Ainars Bagatskis also confirmed the information about the participation of our NBA players in the matches
Forward Bogdan Bliznyukcenter Vladimir Gerun and Alexey Len will join the Ukrainian national team in the August qualifying matches for the 2023 World Cup.
The head coach of the Ukrainian men’s basketball team Ainars Bagatskis confirmed their challenge. All three players will join the team at the beginning of the training camp in Riga.
Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk, who played in the last matches for the national team, will also help the national team.
Bliznyuk played in 3 matches in the current selection for the world championship, in which he brought the team 12.0 points in 29.9 minutes on the court. He missed the last matches of the national team due to family circumstances
Vladimir Gerun did not play in the selection for the World Cup. Lan will play for the national team for the first time since qualifying for the 2019 World Cup.
In the qualification for the 2023 World Cup, Ukraine will play against Italy (August 24) and Iceland (August 27). On September 2, our team will start at EuroBasket 2022.
Earlier, there was already information that the players of the NBA clubs – Oleksiy Len and Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk will play for the Ukrainian national team in the upcoming qualifying matches for the 2023 World Cup.
Source: Sportarena
