MKD - Start of operation "Eurobasket 07"

SKOPJE (Eurobasket) - The coach of the Macedonian National Team, Jordanco Davitkov, today presented the list of 24 candidates for EUROBASKET 2007 qualification games next September. The list is expected and without surprises, the base of a team will be same from last year qualifications for FIBA Europe A Division.

New names are Mladen Djurovski, the best scorer in Macedonian Superleague, Michael Wilkinson from Aris Thessaloniki, and couple of youngsters from junior selections. Back on the list are veterans swingman Dejan Jovanovski and center of Dynamo Moscow Region, Dusan Bocevski. Also Vlado Ilievski from Virtus Lotomatica Roma is on the list again after last year abstinence from NT actions.

Preparations starts on July 24 in Skopje and till start of qualifications, Macedonian National Team will play friendly games against Serbia, Bulgaria, Panama, Hungary, Poland, Holland and couple other selections. Qualification games for next year Eurobasket starts on August 31, Macedonia is in very strong group together with Bosnia & Hercegovina, Israel and Portugal.

Here is list of 24 candidates:
Dime Tasovski (Rabotnicki)
Dejan Jovanovski (Rabotnicki)
Toni Simic (Rabotnicki)
Ognen Stojanovski (Rabotnicki)
Marjan Djurov (Vardar)
Goran Samardziev (Vardar)
Zlatko Gocevski (Strumica)
Mladen Djurovski (MZT Skopje)
Darko Sokolov (Talent End 1)
Djordji Cekovski (Lukoil Akademik Sofia)
Mirza Kurtovic (Iraklis Thessaloniki)
Dusan Bocevski (Dynamo Moscow R.)
Aleksandar Kostovski (Pau Orthez)
Michael Wilkinson (Aris Thessaloniki)
Pero Blazevski (Mabetex Pristina)
Sinisa Avramovski (CSKA Sofia)
Vlado Ilievski (Lotomatica Roma)
Todor Gecevski (Zadar)
Predrag Samardziski (FMP Zeleznik)
Ryan Stack (Olympiakos Pirea)
Vrbica Stefanov (Ulker)
Pero Antic (Crvena Zvezda Belgrade)
Riste Stefanov (Lukoil Akademik Sofia)
Aleksandar Dimitrovski (Slask Wroclaw)

Dejan Lekic