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🇱🇻 Men’s national team: 16 candidates will start preparing for matches with Estonia, Turkey and Great Britain on Monday! More 👉 https://t.co/IWICuCBTcn pic.twitter.com/IttxH8dZsP
— Latvian Basketball Association (@basketbol) August 12, 2022
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The Latvian national team will host the Turkish national team on August 25 in “Arena Riga” (tickets are sold out), and then on August 28 they will face Great Britain on the road in Newcastle.
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After a five-year break, Kristaps Porziņgis has joined the national team, Jānis Strēlnieks and Rolands Šmits, who have played one game each in the 2023 World Cup qualification cycle, will be in the lineup.
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So far, Dairis Bertāns, Rihards Lomažs, Andrejs Gražulis and Klāvs Čavars have participated in all 10 qualifying games, Artis Ate in nine, Mareks Mejeris in eight, Dāvis Bertāns, Kristers Zoriks and Artūrs Kurucs in six, Toms Leimanis in four, Rodions Kurucs in three and Kaspars Bērziņš, in two – Jānis Bērziņš.
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At the beginning of the training camp, a press conference will be held, where the head coach of the national team Luka Banki and team representatives will answer questions about the selection of the team, the preparation process and the next opponents.
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Before the official matches, on Friday, August 19, at 7 p.m. in “Arena Riga”, the Latvian national team will play a test match with the Estonian national team, which will be held as a holiday for children (tickets here), before the game and also during it, attractions and the opportunity to engage in various activities will be available for children of different ages, after the game, Kristaps Porziņgis, Dāvis Bertāns, as well as other basketball players of the Latvian national team will not be in a hurry to leave the “Arena” – there will be an opportunity to get autographs and take pictures together.
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The Latvian national team starts the second stage of the 2023 World Cup qualification tournament with a positive balance (3-1), sharing the first place in Group I with the Greek national team. Followed by Turkey, Belgium (both 2-2), Serbia and Great Britain (1-3 each). The three best teams out of six will qualify for the final tournament. In the August games, there is an opportunity to take a big step forward on the way to the big goal – to win the right to play in the final tournament of the World Cup for the first time.
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