In August, our team will play against Italy and Iceland
National Basketball Association players Alexey Len and Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk will play for the national team of Ukraine in the next matches selection for the 2023 World Cup.
Len last played for the national team in 2018 in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, when our team defeated Spain at home and lost to Montenegro on the road.
Mikhailyuk took part in the July matches of the current World Championship qualification, in which he scored 18.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals in 23.8 minutes on the floor.
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 national team will start at EuroBasket 2022.
Earlier, Mikhailyuk spoke about the reasons for the absence of Alexei Len, who plays in the NBA, in the team. According to him, the Sacramento center was unable to come to the national team due to health problems.
Source: Sportarena
