Dmitry Skapintsev and Alexey Len have avoided calls to the Ukraine national basketball team - this information was announced by the FBU through Hlavkom.
Our guys are preparing for the qualifying stage for the World Championship-2027 in Riga, Latvia. The national team already trained on Sunday and plans to hold two more training sessions.
Those who missed training due to club commitments will join the team. Among them are point guard Alexander Kovlyar, forward Artem Kovalyov, and center Artem Pustovoy.
The list of players for the matches against Georgia and Denmark consists of 12 people, including Mikhail Bublyk, Yegor Sushkin, Ivan Tkachenko, and others.
It is known that Vitaliy Zotov and Isuf Sanon will not be able to participate in the game due to injuries. Note that the matches will be held on November 27 and 30, respectively.
The Ukraine men's basketball team completed the pre-qualification for the World Championship-2027 with a victory over Slovakia in an away game on the opponents' court.
World Championship-2027 Pre-Qualification. Men
In the match against Slovakia, our team won with a score of 98:86, demonstrating confident play.
Recently in Riga, the team won against Switzerland with a score of 73:64.
Pre-Qualification for the World Cup-2027
In other matches, our team showed good play, winning against the Slovakia national team 80:71 and losing to Switzerland 64:66.
In these matches, players such as Alexander Kovlyar, Ilya Tirtyshnik, and Ivan Tkachenko stood out.