despite the reservation from mobilization, Vladimir Konev could not go abroad to help The national team in the decisive fights of qualifications for the Eurobasket.
of the basketball player Dnepra and the Ukrainian national team did not let out the final matches of the qualification of the European Championship-2025.
This was announced on his Facebook page President of the Dnipro BC Valery Kondratyev.
The 35-year-old Konev, having reservation from mobilization, went to Latvia to help the national team in decisive fights against Slovenia and Portugal. However, for unknown reasons, the player was removed from the train and delivered to Lutsk TCC.
“The Ukrainian Basketball Championship is paused in connection with the decisive selection matches in the final part of the European Championship. The best players of the Dnepr BC – Vladimir Konev and Daniil Smiled – having a reservation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, went to Latvia for qualifying fights. However, according to unknown The reasons for Konev was removed from the train and delivered to the TCC in Lutsk to clarify the circumstances.
I turn to the Minister of Youth and Sports Matvey Budnoye, the chairman of NOC Vadim Guttsight, the Secretary of the FBU Secretary Vladimir Dragikovsky and the President of the FBU Mikhail Brodsky with a request to help resolve This situation is given to the player the opportunity to continue to defend the honor of our country in the international arena – just as the players of the national team of Ukraine and representatives of other teams do, ”Kondratyev wrote.
He later said that the situation with Konev was resolved, but the player will not take part in the upcoming matches of the Eurobasket-2025 qualification.
“The situation with Vladimir Konev was resolved and now the player is sent to the Dnieper. Unfortunately, to play for the national team Vladimir will not be able to Ukraine in this window.
I thank everyone who was worried about this situation. >The importance of Konev for the national team is comparable to the importance of, for example, Zinchenko or Dovbik for a football team. It is hard to imagine if Zinchenko and Dovbik arrived in Ukraine, and then they were not released abroad to play for the national team. I hope this situation will no longer happen again, ”wrote Kondratyev.
Recall, Ukrainian basketball players suffered 4 defeats in 4 selection fights for the European Championship-2025:” Blue-yellow “yielded Slovenia (73:87) and Portugal (77:79), and also lost to Israel twice (73:86, 75:88).
After four rounds, Ukrainians (0 victories) occupy the last fourth place in the quartet table A. Slovenia and Israel, who won 3 victories. In the third position – Portugal (2 victories).
to the European Championship from the group where the Ukrainian team is acting, the three best teams will come out. The “blue-yellow” retain the chances of getting to the continental championship: for this they need to defeat the Slovenians and Portuguese in recent matches, and also hope that Israel will beat Portugal. In such layouts, Ukrainians will be able to get ahead of the Portuguese in the struggle for third place.
nominally home match against Slovenia will hold the national team of Ukraine on February 21 in Latvian Riga, after which on February 24 will play with Portugal.
For decisive selection matches for Eurobasket-2025, Ukrainians are preparing under the leadership of Ainars Bagatskys, who at the end of December last year replaced as Vitaly Stepanovsky. Earlier, the Latvian specialist has already headed the “blue-yellow” from May 2019 to March 2023.
