(rfg) The road to bringing the blue shirt to this summer’s World Cup is undoubtedly still long, but the Scaligera Basket Boys have put in a strong bid for Gianmarco Boszcco’s national team’s last two matches, winning both at home against Ukraine. In Spain, against the world and European champions led by Sergio Scariolo.
This evening, in Caceres, Extremadura, David Kasserine (In a photo with the team at the end of the match) He “wetted” his complete debut with the senior national team with 10 points in eleven minutes on the pitch (1/1 from 2 points; 1/2 from three – acrobatics, among others – and 5/6 with free throws ) very solid performance in defense and very aggressive in attack. to Giordano BordolanI (After picking up 3 points against Ukraine in Livorno on Thursday) tonight he had two points in 14 minutes, 3 rebounds (including two on defense) and 2 assists.
Coach Gianmarco Bosecco said: “I am very proud of all my boys. They play with their hearts out and deserve all the satisfaction possible. We came to Spain to win without looking at the scoreboard and everyone left the stadium happy because everyone scored tonight. Even tonight we have prepared the match well beyond any classification and I am very happy for the victory and for expanding the base of Italian players for the future. Now we have time to think about the World Championship, but I want to thank all the staff and the federation for putting us in the best conditions to achieve this result.
The group stage draw will be held on April 29 in Manila. Before the draw, it was known that Japan and Slovenia will play in Okinawa, USA, Philippines in Manila and Canada in Jakarta. For the Azzurri, this is their second consecutive qualification for the World Championship after 2019 and tenth overall (1963, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2019, 2023, 20239).
The teams that have already qualified for the FIBA World Cup 2023 are:
Europe (12): Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, Spain, Slovenia, Georgia, Montenegro
Africa (5): Ivory Coast, South Sudan, Egypt, Angola, Cape Verde
America (7): USA, Canada
Asia/Oceania (8): Japan (host country), Philippines (host country), China, Australia, New Zealand, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran
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