Our team completed the preparation stage in Riga
Team of Ukraine in preparation for the selection of the World Cup 2023 and EuroBasket 2022 won the control match Lithuanian student team with a score of 112:78.
Issuf Sanon, Vitaly Zotov and Ilya Sidorov scored 15 points each. Denis Lukashov and Ivan Tkachenko missed the game due to minor injuries.
With this match, the Ukrainian national team completed the first stage of preparation in Riga. Further, the collection will continue in Turkey, where on August 11 Ukraine will play against the hosts as part of a friendly tournament in Istanbul.
At the end of August, the Ukrainian national team will play the first matches of the second group round of the 2023 World Cup qualification, in which they will face the teams of Italy (August 24) and Iceland (August 27). On September 2, the blue-and-yellows will start at EuroBasket 2022.
test match
Ukraine – Lithuanian student team – 112:78 (17:19, 31:21, 35:17, 29:21)
Ukraine: Pustovoy (5 + 5 rebounds + 5 assists), Bliznyuk (11), Skapintsev (8), Zotov (15 + 6 assists + 7 steals), Sidorov (15 + 5 rebounds + 6 assists) – start; Bobrov (11), Krutous (4 + 5 assists + 3 steals), Voinalovich (11), Sanon (15 + 5 rebounds), Kovalev (7 + 6 rebounds), Gerun (10 + 8 rebounds).
Source: Sportarena
