Matches will be held in Lithuania and Latvia
Men’s national basketball team of Ukraine decided on sparring partners before the start of pre-qualification for the 2024 Olympics.
Vitaliy Stepanovskiy’s team will play four matches. The rivals of the blue-yellows will be Lithuania (July 29), Sweden (July 31) Israel (August 5) and Netherlands (August 7).
At the same time, the match with the Lithuanian team will be held in Panevezys (Lithuania). The remaining three meetings will take place in Latvian Riga.
There are currently 13 players on the blue-yellow roster. On July 15, Stepanovsky’s team will start a training camp in Riga.
Ukraine will play in Istanbul in Group C, where the Turkish national team, as well as the teams of Iceland and Bulgaria will become rivals in the group round.
Our team will meet with the Bulgarian national team on August 12, with the Icelandic national team – on August 13, but with the Turkish national team – on August 15. Next stages: August 18 – semi-finals, the final will be played on August 20.
To enter the qualifying tournament, Ukraine needs to become one of the top two teams in the group stage, and then win the playoffs, which starts from the semi-finals.
Only the winners of the pre-qualifying tournaments will receive a spot in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Source: Sportarena
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