The male team of Ukraine began the training process in Riga, Latvia, where it is preparing for the final matches of the Eurobaste-2025 qualification against Slovenia and Portugal.

On Monday, February 17, the national team conducted the first two workouts in front of the nominally home match against the Slovenians, which will take place on the Archive of the Riga on February 21. You can buy tickets for the game at this link. Unfortunately, the team in the upcoming matches Alexander Kovlyar and Alexander Lipovoy will not help. The Covlyar received a fracture of the finger of the left hand during the performances for the Lithuanian " Linden will not play in matches against the Slovenes and Portuguese due to the injury of the posterior surface of the thigh received in the Greek " Both players participated in the previous game window. The participation of the Dnieper striker Vladimir Konev in the upcoming matches is in question.

Before the match with the Slovenia, the Ukrainian national team will have three more training sessions, as well as another morning - before the game.

Ukraine retains the chances of playing in the summer at the European Championship: for this, in February, you need to win the remaining two games, and the Israeli team, in turn, should win in the match with Portugal. After four defeats in qualifications, our team takes the last fourth place in group A.

Recall, according to the format of the Eurobasket-2025 qualification, three teams that will take the highest places in each group, with the exception of the groups that include the Soshezhyev Eurobasket-2025 (Cyprus, Finland, Poland and Latvia) will reach the final round. The groups, which will include the Zhizhiaev countries, will receive the right to participate in the Eurobasket and two other teams who took the highest places.

Schedule of matches in group A: February 21 17:30. Ukraine - Slovenia 21:00. Israel - Portugal February 24 21:00. Israel - Slovenia 21:00. Portugal - Ukraine.