R. Mačionis and D. Sinkevičius won all three matches in Group D and immediately advanced to the quarterfinals. In the battle for a place in the semifinals, our players dramatically defeated the Polish team of Wiktor Musiał and Tomasz Warycha 2:1 (20:22, 22:20, 17:15).
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In the semifinals, the Lithuanians defeated the Estonians Arminas Kenderis and Artūras Tšuhnenkovas 2:0 (21:17, 21:16). This secured one of the two tickets to the European Championships.
In the final, R. Mačionis and D. Sinkevičius lost to the Polish team of Witold Witkowski and Maksymilian Dymczyk 1:2 (22:24, 22:20, 8:15) after a tough fight, finishing the tournament in second place.
Fourth place in the tournament was taken by Lukas Gumbelevičius and Danielius Šumeika. They also became winners of their group and defeated the Ukrainians Danylo Jurčenko and Oleksandr Frolov 2:0 (21:16, 21:18) in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, L. Gumbelevičius and D. Šumeika lost to the more experienced Polish team of W. Witkowski and M. Dymczyk 1:2 (17:21, 21:19, 9:15).
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In the match for third place, the Lithuanian duo lost to the Estonians A. Kenderis and A. Tšuhnenkovas 1:2 (14:21, 21:16, 12:15) after another tough battle.
The third Lithuanian pair, Orestas Kubilius and Rokas Lukoševičius, took ninth place in this tournament.
In the women’s tournament, the best performance among Lithuanians was by Beatričė and Agata Michalkevičiūtės, who took fifth place.
The ninth position was shared by Mėja Gurčiūtė and Guoda Bruzgaitė as well as Elzė Motiekaitytė and Justė Raudytė.
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