Today, on August 12, the Ukrainian National team will play the second match at the preparatory tournament in Istanbul, where they will oppose the Polish team. For the Poles, this will be the first control match within the framework of preparation for EuroBasket 2022. The game starts at 17.00.
According to the website of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine, at the European Championship, Igor Milichich's team will play in Group D in Prague, where they will oppose the National team of the Czech Republic, as well as the Netherlands, Finland, Israel and Serbia.
The national team of Ukraine has already played two control matches, defeating in Riga the second National team of Lithuania and losing to the local National team in the opening game of the tournament in Istanbul.
The day before, the center player Oleksiy Len joined the Ukrainian National team, but the big man will not take part in the match against the Poles.
14 players arrived in Istanbul as part of the Polish National team: Lukasz Kolenda, Jakub Schenck, AJ Slaughter, Jakub Garbach, Kasper Marchewka, Michal Michalak, Michal Kolenda, Mateusz Ponitka, Michal Sokolowski, Aaron Sel, Yaroslav Zyszkowski, Alexander Balcerowski, Alexander Dzieva, Dominik Oleynichak.