The specialist will leave the national basketball team after the European Championship.
The head coach of the Ukrainian national basketball team Ainars Bagatskis has decided to complete his work with the national team. This was reported by the Kyiv-Basket fan page.
According to the source, the Latvian specialist and the management of FBU decided not to renew the contract, and the coach himself is already choosing other options for expanding work in Europe.
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Recall that Bagatskis led the national team in the last part of EuroBasket, where Ukraine succeeded in the group stage from the second place and stopped at the 1/8 final stage, losing to Poland.
In addition, the team failed to qualify for the 2023 World Cup and has only theoretical chances to win the qualifying round.
It was previously reported that FIBAUkraine has withdrawn the right to host EuroBasket 2025 in favor of Poland.
Source: korrespondent
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