On Friday, February 27, the Ukrainian men's basketball team will play the first match of the 2027 World Cup qualifying window against the Spanish national team. Nominally, the home game will take place in Riga, Latvia at the Xiaomi Arena (Arena Riga) at 15:00 (tickets here). Watch the match broadcast live on Suspilna Sport.

On the eve of the match, the national team's coaching staff decided on the lineup for the game; the final roster included 12 players:.

Point guard Egor Sushkin and big man Daniil Sipalo were left out of the lineup.

As part of the second playing window of the 2027 World Cup qualification, the Ukrainian national team will also play its second match against the Spaniards. The game will take place in the city of Oviedo on March 2 at 21:30.

Let us remind you that the three best teams in the group will advance to the second stage of selection, where they will play with representatives of Quartet B (Montenegro, Greece, Portugal, Romania). At the same time, the results of the matches of the first stage between teams that will advance further will be saved.