The Spanish basketball team began its concentration on Monday at Fuengirola (Málaga) with a purpose Pre-Olympic to be discussed in Valencia from July 2 to 7. The team’s goal is to qualify for Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The group, led by Sergio Scariolowent to Malaga Monday noon and stayed at the Hotel Higueron. Training will take place at ‘The Embassy’ sports center in Fuengirola, a state-of-the-art facility owned by former player and world champion Berni. Rodriguez and José Manuel Calderon.
Scariolo announced the list of 22 shortlisted players on June 6. However, only 15 players traveled to Malaga for this initial part of the concentration. Absents are Rudy Fernandez, Sergio LullAlbert AbleJuancho HernangomezLawrence brownSanti Aldama and Usman Garubawho will progressively join the group starting June 17 at Madridwhen the club’s season ends.
The 15 players available to Malaga are: Álex Abrines, Darío Brizuela, Willy Hernangómez and Joel Parra (Barça), Alberto Díaz and Yankuba Sima (Unicaja), Sergi García (Río Breogán), Fran Guerra and Edgar Vicedo (Lenovo Tenerife), Xabi López-Arostegui, Jaime Pradilla and Josep Puerto (Valencia Basket), Juan Núñez (Ratiopharm Ulm), Miquel Salvó (Dreamland Gran Canaria), Santi Yusta (Casademont Zaragoza).
The Spanish team is together Malaga along with the men’s sub-20, which is also preparing for Eurobasket of its category. This will allow the senior coach to include some youngsters in training at ‘The Embassy’ as part of the “Golden Boys 2.0” program of Spanish Federation of basketball.
Spain will play two friendly matches in preparation for the Pre-Olympic: the first against Italy in Madrid on June 25 and the second against the Dominican Republic in Alicante on June 28.
Within Pre-Olympicwhich will be one of four qualifying tournaments for Games, Spain will compete as host in Valencia. They will take part in Group A with Angola and Lebanon, while they are in Group B Bahamas, Finland and Poland.
The two best teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals and finals. The winner of each semifinal will face the winner of the other group in the single-match final. The winner of the final will qualify for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024. In this way, only four of the 24 teams participating in Pre-Olympic They will earn their pass to the Olympic event.
Source: La Verdad
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