Our Turkish National Basketball Team Hosts Serbia in Istanbul
By the Eurohoops Team / [email protected]
In the Group I competition of the second round of the FIBA 2023 World Cup Qualifications, our Turkish National Basketball Team used its tough National Team in Istanbul. The match, which will be played at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall, will start at 20:00 on Sunday, 28 August.
This difficult struggle will be broadcast live on NTV screens.
Under the management of Head Coach Ergin Ataman, our national team is in the same situation as Serbia, Latvia, Greece, Belgium and Great Britain in the 2nd round of the World Cup Qualifiers. The top 3 placed teams in the group will not qualify for the FIBA 2023 World Cup.
In the first match of the 2nd round, our national team was a guest of Latvia, and their team was prepared with a score of 111-85 from the field in the tough away game. Turkey, who won in the first round and loses in the second round, is in the 5th place with 2 wins and 3 losses in total.
On the other hand, the jersey team of the son periods failed to show up in the first of the strong cluster based qualifiers.
In the first match of the second round of coach Svetislav Pesic’s team, Giannis Antetokompo’s Greece- was a morale booster with a score of 94. In the group, Serbia is in the 4th place with an average against 2 victories and 3 losses, just like our national team.
Vasilije Micic, who was injured in the war in Greece, was included in the Serbian caravan that came to Istanbul. Whether the star player will play or not will be determined at the time of the match.
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