Basketball in Lithuania
Basketball is the most popular sport in Lithuania. Lithuanian American basketball coaches and players in the 1930s helped Lithuania men's national basketball team win the last EuroBasket tournaments prior to World War II, in 1937 and 1939, causing a massive impact in Lithuanian society and a basketball popularity spike. Since then, despite Lithuania's small size, with a population of just almost 2.9 million, the country's devotion to basketball has made them a traditional force of the sport in Europe.
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Basketball in Lithuania
Basketball is the most popular sport in Lithuania. Lithuanian American basketball coaches and players in the 1930s helped Lithuania men's national basketball team win the last EuroBasket tournaments prior to World War II, in 1937 and 1939, causing a massive impact in Lithuanian society and a basketball popularity spike. Since then, despite Lithuania's small size, with a population of just almost 2.9 million, the country's devotion to basketball has made them a traditional force of the sport in Europe.
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— Konstantinas Savickas, describing his first efforts to improve basketball in Lithuania.
— Mykolas Ruzgys, describing the Soviet squad in a 1968 interview.
— Pranas Lubinas, sharing his ...... ithuania, in a 1989 interview.
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