The first match will take place on February 22 against Slovenia
Ukraine national basketball team in Riga began preparations for the qualifying matches for European Championship 2025. The team led by Vitaly Stepanovsky held the first two-hour training session.
The coaching staff did not call up the injured Vladimir Konev, Konstantin Anikienko and Dmitry Skapintsev. Also, due to difficulties with acclimatization, Vladimir Gerun, who competes in the Japanese Championship, was not included in the team.
20-year-old center Bogdan Brynyuk, who plays for the Black Sea in Bulgaria, received his debut call to the national team.
- Composition of the Ukrainian national team
Defenders: Vitaly Zotov (Craiova, Romania), Alexander Mishula (ZTE, Hungary), Alexander Kovlyar (Obradoiro, Spain), Anatoly Shundel (Tartu, Estonia), Ilya Sidorov (Prometheus).
Forwards: Pavel Krutous (Craiova, Romania), Alexander Lipovy (Prometheus), Ivan Tkachenko (Prometheus), Andrey Voynalovich (Slask, Poland), Vyacheslav Bobrov (Prometheus).
Centers: Vyacheslav Petrov (Podgorica, Montenegro), Artem Pustovoy (Obradoiro, Spain), Bogdan Brinyuk (Cherno More, Bulgaria)
Head coach – Vitaly Stepanovsky, coaches – Artem Slipenchuk, Oleg Goncharov.
Vitaly Stepanovsky’s team will open the qualifying tournament with a match against Slovenia on February 22. The blue-and-yellows will then play Portugal on February 25th. Nominally, the “home” match for Ukraine will take place in Riga. The third opponent of the Ukrainians in Group A is Israel.
European Championship qualification will take place during three windows: 19-27 February 2024, 18-26 November 2024 and 17-25 February 2025. Each team will play two games in each window. To qualify for the EuroBasket finals, the Ukrainian national team must take one of the first three places in the group.
Source: Sportarena
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