The men's national team of Ukraine will play the matches of the second qualification round of the 2023 World Cup in February. Twice in a row, Ainars Bagatskis will face the reigning world champions, Spain.
First, our team will play against Spain in an away match - on February 24 in the city of Cordoba, and then on February 27 at 16:00 will host the Spaniards in the Kyiv Palace of Sports.
The coaching staff of the national team of Ukraine has decided on the expanded composition of the team for matches against the Spaniards. Four "Prometey" players - Denys Lukashov, Illia Sydorov, Oleksander Lypovyy and Viacheslav Petrov got there.
Extended composition of the national team of Ukraine:
Guards
Denys Lukashov, Prometey - first coach Irina Nasedkina;
Vitaliy Zotov, Dnipro - first coach Tatiana Zotova;
Illia Sydorov, Prometey - first coach Serhiy Pokrovenko;
Issuf Sanon, Dnipro - first coach Iryna Nasedkina;
Jerome Randle, Budivelnyk.
Forwards
Oleksander Lypovyy, Prometey - the first coach Lyudmila Pokrovenko;
Bohdan Blyzniuk, Budivelnyk - first coach Philip Burkett;
Ivan Tkachenko, Cherkasy Mavpy - first coaches Anatoliy Fedorenko, Yevhen Tkachenko;
Artem Kovalyov, Kyiv-Basket - first coach Volodymyr Mashira;
Viacheslav Bobrov, Dnipro - first coaches Serhiy Bordeichuk, Oleksandra Ivleva,
Serhiy Pavlov, Dnipro - the first coach of Oleksandr Ivlev,
Central
Viacheslav Petrov, Prometey - first coach Vladislav Yanaki
Volodymyr Herun, Buyukcekmece, Turkey - first coaches Mykhailo Lysovolenko, Arina Grebneva,
Dmytro Skapintsev, Kyiv-Basket - first coach Anatoliy Fedorenko;
Artem Pustovyy, Gran Canaria, Spain - first coach Valery Zaretsky.
Head coach - Ainars Bagatskis
Assistants - Vitaly Stepanovsky, Maxim Michelson, Valery Plekhanov
It should be noted that the staff of Ainars Bagatskis includes experienced coach Valery Plekhanov, who currently heads the Windrose Superleague club "Kharkiv Sokoly".
On February 20, the national team of Ukraine will leave for Spain, where it will begin preparations for matches against the current world champions.
