The leader of the Ukrainian national team injured her ankle in a match at the Turkish Championship
Captain Ukrainian women’s team in basketball Alina Yagupova risks missing matches with Serbia and Portugal in qualifying EuroBasket 2025.
The Ukrainian suffered an ankle injury in the Mersin vs Antalya match in the Turkish Championship. Preliminarily, Alina will miss about 10 days. The exact recovery time will be known after the examination on Monday.
Yagupova scored 13.3 points, 5.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds this season in the Turkish championship. In five Euroleague matches, the Ukrainian averages 19.0 points, 5.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds.
Evgeniy Murzin’s team starts on November 9 in Belgrade with an away match against the Serbian team. On November 12, the Ukrainian national team will host Portugal in Riga.
Women’s EuroBasket 2025 will be held for the first time in four countries – Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic and Germany. The teams of these countries received places in the final part and will play each other for FIBA ranking points in Group I.
Source: Sportarena
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