Lithuania beat Serbia in a mild upset to reach the Finals of Eurobasket and more importantly, automatically qualify for Rio.
Jonas Valanciunas continued his strong play at EuroBasket 2015 in helping Lithuania defeat Serbia in the semifinals 67-64. Lithuania will now take on Spain in the Final, but more importantly, they've now joined the Spaniards in clinching a spot in the group stages of the Olympic basketball tournament.
Here's Olympic field after Lithuania's win over Serbia. FIBA Asia championship game (Oct. 3) determines Team No. 9. pic.twitter.com/F0a9IjHVDb
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) September 18, 2015
Serbia came into this game undefeated, and had a tournament leading plus/minus at +79 in the group stages.