On Thursday, at the Palace of Youth and Sports in Pristina, the Kosovo representative in basketball had the first gathering, where the first preparations for the Eurobasket 2021 pre-qualifications began.
The new selector, Damir Mulaomerovic, who will start work on August 29, was not present, and the team was led in the first training by his first assistant coach, Bujar Loci.
Coach Loci said that the pre-qualification matches will be difficult, but he expects the best performance from the group, reports KTV.
Of the 14 gathered, none of the foreign basketball players were present, but they are expected to join the "Verdhekaltre" in the following days, not even the best of the team, Dardan Berisha, who was absent for personal reasons, was present.
For the same reasons, the naturalized American, Justin Doellman, was also absent, but he will not be part of the team for the first game of Kosovo.
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Kosovo, which is in Group B together with Macedonia and Romania, will play the first match in the EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualifiers against Macedonia on September 13 at the Sports Palace in Pristina.
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