The path of the Italian national basketball team begins for the qualifications for Eurobasket 2025, the European championship that will be played next year in Latvia, Poland, Finland and Cyprus.
Coach Gianmarco Pozzecco has released the list of 15 players called up to Pesaro for the two matches of the first qualifying window scheduled for Thursday 22 February (Italy-Turkey at 8.30pm) and Sunday 25 February in Szombathely (Hungary-Italy at 6.00pm).
Nine Italians returning from the World Cup in the Philippines have been confirmed: Spissu, Tonut, Melli, Ricci, Spagnolo, Polonara, Severini, Procida and Pajola.
Mannion, Flaccadori, Tessitori, Bortolani, Caruso and Petrucelli are part of the group.
The name of Simone Fontecchio who is busy with the Utah Jazz in the NBA does not appear in the list.
First time as head of delegation for Gigi Datome, who after leaving his role as a player with 203 appearances and 1766 points began his career as an Italian manager.
Captain Nik Melli returns, picking up Datome's legacy this time permanently after the 2021 parenthesis. Both qualifying matches will be broadcast indirectly on Dazn and Sky Sport.
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