Men's National Team: The game is named after Montenegro, the coach is preparing for the fight character

Arsen Vecvagar, the head coach of the Latvian national team, announced Wednesday after his training that on Thursday 29 November at 19.30, "Arena Riga" would qualify for the World Championship Qualifying Tournament in Latvia. Penultimate stage with the Montenegrin team (tickets here and Thursday from 18 also in the "Arena Riga" boxes (the price of the game will increase in the day).

Once again, during this game cycle, the selection of coaches was not influenced by tactical considerations or sporting competition, but rather by adverse conditions: the injury to Ronald Zakim's leg prevented him however, to work at full capacity, he could not help Montenegro. Dairys Bertan will join the national team only after Friday's Euroleague matches and will participate in an off-road game in Slovenia.

"The Latvian national team has 12 players in total and it will fight Thursday for the victory over the place," said Arnis Vecvagars, the head coach of the national unity, who wishes to focus on the game rather than the problems. "The Long End players have both the experience and the motivation to attack Montenegrin attackers and centers, training has brought tactical accents and tried to restore or establish There was little time to rectify the nuances, meaning and character of the entire 40 minutes will therefore be of particular importance. "

For the first time in the official candidacy, striker Artur Strautiņš has been included in the national team's candidacy, as well as acting leader, Marcis Vitols, who is participating for the first time in the competition. main team of Latvia.

The Montenegrin team was meeting in plenary on Tuesday in Riga, when the brightest star joined the team: 27-year-old forward Bojan Dubiewicz. During the 2017 season, the most valuable player in the final of the Spanish league last September was the only Montenegrin who, in the game of the eighth-finals of the European Championship, managed to show from a decent resistance to the best performance of the Latvian team. At that time, we were not a wrestler – our team defeated their opponents by 100: 68. It is not difficult to predict that on Thursday "Arena Riga" Dubļevičs will use his skills in the penalty area and the chances of the Latvian team will depend to a large extent on how they will succeed in reducing it (24 points in September and 8.5 in the case of Dublevich).

Nikolay Ivanovich, the new manager of the Budučnost Euroleague team, took part in the KP's 8 qualifying matches, averaging 13.5 points each and scoring 4.9. Suad Šehovič, Budučnost's second striker, forward Suad Šehovič, defender Petars Popovich and center man Philip Barovich, forward Dino Radoncič (19), did not get spectacular statistics for the whole of qualifying tournament, but together form a masterful and dangerous set, motivating the opportunity to register their name in the history of national basketball. Montenegro head coach Zvezdan Mitrovič also stressed the importance of the character of the fight and the team.

After 8 laps of the game, the Latvia Group I team with a 5-3 balance takes the 3rd place, which guarantees the right to play in the final. Our team is ahead of Spain (7-1) and Turkey (6-2), followed by Ukraine, Montenegro (4-4 each) and Slovenia (2-6).

Turkey will seize Spain Thursday and Slovenia – Slovenia.

Latvian men's basketball team against Montenegro

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Statistics of the Latvian State Department

World Cup Qualification. Group I

November 29th: Latvia – Montenegro, Turkey – Spain, Ukraine – Slovenia

December 2: Slovenia – Latvia, Spain – Ukraine, Montenegro – Turkey

Group J Situation in the table: Lithuania * 8-0, Italy 6-2, Hungary 4-4, Poland 4-4, Netherlands 3-5, Croatia 3-5. November 29th: Croatia – Hungary, Netherlands – Poland, Italy – Lithuania. December 2: Hungary – Netherlands, Lithuania – Croatia, Poland – Italy.

Group K Situation in the table: France 7-1, Czech Republic * 7-1, Finland 4-4, Russia 4-4, Bulgaria 3-5, Bosnia 2-6. November 30th: Czech Republic – France, Finland – Russia, Bulgaria – Bosnia. December 3: France – Bulgaria, Bosnia – Finland, Russia – Czech Republic.

Group L Situation in the table: Germany * 8-0, Greece * 8-0, Serbia 5-3, Georgia 4-4, Israel 3-5, Estonia 2-6. November 30th: Israel – Serbia, Greece – Germany, Estonia – Georgia. December 3: Georgia – Israel, Germany – Estonia, Serbia – Greece.

The top three teams in each group qualify for the World Cup. * Teams who already have the right to play in the PK final.

At the 2019 World Cup, 32 teams will compete not only for the winner's cup and medals, but also for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo as well as Olympic qualifying tournaments.