Captain of a basketball club UNICS Andrei Vorontsevich on , he expressed his belief that Russian basketball players would definitely return to international competitions and perform there with a flag and an anthem.
In April, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) suspended the Russian team from participating in the selection for the 2024 Olympic Games and EuroBasket 2025. Russian clubs are also not participating in international tournaments due to the situation. in Ukraine.
– Will a long downtime destroy the talented generation of the national team?
– The Russian Basketball Federation is doing everything possible to develop basketball in the country. It seems to me that we must develop internally and rely on friendship with those who want to cooperate with us. We have to look for our friends. It is an honor to perform on international stages with your own flag and anthem. It is a great pride! I want the younger generation to have it. To make them stronger. Everything will come back. Sooner or later everything ends, – Vorontsevich said on .
In the 2022/23 VTB United League season, UNICS became the champions for the first time in their history. The last playoff series against Lokomotiv-Kuban ended with a 4-1 win for Kazan.
Live broadcasts of VTB United League matches are broadcast by and other detention channels, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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