The European Championship starts in Thursday, September 1 matches in groups. The Czechs, who will play Group D matches in front of the Prague audience, will enter the tournament a day later. Eurobasket culminates in Sunday, September 18 in Berlin’s City Arena with a match for bronze and the subsequent final.
Program – when are the Czechs playing at Eurobasket 2022?
The Czech team has been drawn into Group D, where five matches await them. He will start the first match on Friday, September 2 against Poland, followed by a match against Serbia, then the Netherlands and Finland. Israel’s basketball players are waiting for the Czechs as the last.
Program and results of the Czech national team
| Date and time | A match |
|---|---|
| Friday, September 2, 5:30 p.m. O2 Arena Prague | Poland – Czechia |
| Saturday, September 3, 5:30 p.m. O2 Arena Prague | Czech Republic – Serbia |
| Monday, September 5, 17:30 O2 Arena Prague | Czechia – Netherlands |
| Tuesday, September 6, 5:30 p.m. O2 Arena Prague | Finland – Czechia |
| Thursday, September 8, 5:30 p.m. O2 Arena Prague | Czechia – Israel |
Group D table
To advance from Group D, the Czechs need to finish fourth at worst. Four teams advance from each group and move to Berlin. The second part of the tournament will then take place there using the knockout system.
| # | Earth | Z | V | P | The score | Body |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 2 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 3 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 4 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 5 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 6 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
The roster of the Czech national team
The national team led by Tomáš Satoranský currently brings together a very strong generation of players. In addition to the experienced duo Satoranský – Veselý, who will jointly defend the colors of Spanish Barcelona from the new season, the team should not miss Ondřej Balvín, Patrik Auda, David Jelínek or Nymburk captain Vojtěch Huban.
The Czechs will have a warm-up before the EC as part of the qualification for the 2023 World Cup. Last time, coach Ginzburg’s men defeated Lithuania, and at the end of August they will have qualifying duels with France and Hungary.
| Provisional roster of the Czech EuroBasket 2022 national team |
|---|
| Patrik Auda, Ondřej Balvín, Jaromír Bohačík, Vojtěch Hruban, David Jelínek, Vít Krejčí, Martin Kříž, Tomáš Kyzlink, Lukáš Palyza, Martin Peterka, Viktor Půlpán, Tomáš Satoranský, Ondřej Sehnal, Jan Veselý, Tomáš Vyoral. |
Tickets for Eurobasket 2022 – Prague O2 arena
Anyone who wants to see the sports holiday of Czech basketball live will have the opportunity to do so. All Group D matches will take place in Prague’s O2 Arena. The organizers want to present basketball in the Czech Republic in the best possible light and attract new fans. The website “Česko dribluje” is ready for you, where you can find not only information about tickets.
The price of tickets varies from the basic 490 CZK to 1490 CZK per match, depending on the audience sector. There will also be a limited number of seats directly at the decks. If a Czech fan would like to go to all the matches of the national team, he must prepare a basic amount of CZK 2,450.
