spoilt by the Lithuania sports culture especially the Lithuanian basketball.
Lithuania is a sport loving nation and the folks are passionate about sports. Vilnius the capital city of Lithuania, is the most lively city in the New Europe and the European basketball's birthplace. Lithuania is infact the birthplace of many sports star and all these players are of international repute.
The national basketball team of Lithuania exemplifies Lithuania in international basketball matches. The Lithuanian men competed in two Eurobasket competitions and won both the competitions. "Pranas Lubinas" is a famous Lithuanian basketball player and is contribution to the team is excellent and he is called as "Grandfather of Lithuanian basketball". When Lithuania was the part of soviet team the players played outstanding matches.
Popular basketball players in Lithuania are :
- Senda Berenson Abbott
- Mantas Kalnietis
- Modestas Paulauskas
- Romanas Brazdauskis
- Stepas Butautas
- Valdemaras Chomicius
- Gintaras Einikis
- Vidas Ginevicius
- Darius Lukminas
- Frank Lubin
Achievement by the Lithuania basketball team is spectacular and they have proved their mettle in all the matches. Olympic games record, European championship and world champion records have been fabulous. The venues for basketball in Lithuania are namely the Kaunas Sports Hall and Siemens Arena. The Lithuania basketball team has been playing awesome sport from the beginning and much more can be expected from them in the coming days.
