Basketball
Sergio Scagliolo: ‘I set a goal’
Sergio Scariolothe coach of the national basketball team assured this Thursday: The team “has a clear objective to start the group stage well”. Eurobasket 2022 will take place from September 1st to 18th in Germany, Italy, Czech Republic and Georgia.
“Qualifying for the next phase will never be easy this year, so we have to be ready to fight from the first game‘, stressed the team’s coach at the end of training in Vilnius before this afternoon’s friendly against Lithuania.
Scariolo added:Lithuania is one of the first four teams in this European level competition.‘ so athletes have to be ‘very tough and ready’ to be ‘competitive’.
Spain will make their EuroBasket debut on September 1 against Bulgaria.Group A hosts Georgia on the 3rd, Belgium on the 4th, Montenegro on the 6th and Turkey on the 7th.
After this match in Vilnius, the Spanish team will also play the first two matches of the second qualifying round of the 2023 World Cup. Iceland in Pamplona (August 24th) and the Netherlands in Almere (August 27th).
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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