Lithuania enter EuroBasket history books with single-game rebounding record

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TAMPERE (Finland) – Lithuania couldn’t have started FIBA EuroBasket 2025 on a better note, finding their first win in the competition by beating Great Britain by 24 points (94-70) in Tampere, and setting a single-game record.

The whole team put up a collective rebounding masterpiece, breaking the record – since 1995 when data was first recorded – for most rebounds grabbed in a single FIBA EuroBasket game at 57.

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The previous two record-holders in such a category were Russia and Croatia, respectively finishing with a 54-rebound performance at FIBA EuroBasket 1995 against Finland and at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 versus Greece.

Rank

TEAM

OPPONENT

YEAR

REBOUNDS

1.

Lithuania

Great Britain

2025

57

2.

Russia

Finland

1995

54

=

Croatia

Greece

2013

54

4.

Poland

Iceland

2017

53

=

Türkiye

Iceland

2015

53

=

Slovenia

Croatia

2013

53

6.

Finland

Russia

2013

52

=

Montenegro

Hungary

2017

52

=

Germany

Italy

2007

52

=

Russia

Finland

2013

52

10.

Great Britain

Israel

2013

51

=

Spain

Czechia

2017

51

In the same game, Jonas Valanciunas moved up to fourth in the FIBA EuroBasket rebounding charts at 309 boards collected in the competition; surpassing Spain’s Marc Gasol.

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