This is the second loss of our national team after big man Pavlov’s injury.
As part of Ukrainian national basketball team – another loss on the eve of the matches of the pre-qualification tournament to Olympics 2024. Defender leaves training camp due to finger injury Anatoly Shundel.
Recall, earlier it became known that big man Sergey Pavlov will not help the Ukrainian team in the next matches due to injury. He suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his knee while sparring with Israel.
On August 10, the Ukrainian national team arrived in Istanbul and held a training session at the Sinan Erdem Dome arena. Vitaliy Stepanovskiy’s team will play pre-qualification matches of the Olympic Games on the same ground. The next match against Bulgaria will take place on August 12.
Teams of Turkey, Iceland and Bulgaria became the rivals of Ukraine in the group round. Only the winners of the pre-qualification tournaments will receive a spot in the Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Also, the Ukrainian national team got into group A of the qualification for EuroBasket 2025, where it will compete with Slovenia, Israel and Portugal. The top three teams from each group will advance to the final round of the European Championship.
Source: Sportarena
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