SEOUL (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers) - Twenty-four players have been called up to Korea's training camp for the third Asian Qualifiers window.

Korea 24-player training pool for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers
Ahn YoungJun	Choi BukYung	Choi JinSoo	Choi JunYoung
Doo KyungMin	Ha SeungJin	Heo Hoon	Heo IlYoung
Heo Ung	Jeong HyoGeun	Jeon JunBeom	Kang SangJae
Kim JongKyu	Kim JunYl	Kim SunHyung	Lee DaeSung
Lee JungHyun	Lee SeoungHyun	Lim DongSeop	Oh SeKeun
Park ChanHee	Ricardo Ratliffe	Song KyoChang	Yang HeeJong

Head coach Hur Jae returns to the helm of the national team, and he has set this training camp in preparation for both the Asian Qualifiers third window and the Asian Games 2018 that will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Spitfire point guard and newly-crowned KBL champion Kim SunHyung returns to the national team after missing the second window because of an ankle fracture. With him is KBL Most Valuable Player Doo KyungMin of Wonju Dongbu Promy. SunHyung led the Seoul SK Knights over KyungMin's Wonju in the recent KBL Finals 2018, and both will play big roles for Korea as they try to end the first round of the Asian Qualifiers on a bright note.

Also returning is naturalized big man Ricardo Ratliffe, who was a tower of power for the Koreans in the second window, averaging 21 points and 10 rebounds per game. He will be without frontline partner Lee JongHyun, who is still recovering from a town ACL, while veteran center Kim JongKyu, though named to the pool, is also still recovering from his own leg injury. Coach Hur has then tapped versatile forwards Choi JinSoo and Jeong HyoGeun in a bid to shore up the national squad's interior. Seasoned players Oh SeKeun, Heo IlYoung and Yang HeeJong are also in the pool, but they are expected to skip the third window and rest up for the Asian Games in August.

This early, it's evident that coach Hur will have to focus on his team's signature speed and shooting while also working with relatively younger players as the Koreans aim for two third window wins that they can carry into the second round.

Aside from the national team's training camp, coach Hur has also set up a couple of preparation friendlies to help the players get into game shape. They play East Asia rivals Japan in Tokyo on 15 June and then have their second fixture against the Akatsuki Five on 17 June in Sendai.

Korea have already qualified for the second round, where they are set to face West Asia sides Jordan and Lebanon and either Syria or India. The Koreans fly off to play China in Shenzhen on 28 June before hopping over to play Hong Kong at the Southorn Stadium on 1 July.

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