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Porzingis can't get the hang of the game, Latvia starts EuroBasket 2025 with defeat

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Latvia

Wednesday, August 27


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Head coach Lukas Bankis is assisted by coaches Jānis Gailītis, Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis, Žanis Peiners and Dāvis Čoders, as well as physical training coach Oskars Ernšteins, on the Latvian national team.

In the European Championship final tournament, 24 teams will play in four groups in late August and early September in Riga, Tampere, Katowice and Limassol.

The Latvian national team will play against Estonia in Group A in Riga on August 29, against Serbia on August 30, against Portugal on September 1, and against the Czech Republic on September 3.

The top four teams from each group will qualify for the playoff tournament in Riga, with the medal winners determined in the first half of September.

Group B will feature Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Lithuania, Sweden and Montenegro in the Finnish city of Tampere, and it is with these teams that the teams from Group A will play in the round of 16.

Cyprus, Italy, Georgia, Spain, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina will meet in Group C in the Cypriot city of Limassol, while Group D in the Polish city of Katowice will also feature Iceland, France, Slovenia, Belgium and Israel in addition to the hosts.

Latvian national team composition:

Marek Mejeris (Cluj-Napoca U-BT, Romania), Kristaps Porzingis (Atlanta Hawks, USA), Dāvis Bertāns ("Dubai", UAE), Dairis Bertāns ("VEF Riga"), Rolands Šmits (Istanbul Anadolu Efes, Turkey), Klāvs Čavars (Baku Sabah, Azerbaijan), Rihards Lomažs (Klaipeda Neptūnas, Lithuania), Andrejs Gražulis (Ankara Turk Telekom, Turkey), Mārcis Šteinbergs (Manreza Baxi, Spain), Artūrs Kurucs (Lugo Rio Breogan, Spain), Artūrs Žagars (Istanbul Fenerbahce, Turkey), Kristers Zoriks (Lheida Hiopos, Spain).

Turkey national team squad

Adem Bona (Philadelphia 76ers, NBA), Alperen Sengin (Houston Rockets, NBA), Ercan Osmani, Shane Larkin, Erkan Yilmaz (all - Anadolu Efes Istanbul), Furkan Korkmaz, Kenan Sipahi, Shehmus Hadzer (all - Bahcesehir Koleji), Onuralp Bitim (Bayern Munich, Germany), Emeris Faruk Yurtseven, Cedi Osman (both - Panathinaikos Athens, Greece), Sertac Sanli (Fenerbahce Istanbul).

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