The squad of the Ukrainian national team for the decisive matches of the 2023 World Cup selection has been announced.

The Ukrainian Basketball Federation has announced the composition of the national team for the decisive qualifying matches for the 2023 World Championship with Italy and the Netherlands.

Defenders

Denis Lukashov (Prometheus, Ukraine)
Ilya Sidorov (Prometheus, Ukraine)
Issuf Sanon (Prometheus, Ukraine)
Alexander Kovlyar (Kalev, Estonia)
Alexander Lipovy (Prometheus, Ukraine)

forward

Bogdan Bliznyuk (Budivelnik, Ukraine)
Vladimir Konev (Budivelnik, Ukraine)
Andrey Voinalovich (Tartu, Estonia)
Artem Kovalev (Pieno Zvaigzhdes, Lithuania)
Vyacheslav Bobrov (Budivelnik, Ukraine)

centre

Vladimir Gerun (Betis, Spain)
Artyom Pustovoy (Murcia, Spain)

head coach – Ainars Bagatskis
coaches – Nikolai Kirsanov, Raimonds Feldmanis

In February, the Ukrainian men’s team will play the last qualifying matches of the 2023 World Cup. On February 23, the team of Ainars Bagatskis in Livorno will face the team of Italy, and on the 26th they will close the qualifiers with a nominal home match against the Netherlands in Riga.

Italy, like Spain, has already qualified for the World Cup from Group L. Three national teams – Ukraine, Georgia and Iceland – are applying for the last ticket from the group.

Before the final window, Ukraine has an advantage over Georgia and Iceland in personal meetings, but loses to its rivals in terms of the number of victories achieved. Therefore, in the final international window in February, the Ukrainians need to hope to win both games and Iceland and Georgia to lose at least one game each.

The Ukrainian national team will start preparations for the matches it will play in Riga on February 18, will move to Italy on February 21 and return to Latvia on February 24.