In the first friendly match as part of the pre-season preparation, two teams from last season's Women's Super League - 'Kyiv-Basket' and 'Budivelnyk' played against each other. The players of 'Budivelnyk' won with a score of 61:57 against 'Kyiv-Basket' at the 'Veneto' sports complex.
Today, September 23, the second friendly match between the teams of Vitalii Cherniy and Volodymyr Holopov is scheduled before the new season of the Women's Super League begins on October 10. In the first round of the new season, 'Kyiv-Basket' will play against 'Budivelnyk', while 'Frankivsk-Prikarpattya' will face 'Vinnytsia-MedUniversity'.
As reported by 'Glavcom', the men's national basketball team of Ukraine has advanced to the main qualifying round for the World Championship 2027, winning the pre-qualification in the group after defeating Slovakia.
Pre-qualification for the World Championship 2027. Men
In the last round of the pre-qualification, the men's national team of Ukraine defeated Slovakia with a score of 98:86 in Group D in Bratislava. This result helped improve the team's tournament position before the main stage of the World Championship qualifiers.
Pre-qualification for the World Championship 2027. Round 1 and Round 2
In the opening matches of the pre-qualification for the World Cup 2027, the men's national team of Ukraine suffered a loss to Switzerland, but managed to come back and secure victory in the return match.
In the first round, the team lost to Switzerland with a score of 64:66, but in the second round at home won 80:71 against the same team.
During the pre-season matches of the Women's Super League, 'Kyiv-Basket' and 'Budivelnyk' showed themselves from different sides as they prepared for the new season. Meanwhile, the men's national basketball team of Ukraine successfully passed the pre-qualification for the World Championship 2027, defeating Slovakia and improving their tournament position.