Alberto Abalde, in Spain’s preliminary list for the World Cup

Galician striker Alberto Abalde was chosen by coach Sergio Scariolo as one of the sixteen selected for the preparation of the World Basketball Championshipwhich will be held in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from August 25 to September 10.

abalde will be the only Galician in the team marked by the return of Ricky Rubio, Cleveland Cavaliers player and MVP of the last World Cup. They also highlight Lorenzo Brown and Xabi López-Aróstegui absentwho drop out of the call due to physical problems.

National team the concentration will begin on July 26 in Madridwhere they will play the first preparatory match against Venezuela on August 4 in the WiZink Center.

The next games will be played at Martín Carpena in Málaga against Slovenia on August 11 and the United States on August 13. The current European and world champions will finish their preparatory tour against Canada on August 17 and the Dominican Republic on August 19 in Grenada.

Spain will begin the defense of its second star world champion in the Jakarta (Indonesia) from next August 25 after they placed him Group G with Iran, Ivory Coast and Brazil. The team led by Sergio Scariolo arrives at the World Championship as number 1 in the FIBA ​​world rankings.

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bases: Ricky Rubio (Cleveland Cavaliers), Alberto Diaz (Unicaja), Jaime Fernandez (Tenerife).

Escort: Sergio Llull (Real Madrid), Àlex Abrines (Barcelona), Darío Brizuela (Unicaja).

Eaves: Rudy Fernandez (Real Madrid), Alberto Abalde (Real Madrid), Victor Claver (Valencia), Joel Parra (Joventut).

Wings and centers: Santi Aldama (Memphis Grizzlies), Usman Garuba (Atlanta Hawks), Juancho Hernangómez (no team), Willy Hernangómez (no team), Jaime Pradilla (Valencia), Sebas Sáiz (Alvark Tokio).