Kestutis Kemzura who faces a tough task of leading Lithuania to EuroBasket 2011 announced a 20-man list of candidates for the national team.

The list includes eight players who were on the team that won bronze in World Championship in Turkey and six veterans.

Kemzura will try to fuse a team of both young players as well as experienced stars.

“The date of birth in player’s passport doesn’t to matter”, Kemzura said. He also made it clear several times that he wants the best players available regardless of their age.

Lithuania’s goal is to qualify for London Olympic Games directly by reaching EuroBasket final.

Players will gather to the first training camp in Druskininkai which will start on July 18.

The list candidates:

Mantas Kalnietis (Zalgiris)

Sarunas Jasikevicius (Fenerbahce Ulker)

Rimantas Kaukenas (Montepaschi Siena)

Tomas Delininkaitis (Zalgiris)

Martynas Gecevicius (Lietuvos Rytas)

Martynas Pocius (Zalgiris)

Renaldas Seibutis (Olin Erdine)

Mindaugas Lukauskis (EWE Baskets)

Simas Jasaitis (Lietuvos Rytas)

Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Zalgiris)

Arturas Jomantas (Lietuvos Rytas)

Deividas Gailius (Virtus Bologna)

Ksistof Lavrinovic (Montepaschi Siena)

Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris)

Donatas Motiejunas (Benetton Treviso)

Darjus Lavrinovic (Fenerbahce Ulker)

Marijonas Petravicius (Armani Jeans Milano)

Robertas Javtokas (Zalgiris)

Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas)