Lithuania marches to the quarter finals

Yesterday Lithuania fought against Germany for the ticket to quarter finals, and won the game. The match was very tense, the winner was obvious only after the final whistle of the judge: 84:75 (21:17, 16:16, 21:19, 26:23).

Lithuania: Rimantas Kaukėnas 19, Šarūnas Jasikevičius 17 and Jonas Valančiūnas 17, Mantas Kalnietis 9, Robertas Javtokas (7 reb.) and Simas Jasaitis 8, Darius Songaila 4, Martynas Pocius and Paulius Jankūnas 2. 

Germany: Chris Kaman 25 (11 reb.), Robin Benzing 18, Dirk Nowitzki 16 (9 reb. shots 4/17), Heiko Schaffartzik 13, P. Schwethelm 3.

Now Lithuanian opponent will be Russian or Macedonian teams, depending on tonights duel against these two teams. Lithuania will play against that team, which loses tonight.