Africa-Press – Angola. The senior men’s national basketball team leaves today, at 10:00 am, for the city of Malanje, already with the integration of the winger Sadraque Nganga, where he will continue the preparation, aiming at the dispute of the third qualifying window for the 2023 World Championship. , in Asia.
In the pipeline is the third tabulation window that will take place in Abidjan, capital of Côte d’Ivoire, from 27 June to 5 July next. Sadraque, 2.08 meters, 18 years old, arrived in Luanda from the United States in the early hours, where he represented the colors of the AZ Compass Prep of High School, in the state of Arizona.
The player aroused the interest of some university teams in the NCAA D1, especially Kansas Basketball, UCLA, Illinois, Memphis, according to the portal Angolans on their way to the NBA. In addition to the aforementioned colleges, Sadraque Nganga also received offers from Arizona State, Georgia, TCU, Auburn, Alabama, Maryland and Oklahoma.
The wingers António Monteiro, from Sporting de Portugal, and Paulinho Bala, from Zentro de España, have expanded the options of coach Pep Clarós, since Saturday, and yesterday carried out the second training session, at the Victorino Cunha Pavilion, at Rico Seco, the last one held in Luanda.
Base Dimitri Maconda, a player for Aris from Holland, has been in the country since Thursday and has already held two training sessions and was the first to arrive from athletes who militate abroad.
Contrary to what was announced, winger Carlos Morais will not be part of this window, according to the coordinator of the Selection, Mário Abílio.
“At the request of the player himself, he will not be part of this qualifying stage, but he promised to be available for the next call-ups”, he revealed.
In Malanje, the team will continue to improve the tactical aspects, in the Palanca Negra Pavilion, in the next 11 days. The vice-president of the Angolan Basketball Federation, Sílvio Lemos, heads the advance group that has been in that city for four days.
The Selection will be staying at the Palanca Hotel. It is assumed that the Spanish coach will define the group until the 15th of this month, the day before the trip to the province of Benguela, stage of the International Quadrangular Tournament, from the 17th to the 19th, this month, which will serve as a preparation, before of the Angolan under-23, Cape Verde and Mozambique teams.
In that window, Angola debuts against Côte d’Ivoire, then plays Guinea, and closes against the Central African Republic (CAR). The National Team occupies the second position of Group C, with five points, one less than the leader of the league table, Côte d’Ivoire. Guinea has four and CAR has three.
The World Championship will take place in Indonesia, Philippines and Japan, from August 25th to September 10th next year.
Here are the pre-selected athletes: Childe Dundão, Gerson Domingos, João Oliveira, Dimitri Maconda, José Nseka and Kenneth Manuel, Gerson Lukeny, Egídio Ventura, Hélder Neto and Benvindo Quimbamba, Leonel Paulo, Glofate Buiamba, Aboubakar Gakou, Jerónimo Luís, Sebastião Quicuame, Geovani Kibinga, Anatoli Leandro, Wilson Ambrósio and Aloísio Andrade.
António Monteiro, Sadraque Nganga, Eduardo Francisco, Paulinho Bala, João Fernandes, Jilson Martins, Sílvio de Sousa, Teotónio Dó, Jilson Bango, Jorge Filipe and Bruno Fernando complete the group.
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