COUNTRY PRESENTATION

Name: Republic of Lithuania

Population: 2,885.891 inhabitants

Capital: Vilnius

Date of accession to the Council of Europe: 1993

State of signature/ratification
Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events, 2016

Date of Signature: 03/07/2016

Date of Ratification: 02/02/2021

Date of entry into force: 01/04/2021

Coordination Arrangements

Presentation of the country's main government and sports institutions

Independent sports safety bodies

  • National committee on sport safety and security: at the moment there is no national authority responsible for sports venues safety licensing and inspection. This field is covered partly by municipalities and sport federations.

Main Sports/Sport Activities

Main sports in the country (by number of members)

  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Swimming
  • Athletics

National Olympic Committee

Main sports federations and leagues

  • Federations
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National football authorities

Relevant good practices in the S4 domain

Major Sports Events

Last major sports events organised since 2000 and key elements of their legacy

  • Eurobasket 2011 – development of modern arenas
  • FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021 – futsal using available basketball infrastructure, no need to build new arenas additionally, for sustainability reasons
  • Euroleague Final Four 2023
  • European Figure Skating Championships 2024 – promoting less popular sports in the country

Future major sports events organised and/or co-organised within the next 5 years

The country's main sports competitions

Supporter Organisations

National supporter organisations or National team supporter organisations:

Legal Framework

National legal framework on sports safety and security, including specific legal provisions on: 

List of main laws and regulations

  • The Law on Sport of the Republic of Lithuania
  • The Law on Civil Protection of the Republic of Lithuania
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National / local coordination bodies

  • National coordinating body being created at the moment

Stewarding/ private security

  • The Law on Personal and Property Protection of the Republic of Lithuania

Pyrotechnics and other forbidden items

  • The Law on the Control of Circulation of Civil Pyrotechnics of the Republic of Lithuania
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Social-educational preventative measures / projects

  • The 2021 February 1 cooperation agreement no. 5-ST6-4, signed between the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, the Office of the Inspector of Journalistic Ethics and the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, on the European Commission-funded project # NoPlace4Hate: "Lithuanian authorities' response to hate speech "
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Alcohol/drug policy

  • The Law on the Control of Alcohol of the Republic of Lithuania
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Specific sport-related misbehaviours typified as crimes

  • The Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania
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Specific sport-related misbehaviours typified as misdemeanours

  • The Code of administrative offenses of the Republic of Lithuania
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Exclusion policy (banning orders / exit bans)

  • Government Resolution on determining the procedure for implementation of banning order

National Strategies/Policies

National guidelines and implementation plan

Major Risks and Incidents

Major risks and trends on sport-related violence and disorder

  • Increasing numbers of major basketball and football fan groups, increasing number and intensity of rivalries between main fan groups
  • Use of pyrotechnics

Please provide a graph of the evolution of total incidents over the last 10 years

Last updated on June 2024