EuroBasket group round matches to be held in September
Defender of the Ukrainian national basketball team Alexander Lipovy reported that Alexey Len help the national team European championship. The center personally assured Lipovoy that he would perform at EuroBasket 2022.
“I talked to Lan and he said that he would definitely be at the European Championships. I don’t know about the windows and qualification for the World Championship at the end of August, but Lesha told me that he would definitely come to the European Championship, ”Lipovy said.
Earlier, the head coach of the Ukrainian national team Ainars Bagatskis said that he was counting on two legionnaires from the NBA – Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk and Oleksiy Len – in the decisive matches of the 2023 World Cup qualification, which will be held in July.
On July 1 and 7, Ukraine will play two nominally home qualifying matches against Georgia and Spain respectively (both will take place in Riga). On July 4, the Bagatskis team will play away with North Macedonia.
In qualifying for the World Cup, Ukraine played three matches, defeating North Macedonia and losing away to Georgians and Spaniards. In their group, the blue-yellows take third place. The top three teams from each group will advance to the next round of selection.
At EuroBasket 2022, Ukraine was placed in Group C with Greece, Italy, Croatia, Great Britain and Estonia. Group round matches will be held September 2-8.
In the 2021/22 season, Lan played for Sacramento. The Kings did not qualify for the NBA playoffs, finishing 12th in the Western Conference.
Source: Sportarena
