The National team of Ukraine held its penultimate confrontation of qualification for the World Cup 2023. They played on the road against Italian team and lost them with a score of 75:85. Thus. They lost even theoretical chance to make it to the World Cup.
Four “Prometey” players participated in the match. Issuf Sanon became the most productive (15 points) and the most effective (14 points) player of the National team. Illia Sydorov scored 9 points, Denys Lukashov – 6 (2 accurate three-point shots). Oleksandr Lypovyy did not distinguish with some productive actions, but made 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
With 3 wins in 9 matches, the National team of Ukraine remained in the fifth place of the Group L. On February 26, the main team of the country will complete the programme of qualification matches for the World Cup with a home match in Riga against the team from the Netherlands, which currently closes the tournament standings of the group.