The Argentine basketball team, led by Néstor “Che” García from Bahia, will take on today a demanding test in the World Cup Qualifiers on the way to the Philippines-Japan-Indonesia 2023, when they face Canada, at the beginning of Group E of the American classification .
The match will take place at the Memorial Center Arena in the city of Victoria, in the province of British Columbia (Canada), this Thursday starting at 11:40 p.m. (Argentina time) and with TyC Sports signal television.
The team led by ‘Che’ developed an acceptable campaign in the initial stage of the competition, with a 5-1 record for the first three qualifying windows.
But at the start of this fourth series, the albiceleste team will have to take extreme care against a rival (the only one) that is undefeated, with a 6-0 mark.
Argentina will have the best of its repertoire, with the exception of Luca Vildoza, who will be absent because he is developing preparation work with his team, the Milwaukee Bucks, of the US NBA, the most powerful competition on the planet.
The rest of the base of the albiceleste team, world runner-up in China 2019, will try to maintain a more than convincing collective performance to give a show of character in this continental tie.
Point guards Facundo Campazzo (for the moment without a team after passing through the Denver Nuggets, USA) and Nicolás Laprovíttola (Barcelona, Spain), experienced shooting guard Carlos Delfino (Libertas Pesaro, Italy), forwards Gabriel Deck (Real Madrid, Spain) and Patricio Garino (Basket Girona, Spain) and intern Marcos Delía (BC Wolves, Lithuania) will almost certainly be the team’s supports.
The list is completed by point guard José Vildoza (Flamengo, Brazil); shooting guards Nicolás Brussino (Gran Canaria, Spain) and Leandro Bolmaro (Utah Jazz, USA); forward Juan Pablo Vaulet (Baxi Manresa, Spain) and interns Tomás Chapero (Ourense, Spain) and Tayavek Gallizzi (Instituto de Córdoba).
In front will be Canada, with a list that includes six NBA representatives. They are Nickeil Alexander Walker (guard, Utah Jazz); Oshae Brissett (forward, Indiana Pacers); Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (guard, Oklahoma Thunder), Cory Joseph (guard, Detroit Pistons); Kelly Olynik (power forward, Detroit Pistons) and Dwight Powell (center, Dallas Mavericks).
After the match against Canada, the Argentine team will return to Buenos Aires, through air combinations that will allow him to arrive at the Ezeiza International Airport this Saturday, in the evening.
From there, the delegation will return to Mar del Plata (where it carried out a good part of the competitive preparation) and at the Islas Malvinas Sports Center in the seaside resort, it will receive the Bahamas team on Monday, starting at 9:40 p.m., in the second and last shift of this qualifying window.
The other group E matches scheduled for tomorrow are: Bahamas-Venezuela (at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau, at 9:00 p.m. in Argentina) and Dominican Republic-Panama (at the Palacio de Deportes in Santo Domingo, 9:10 p.m.).
In zone F, meanwhile, Puerto Rico-Brazil will be measured (in the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan; 21.10); United States-Uruguay (at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas; 10:00 p.m.) and Mexico-Colombia (at the Chihuahua University Auditorium Gymnasium; at 12:30 a.m. on Friday).
