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The Mexican Basketball Team is now ready to begin its path in the World Cup FIBA, which will be taking place in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. El Tri already knows their group rivals, Montenegro, Lithuania and Egypt, they will meet in a complicated key for those led by Omar Quintero.
On August 25 will be the debut of Mexico against Montenegro, later on June 27 they will play against Lithuania and close the first phase on August 29 against Egypt. A complicated group for the Aztecs, but they have a good squad and great results that invite them to expect a good presentation.
Mexico’s rivals in the FIBA World Cup
Montenegro will be Mexico’s first rival in the Basketball World Cupa very difficult opponent and who began his journey to this World Cup in 2021. Nikola Vucevic, twice chosen to be an NBA All-Star, Bojan Dubljevic and Dino Radoncic are the figures to follow for a team that is ranked 18th in the ranking .
Lithuania is perhaps the most difficult rival, Pelicans’ Jonas Valanciunas is the man to watch after the absence of Domas Sabonis. The Lithuanians are located in box number eight of the FIBA Ranking.
Mexico’s third rival in this World Cup will be Egypt, on paper the simplest equipment, but one that should not be neglected. You have to take into account outstanding players like Ehab Saleh and Amr Abdelhalim, who are their top scorers. The Africans are ranked number 55 in the FIBA world ranking.
The return of Mexico to the FIBA World Cup
Mexico will experience its sixth participation in a Basketball World CupThe last one was in 2014 and Omar Quintero wants to improve on that participation in which El Tri ended up losing against the United States in the round of 16.
The matches of Mexico will be played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila in the Philippinesfrom where the team has already been preparing and acclimatizing for the debut.
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