Ask for the program! Team USA yesterday formalized the preparation schedule for Steve Kerr’s training for the World Cup which will begin at the end of August in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.
Five matches are scheduled on the program with a first on August 7 in Las Vegas to face Puerto Rico. As two years ago before the Olympics, the Americans will therefore play their first preparation match at the T-Mobile Arena. Two years ago, they lost their entry against Nigeria…
“Our preparations for the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2023 begin in Las Vegas and we are thrilled to return to a city that regularly and graciously hosts Team USA.”, said Jim Tooleygeneral manager of Team USA Basketball. “The game at the first-class T-Mobile Arena will give basketball fans the opportunity to support the men’s national team before they go overseas. We are grateful to the Puerto Rican national team for agreeing to spend part of their training period in Las Vegas and we look forward to hosting them. »
Team USA will then head to Malaga to face Luka Doncic’s Slovenia and Spain on August 12 and 13. Finally, the last two preparation matches will be played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the Americans will face Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Greece on August 18, an opponent they will then find in the group stage of the World Cup. . Two days later, it will be Dennis Schröder’s Germany to face the five-time world champion as a final test.
As a reminder, the Americans will find in their pool New Zealand, which they will face on August 26, Greece (August 28) and Jordan (August 30). It remains to know the identity of the players who will make up Steve Kerr’s roster for this takeover operation, Team USA having finished 7th in the last World Cup in China.
