Lazdeika the Crab () is a rainbow crab from Lithuania. The crab was used by Delfi.lt web portal as an oracle to predict the outcomes of each of the Lithuania national basketball team matches in the EuroBasket 2011. The crab has also predicted the outcomes of Lithuania in 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament and at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Methodology During divinations, Lazdeika was presented with two coconut shells, each marked with one of the flags of the competing countries. The coconut Lazdeika chose to shelter in first was considered to be his prediction as to the winner of the game.
Predictions EuroBasket 2011 Teams Stage Date Prediction Result Outcome vs Group stage Lithuania vs Group stage Lithuania vs Group stage Lithuania vs Group stage Spain vs Group stage Lithuania vs Second round Lithuania vs Second round France vs Second round Lithuania vs Quarterfinals Lithuania vs Classification N/A vs Classification N/A vs Final France
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Teams Stage Date Prediction Result Outcome vs Group stage Lithuania vs Group stage Lithuania vs Quarterfinals Lithuania vs Semifinals Lithuania
2012 Olympic Basketball Tournament Teams Stage Date Prediction Result Outcome vs Preliminary round Lithuania 102–79 vs Preliminary round Lithuania 74–55 vs Preliminary round Lithuania 74–82 vs Preliminary round USA 94–99 vs Preliminary round Lithuania 63–76 vs Quarterfinals Russia 83–74
References
External links Information (Lithuanian)