Vladimir Konev, was able to go abroad and will help the national team in decisive selection fights.
Basketball player of the Dnipro and the Ukrainian national team Vladimir Konev , which was detained on the eve of to Lutsk TCC , will help the national team in the final matches of the qualification of the European Championship-2025.
This was reported by the Basketball Federation of Ukraine.
“On February 19, an experienced striker Vladimir Konev will join the national team, who on the eve had problems crossing the border of Ukraine, because of which he did not arrive at the team's camp at the planned time. In TCC and SP, after which he was able to cross the state border in accordance with applicable law, ”the federation said.
On February 16, it became known that the 35-year-old Konev, who allegedly had a reservation from mobilization, was detained and delivered to the Lutsk TCC to clarify the circumstances. was on the wanted list as a violator of military accounting, since he did not appear on the agenda in time, which was sent to him in early November last year.
Recall that Ukrainian basketball players suffered 4 defeats in 4 fights of selection At the European Championship-2025: “blue-yellow” lost to Slovenia (73:87) and Portugal (77:79), and also lost 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.
