The first step to reach the finals of the 2023 World Cup (which will be co-organized by Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines) wants to take Men’s National. Tonight (20:30, Novasports 4) faces in Newcastle Great Britain for the second group of the first qualifying phase.
The goal is none other than victory, as each result counts in the specific qualifying process. The guide is the past, as the Greek team had also started away from home against Great Britain the qualifiers for the respective organization of 2019. Then, in 2017, it had defeated Manchester with a three-pointer by Giannis Athinaios at the end.
THE Sotiris Manolopoulos, who fell ill a week before the first “window” with coronavirus, will not be on the bench of the National, but he is optimistic that he will be ready for the second game, on Sunday against Belarus at “Nick Galis Hall” (17:00 ). In his place tonight will be his first partner, Savvas Kamberidis.
There are no competitive problems for the Greek team, which will not have him available for the first match Leonida Kaselaki (Panathinaikos faces Zenit at 21:30). Instead, the present will be Vassilis Kavvadas and Michalis Lountzis, which were granted by the “eternals”, while the Giannis Kouzeloglou. New faces on the roster are Kostis Gondikas and Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, while the new leader of the team is Harris Giannopoulos.
The Greek 14 team consists of the following players:
Vassilis Kavvadas (Panathinaikos)
Dimitris Agravanis (Prometheus)
Dimitris Katsivelis (Peristeri)
Harris Giannopoulos (Prometheus)
Linos Chrysikopoulos (Peristeri)
Christos Saloustros (Peristeri)
Nikos Gikas (Prometheus)
Michalis Lountzis (Olympiacos)
Nikos Rogavopoulos (Prometheus)
Vassilis Mouratos (Lavrio)
Nikos Hougaz (Ionian)
Dimitris Kaklamanakis (Lavrio)
Costas Gondikas (Ionian)
Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (Lietkabelis)
The presence of his “official favorite” has a special semiology Nikos Zisis and his Municipality of Dikoudi, from the role of general manager of the National and the head of the National teams respectively. The mission will be followed by the new President of the EEC, Vangelis Liolios.
It is reminded that in the second phase of the groups, the first three teams of each group advance, transferring their victories to the next phase. The National (2nd) group will be merged with the first, which includes Serbia, Latvia, Belgium and Slovakia. In the new group that will emerge, the first three teams advance to the 2023 World Cup.
THE Great Britain is not a negligible amount. It has a roster that plays together for several years, with no losses due to Euroleague or NBA. There are players like the power forward Dan Clark with a long tenure in Spain, the playmaker Teddy Okereafor who has also passed through Greece, the center Gabe Olaseni and the forward Miles Hesson who play in Japan with big contracts and contracts. and Luke Nelson. The coach of the team is the British Mike Stoutel, while his assistant is the Greek (with years of presence as a coach on the Island), Andreas Kapoulas.
The match will take place on Newcastle Motors Arena, with a capacity of 2,8000 spectators, while several Greeks are expected. It is noted that Great Britain is an opponent of Greece AND in the upcoming Eurobasket.
Detailed program of the day:
1st Group
Slovakia-Belgium 19:00
Serbia-Latvia 21:00
2nd Group
Belarus-Turkey 18:30
Great Britain-Greece 20:30
3rd Group
Sweden-Finland 21:00
Croatia-Slovenia 21:45
4th Group
Israel-Poland 19:00
Germany-Estonia 20:00
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