Brazil summons players for the Basketball World Cup; see the list

On the night of this Monday, the 21st, the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB) revealed the 12 athletes who will represent the Brazil at Men’s Basketball World Cupwhich begins this Friday, the 25th, at indonesia, japan It is Philippines. After five friendlies, the last of which was lost against Serbia, the country makes its debut in the world against Will, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at 6:45 am (Brasília time).

Coach’s selection list Gustaf de Contifeatures well-known names among Brazilian basketball fans, such as Marcelinho Huertas, Benite, Raulzinho, Yago, Gui Santos It is Cristiano Felicio.

In group G, of which the Brazil part, the opponents will be the Will, The Spain and the Costa do Marfim. In the first phase of the competition, the teams face each other and the top two advance to the second phase. From there, they face the two best in group H, which has France, Canada, Latvia It is Lebanon.

The qualifiers play two more games, facing only rivals from the other key, carrying the results of the first phase. Then, the top two advance to the quarterfinals of the world championship. A world Cup qualifies for seven spots in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

To go straight to the Olympics, without going through the pre-Olympics, Brazil would need to be at least the second best in the Americas, which also has teams like U.S, Canada, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico It is Dominican Republic.

See the full squad of the Brazilian National Team

OWNERS
Marcelo Huertas – tenerife-ESP
Yago Mateus – Red Star-SRB
Raul Neto – Cleveland Cavaliers-USA

WINGERS / OWNERS
Paula George – SESI France
Vitor Benite – Gran Canaria-ESP

ALAS
Guilherme Santos – Golden State Warriors-USA
Leonardo Meindl – tokyo-JPN

WINGS/PIVOTS
Lucas Dias – SESI France
Bruno Caboclo – Venice-ITA
Tim Soares – Nagoya-JPN

PIVOT
Felipe dos Anjos – Andorra-ESP
Cristiano Felicio – Grenade-ESP