The preparation of the National Basketball has started its preparation for the first two matches of the FIBA World Cup 2023, which on Thursday (25/11) will face Great Britain in Newcastle and on Sunday (28/11) will host Belarus in Thessaloniki.
“Absent” from the first meeting of the representative team was the coach of the team, Sotiris Manolopoulos, who is ill and will not travel to England.
Vassilis Kavvadas, Leonidas Kaselakis and Michalis Lountzis were also absent from the first training session, due to tonight’s match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, as well as Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, who is expected in the afternoon in Greece from Lithuania.
The 12 players who participated in the first training are Dimitris Agravanis, Dimitris Katsivelis, Haris Giannopoulos, Linos Chrysikopoulos, Christos Saloustros, Nikos Gikas, Nikos Rogavopoulos, Vassilis Mouratos, Nikos Hougaz, Dimitris Gizankis and Dimitris Glakman.
The members of the team were welcomed by the head of the EEC administration for the national teams, Dimos Dikoudis and the general manager of the Men’s National Team, Nikos Zisis.
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