World Cup 2023. Watch the matches of the national team of Ukraine – help the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Netherlands – Ukraine. November 11th. 20.00. Almere, Topsportcentrum arena
Ukraine – Iceland. 14 November. 16.00. Arena “Riga”

Matches are only shown on XSport

At the initiative of the title partner of the Ukrainian Basketball Federation Parimatch Ukraine, a meeting will be held for the scout wings of the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with the KOLO Charitable Foundation during the broadcast of the matches.

The team just needs a win

In August, Ainars Bagatskis had an almost perfect clip of the national team. Laziness, Mikhailyuk and Sanon should be the engine through which the Ukrainians will easily beat Italy and Iceland in the opening matches of the second part of the 2023 World Cup selection and continue their chances to compete for access to Mundial. But the opposite happened. Our NBA reps looked listless, Sanon injured himself before heading to Reykjavik, and also a series of controversial coaching decisions that resulted in two defeats have reduced our chances of playing in the World Cup finals to almost zero. Iceland’s defeat in overtime was just as the yellow-blues themselves should have taken.

Despite four more qualifying matches ahead of the Ukrainian national team, even four wins cannot guarantee a top three in group L. Now, after 6 qualifying matches, the Ukrainians are in fifth place with 7 points (1 win, 5 losses). The top three teams of the group are going to the World Cup, so for Ukraine everything also depends on the results of the opponents.

Sanon, Pustovoy, Zotov – out, Tyrtyshnik

On November 7, the Ukrainian national team began preparations for matches against the Netherlands and Iceland in Riga, now the national team’s residence, where the Ukrainians will host Iceland at the Riga Arena. And compared to the World Cup qualifiers in August and of course the successful EuroBasket for us (ours lost to Poland in the 1/8 final), the composition of the national team is intriguing and even worrying. Ainars Bagatskis, who still remains in the position of head coach, this time cannot objectively trust the “Americans” Lenya and Mikhailyuk, Prometheus defender Issuf Sanon was injured, they were asked not to use it in the national team Bliznyuk, Pustovoi and Skapintsev. Keep dodge damage to Zotov and Kovlyar.

The yellow-dark blue mentor states that there are no worries, this is a chance to prove themselves for those who play less, the team must fight for itself and for the country, but it will be difficult. Kyiv “Budivelnik” defender Ilya Tirtishnik, with whom Bagatskis worked in “Kyiv-Basket”, is preparing for his debut for the national team.

Prediction from Parimatch Ukraine

Parimatch Ukraine, the first legal bookmaker and partner of the Ukrainian national team, has determined the favorites of the upcoming matches and predicts the Ukrainians’ victory in both matches. Experts believe that the yellow-blues can beat the Netherlands away in normal time, the odds for such a result are 1.52, and the chances of success for the site’s hosts are estimated at 2.70 to 1. If the game goes to overtime, Bagatskis’ team will win. Our chance of winning in overtime is 1.47. In Riga, the Ukrainians also predict the result they need. 1.48 – winning odds in regular time, 1.42 – in overtime. Iceland’s chances of success in this challenge are much lower – 3.00 vs 1.

The Ukraine national basketball team participated in the charity initiative of Parimatch Ukraine and the KOLO Charitable Foundation. During the broadcast of the matches of the national team on the XSport TV channel, a meeting will be held for the scout wings from the Ukrainian developers “Heavenly Punishment”, which will meet the urgent needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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