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Donatas Tarolis left the Lithuanian national team camp. 14 candidates continue their work ahead of WC European Qualifiers.

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Following the seventh victory in friendly games, Lithuania announced the departure of a big man. Donatas Tarolis of CSM CSU Oradea is set to leave the national team.

Donatas Tarolis

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Tarolis played four preparation matches and averaged 5.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assists over 14 playing minutes.

The Lithuanian national team is now cut down to 14 players.

With friendly games concluded, Lithuania will face Hungary (August 24) and Montenegro (August 27) in the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers Second Round.

Behind August's FIBA window, the focus then switches to EuroBasket 2022 for the start of September.

Lithuania will be based in Cologne for the initial group phase as they face France, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, and the hosts, Germany, from September 1 to 7.

Remaining 14-man roster:

Arnas Butkevicius, Zalgiris Kaunas Domantas Sabonis, Sacramento Kings Eigirdas Zukauskas, BC Wolves Gytis Masiulis, Rytas Vilnius Ignas Brazdeikis, Zalgiris Kaunas Jonas Valanciunas, New Orleans Pelicans Kristupas Zemaitis, BC Wolves Lukas Lekavicius, Zalgiris Kaunas Marius Grigonis, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Martynas Echodas, Rytas Vilnius Mindaugas Kuzminskas, free agent Rokas Giedraitis, Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Rokas Jokubaitis, FC Barcelona Tomas Dimsa, Zalgiris Kaunas Support BasketNews so we could make even better content.