Named the final composition of the Russian team at the world championship in basketball

Named the final composition of the Russian team at the world championship in basketball

Head coach of Russian national basketball team , David Blatt determined the final composition of the world championship in 2010, which will be held from 28 August to 12 September in Turkey. Blatt chose 12 players who will participate in the 2010 World Cup, on 25 August and 13-m "unnecessary" was a defender Alex Szwed, the magazine writes "Sport-Express".
It was planned that the final composition of Blatt call Wednesday afternoon at a press conference held in the building of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). However, the coach said that Turkey will fly 13 players, but with the application for the World Cup, he will be determined on August 27.

Blatt explained the decision trauma team captain Victor Khryapa, who could not play at the championship of the world. Nevertheless, after an evening workout Aug. 25 (the last before flying to Turkey), the coach again changed his mind. Blatt decided not to take on the world championship Swede.

Coach the Russian team thanked the Ombudsman for his work on the charges. As Khryapa, injured an ankle on Aug. 22 in a friendly match with Croatia, then, according to Blatt, forward every day feels better. Perhaps Khryapa miss the first match of the Russian team at the 2010 World Cup against Puerto Rico, which will be held on August 28.

Other contenders for Russians in the group stage of World Cup teams will be Turkey, Côte d'Ivoire, China and Greece. The top four teams will proceed to 1 / 8 finals.

The final composition of the Russian national team at the World Cup

Forwards: Victor Khryapa, Andrei Vorontsevich, Sergey Monya.

Pivot: Timothy Brains, Alexei Zhukanenko, Alexander Kaun.

Defenders: Sergei Bykov, Vitaly Fridzon, Dmitri Khvostov, Evgeny Voronov, Anton Ponkrashov, Eugene Kolesnikov.