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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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