The Stratford venue is more regularly home to Super League Basketball side the London Lions, who welcomed Lithuanian champions Žalgiris Kaunas to a packed house for a pre-season friendly in September. This evening, basketball fans’ attention turns to the international game.

Great Britain are in Group D in the first round of European qualifiers for the 2027 World Cup alongside Iceland, Italy and Lithuania. With three teams going through to the second round of European qualification, coach Marc Steutel will realistically be looking to finish ahead of Iceland to avoid elimination as the bottom-placed team. But a result against the giants of Lithuania will set his team well on their way.

The two sides most recently faced off at EuroBasket in August. Lithuania began their campaign in Finland

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