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Winning the third place game at Eurobasket 2007 against Greece allowed Lithuania to qualify for the Olympic basketball tournament at Beijing 2008 without competition at 2008 Pre-Olympics Tournament. The Lithuanian men's basketball team came in fourth place after being beaten by Argentina's basketball team, 87-75.
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2008 Olympic tournament roster
Lithuanian basketball team started its preparation for the Olympics at the end of June, 2008. After couple of training camps and preolympic friendly matches the national team was selected.
Candidates that didn't make for the final team:
Olympic games
Group Stage
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
References
Lithuania national basketball team at 2008 Olympic Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA