The national team of Ukraine led by Bagatsky wins the first test match before the PK qualification tournament – Basketball

On Monday, the Ukrainian national team defeated the Lithuanian student national team 112:78 (17:19, 31:21, 35:17, 29:21) in a friendly match.

Seven players of the Ukrainian national team scored more than ten points, and the top scorers were Isuf Sanon, VEF Riga’s Vitaly Zotov, who also had seven interceptions and six assists, and Ilya Sidorov, who scored 15 points each.

Denis Lukashov and Ivan Tkachenko missed the game due to minor injuries.

With this match, the Ukrainian national team ended the first stage of training in Riga. The next training camp will be in Turkey, where on August 11 in Istanbul, Ukraine will compete with the home team in a test match tournament.

On August 24, the Ukrainian national team will host the Italian national team in “Arena Riga”.

The team led by Bagatskis already played PK qualification matches in Riga at the beginning of July. First, Ukraine won a victory over Georgia with a score of 79:66, but then suffered a setback against Spain in a fierce battle, losing in the last seconds with a score of 76:77.

In the second qualifying stage, the Ukrainian national team will play in Group L with Italy, Spain, Iceland, Georgia and the Netherlands.

The national team of Ukraine is also preparing for the finals of the European Championship, which will begin on September 2.

In the group stage in Milan, Ukrainian basketball players will face Great Britain, Estonia, Italy, Greece and Croatia. The top four teams from each group will advance to the playoffs.