Between this Thursday, September 1 and September 18, the Eurobasket 2022 takes placea high-flying contest whose last edition was in 2017 and in which almost all the powers of the sport worldwide except for a few (United States, Australia and Argentina) face each other with all their arsenal to decide the monarch of the Old Continent. In the country the matches can be seen through DirecTV Sports and its digital platform DirecTV Go.
The transmission rights of the championship matches in Argentina are held by DirecTV Sports and daily broadcasts live on television some of them. The duels can also be seen online on the digital platform DirecTV Go.
Thursday, September 1
Friday September 2
Saturday September 3
Sunday September 4
Monday September 5
Tuesday, September 6
Wednesday, September 7
Thursday, September 8
In the first stage, the teams face each other in their respective groups in one round. The matches are played at four different venues. The top four in the standings advance to the round of 16where those from zone A will meet those from B and those from C, with D. Whoever wins that instance will go into the quarterfinals, then the semifinals and, finally, the definition.
The most winners of the Eurobasket are two extinct countries: The Soviet Union lifted the trophy 14 times and Yugoslavia eight. The Balkans also managed five runners-up. The last winner was, in 2017, Slovenia.
There are several teams that aspire to the title, especially those that lead NBA figures. Slovenia aims to retain the crown won in 2017 and it will not be easy against rivals like Francelast silver medalist in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020; Serbia, Greece, Italy, Spain, Germany, Croatia and Lithuania.
In addition, FIBA conducted a survey of journalists from media accredited to Eurobasket 2022 -most of them from the Old Continent- who were consulted about the candidates for champion and being on the podium. In the first, France and Slovenia were the main favorites for the title with 30.4% of the votes, ahead of Greece, which added 15.2%. Further behind were Serbia (12.7%) and Lithuania along with Spain (3.8%).
Among the selections that would be among the first three placesthe one with the highest income was Slovenia with 74.7% of the votes, even ahead of France (62%). Serbia is third (55.7%) followed by Greece (48.1%), Spain (26.6%), Lithuania (12.7%), Germany (6.3%) and Turkey (5.1%). .
Eurobasket 2022 will be full of figures from the NBA and the Euroleague, which gives the event an even greater importance. Each of the 24 teams has at least one basketball star and the main candidates for the title rely on them to dream. In the FIBA poll about who will be the most valuable player of the contest (MVP) 41.8% of the votes went to Luka Doncic, the Slovenian who shines in the Dallas Mavericks. In the defending champion he will have the experienced side goran dragic and the fourth place in Tokyo 2020 is a great precedent for a country that is going strong in world basketball thanks to the ‘Wonder Boy’.
The second in the query was Giannis Antetokounmpo (22.8%), on whom Greece places its hopes. He is one of the best talents on the planet today and stands out in the NBA, but at the FIBA level so far it has cost him too much to impose his dizzying physical game and it was reflected in the 2019 World Cup in China. His brothers Kostas and Thanasis plus Nick Calathes.
The last NBA MVP, Nikola Jockic, was incredibly third in consideration to receive the same award at Eurobasket 2022 with 11.4% of the vote. Without Nemanja Bjelica, Bogdan Bogdanovic -both injured- and Boban Marjanovic, the pivot will be the main reference of the Balkan team always a candidate to be among the first places. If the participation of Vasilije Micic -in doubt due to injury-, the best player in the FIBA world today, the Serbs will increase their chances.
Two Frenchmen, from a selection full of figures that in Tokyo 2020 reached the silver medal after losing the final against the United States, are in consideration to be the most valuable players of the tournament: Rudy Gobert (8.9%) and Evan Fournier (3.8%). Without Nicholas Batum and the injured Victor Wembanyama, Frank Ntilikina, and Andrew Albicythe expectations of the French team will depend on what their two NBA provide.
Finally, Lithuania has its star Domantas Sabonisson of Arvydas, as a candidate to be the MVP if his team does well. This will depend on what the Sacramento Kings intern does in the NBA and, also, how much they help him Jonas Valanciunas Y Mindaugas Kuzminskas.
Many other players are not among the six candidates, but they can stand out. Finland has Lauri Markkanen (Cleveland Cavaliers) as the main exponent, as he demonstrated in the 2017 edition when he was just 20 years old when he averaged 19.5 points and 47% success in triples. In a “decimated” Spain, Willy Hernangomez (New Orleans Pelicans) stands out as its main figure and must take care of those absent due to illnesses Sergio Llull, Ricky Rubio and Alberto Abalde. Yes they will be Rudy Fernández, Usman Garuba and his brother Juancho Hernangómez.
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s chances of causing a surprise are few and the illusion rests on Jusuf Nurkic, the center of the Portland Trail Blazers in the American league, and Dzanan Musathe recent incorporation of Real Madrid.
Without Maxi CleberDoncic’s teammate in Dallas, Germany places his ambitions on Dennis Schroder, who although he still does not have a team for next season in the NBA, his head is focused on what he will face with his team: “The Eurobasket is just around the corner, right now I am with the national team. My agent does his job and talks to all the teams on the phone. I let him do his work and I do mine here”. Who played last season for the Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets was the top assister at the 2019 World Cup with an average of 9.1 and was eighth among scorers with 19.6 points per game.
Shane Larkin (Turkey), Tomas Satoransky (Czech Republic), Bojan Bogdanovic (Croatia), Dario Saric (Croatia) and Nico Mannion (Italy) They are other names that can make people talk in the attractive championship that they will not play, in addition to those mentioned above, the Georgian Tornike Shengeila and the Italian Danilo Gallinari due to separate injuries.
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