The coaching staff of the Ukrainian national team has finalized the roster for the 2027 World Cup qualifying match against Georgia.
The final squad for the game, which will kick off at 15:30 UTC at the Xiaomi Arena in Riga, includes 12 basketball players:
Defenders
Oleksandr Kovlyar (Budućnost, Montenegro), head coach Volodymyr Ponko;
Denys Lukashov (Rīgas Zeļļi, Latvia), head coach Iryna Nasedkina;
Illia Tyrtyshnyk (Basket Academy Catarzano, Italy), head coaches Iryna Ryabuha and Andriy Denik;
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (Utah Jazz, NBA), head coach Oleksandr Molchanov;
Forwards
Ivan Tkachenko (Zadar, Croatia), head coaches Anatoliy Fedorenko and Yevhen Tkachenko;
Oleksandr Kobzystyi (University of Oregon, NCAA), head coach Viktor Kobzystyi;
Andriy Voynalovych (Sabah, Azerbaijan), head coach Lesya Poluyakhtova;
Artem Kovalov (Yankee Arc, Taiwan), head coach Volodymyr Mashyra;
Vyacheslav Bobrov (Dinamo, Romania), head coaches Serhiy Bordeychuk and Oleksandra Ivlieva;
Daniil Shelest (Oviedo, Spain), head coach José Antonio Campoy;
Centers
Maksym Klychko (East Carolina University, NCAA), head coach Frankie Marulanda;
Dmytro Skapintsev (Hapoel Jerusalem, Israel), head coach Anatoliy Fedorenko;
Head coach — Ainars Bagatskis
Assistants — Serhiy Hladyr, Valeriy Plekhanov, Raimonds Feldmanis, Oleksandr Tomarevskyi
Defenders Mykhailo Bublyk, Yehor Sushkin, and big man Daniil Sypalo were not included in the squad for this match.
To advance to the next stage, Ukraine must meet at least one of the following conditions in the remaining games: a loss by Denmark to Spain, a victory for Ukraine over Georgia, or a defeat against Denmark by no more than 17 points.
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