FIBA Basketball
ARG - Narvarte names preliminary U18 squad
BUENOS AIRES (FIBA Americas U18 Championship) - Argentina coach Guillermo Narvarte has named a 31-man party of players who he wants to assess ahead of the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
BUENOS AIRES (FIBA Americas U18 Championship) - Argentina coach Guillermo Narvarte has named a 31-man party of players who he wants to assess ahead of the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.
He had initially planned to name a 20-man training squad to meet next month but the strength of players born in 1988 and 1989 has prompted him to expand the number of players he wants to have a look ahead.
The squad includes a string of starlets who won the South American Championships at youth (under-17) and cadet (under-16) levels last year.
Twenty-one members of the squad will train on May 12 and 13, with the other 10 joining them for further sessions in Buenos Aires on May 23-28, June 1-6 and June 10-17.
Initial squad
Enzo Cafferatta (River Plate), Lucas Faggiano (Estudiantes - Bahia Blanca), Miguel Gerlero, Pablo Heit, Pablo Martin Orlietti, Eduardo Spalla (all Atenas), Cristian Hillebrand, Alberto Pablo Pastori, Phillipe Lockett, Jonathan Machuca (all Ben Hur), Nicolas Lauria (Penarol), Juan Levrino (Independiente - Neuquen), Maximiliano Martin, Agustin Thompson (Pico FC), Mario Martin Miner, Leandro Podesta, Rodrigo Sanchez (all Boca Juniors), Fabricio Montironi (El Nacional), Juan Sebastian Morales (Gimnasia y Esgrima - Comodoro Rivadavia), Matias Nocedal (Argentino - Castelar), Sebastian Paz Duarte (Obras Sanitarias).
Added players
Federico Aguerre (Boca Juniors), Leandro Ivan Cecchi, Sebastian Uranga (Ben Hur), Nicolas de los Santos (Gimnasia y Esgrima - Comodoro Rivadavia), Diego Gerbaudo (Regatas - San Nicolas), Facundo Pineiro (Quilmes), Enzo Ruiz (Argentino - Junin), Fabian Oscar Said (El Nacional), Gonzalo Traverso (Obras Sanitarias), Sebastian Vega (Central Entrerriano).
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He had initially planned to name a 20-man training squad to meet next month but the strength of players born in 1988 and 1989 has prompted him to expand the number of players he wants to have a look ahead.
The squad includes a string of starlets who won the South American Championships at youth (under-17) and cadet (under-16) levels last year.
Twenty-one members of the squad will train on May 12 and 13, with the other 10 joining them for further sessions in Buenos Aires on May 23-28, June 1-6 and June 10-17.
Initial squad
Enzo Cafferatta (River Plate), Lucas Faggiano (Estudiantes - Bahia Blanca), Miguel Gerlero, Pablo Heit, Pablo Martin Orlietti, Eduardo Spalla (all Atenas), Cristian Hillebrand, Alberto Pablo Pastori, Phillipe Lockett, Jonathan Machuca (all Ben Hur), Nicolas Lauria (Penarol), Juan Levrino (Independiente - Neuquen), Maximiliano Martin, Agustin Thompson (Pico FC), Mario Martin Miner, Leandro Podesta, Rodrigo Sanchez (all Boca Juniors), Fabricio Montironi (El Nacional), Juan Sebastian Morales (Gimnasia y Esgrima - Comodoro Rivadavia), Matias Nocedal (Argentino - Castelar), Sebastian Paz Duarte (Obras Sanitarias).
Added players
Federico Aguerre (Boca Juniors), Leandro Ivan Cecchi, Sebastian Uranga (Ben Hur), Nicolas de los Santos (Gimnasia y Esgrima - Comodoro Rivadavia), Diego Gerbaudo (Regatas - San Nicolas), Facundo Pineiro (Quilmes), Enzo Ruiz (Argentino - Junin), Fabian Oscar Said (El Nacional), Gonzalo Traverso (Obras Sanitarias), Sebastian Vega (Central Entrerriano).
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