Croatia basketball gathers before Sweden match
February 21, 2022 – On Sunday night, most of Croatia’s men’s basketball teams gathered in Zagreb ahead of the second round of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers.
On Friday 25 February at 18:30, the Croatian national team will begin the second qualifying round of the World Cup 2023, which is played in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines, with a match against Sweden. It will be the official debut of coach Damir Mulaomerović, who gathered most of the national team on Sunday, just one day after the Krešimir Ćosić Cup final, but also cup matches across Europe.
“The situation is not good, but I’m glad to see you,” said the honest coach and continued:
“Tomorrow we will carry out the evening training. The most important thing is to mobilize in this short time. The guys are all in the training process in their clubs, and everyone is in good shape. I hope for that in these practically three and a half training sessions, and for the rest I do not care.I know that everyone will give 100 %.We have a tough match ahead of us on Friday, both mentally and physically.My job is to prepare them mentally, and we will go physically to the max. “
Marin Sušić / HKS
Thirteen national team members gathered in Zagreb on Sunday night and the arrival of Željko Šakić and Matej Rudan is expected on Monday. Only 12 national team players will play against Sweden. The list of 24 national team players can be changed to the match that will be played three days later in Norrköping, Sweden.
National team list for Zagreb preparations
Roko Badžim – Szolnoki
Danko Branković – KK Cibona
Filip Bundović – KK Cedevita Junor
Mateo Drežnjak – KK Cibona
Goran Filipović – KK Cedevita Junior
Lovro Gnjidić – KK Cibona
Filip Krušlin – Dinamo Sassari
Pavle Marčinković – KK Zadar
Karlo Matković – Mega Mozzart
Ivan Ramljak – Slask Wroclaw
Roko Rogić – Twarde Pierniki Torun
Matej Rudan – Mega Mozzart
Sven Smajlagić – Nevezis
Željko Šakić – Avtodor
Tomislav Zubčić – Tofaş SK
World Cup qualifiers 2023, cycle 2
February 25, 2022, at 18.30 Croatia – Sweden (KC Dražen Petrović, Zagreb)
28 February 2022, at 19.00 Sweden – Croatia (Norrköping)
* Tickets for the home match against Sweden are for sale on ulaznice.hr and both matches will be broadcast live by SportKlub.
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