The Argentine basketball team will face their Canadian counterparts in Mar del Plata, for the penultimate round of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers for the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan, which will take place between August 25 and September 10.
The match will be played from 21:40 at the Islas Malvinas Sports Center in Mar del Plata, with telecast by TyC Sports.
The Argentina team currently has a 7-3 record and reaches this window in fourth place in Group E. At the end of this stage, the three best teams from each group, plus the fourth best team, will qualify for the 2023 World Cup .
Canada comes as leader undefeated (10-0) and in the qualifiers beat Panama 112-71 at home in the last game.
Facundo Campazzo joined the Argentine basketball team training two days ago for what will be the penultimate match of the continental qualifying group for the 2023 World Cup in the discipline.
Since then, the 31-year-old point guard from Córdoba has placed himself at the disposal of coach Pablo Prigioni.
The former player of the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA returned to the country, after becoming champion of the Korac Cup in Serbia defending the Red Star jersey, which beat Mega Basket in the final.
Cordovan guard Leandro Bolmaro, who parted ways with the Utah Jazz in the NBA last week, and Buenos Aires intern Marcos Delía (BC Wolves, Lithuania) were the latest basketball players to join the delegation and have been training together since yesterday to his companions.
In addition to tonight’s match against Canada, Argentina will face the Dominican Republic in this qualifying window on Sunday, led by former national team coach Ernesto Che García.
Source: Clarin
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