The Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB) announced this Wednesday (23) the pre-list of squad members for the men’s team for the November window of the AmeriCup 2025 qualifiers. Of the 19 squad members, only 13 will compete in the next two matches of the qualifying phase , in Belém (PA), on November 21st and 24th, against Uruguay and Panama, respectively. The games will always take place from 8pm (Brasília time), at Ginásio Mangueirinho.
From the squad that competed in Paris 2024, Croatian coach Aleksander Petrovic’s list included point guard Yago, who competes in the Serbian championship, and winger Meindl, currently in Japanese basketball. New to the pre-list is forward Samis Calderón, who plays for Auburn (United States).
The men’s team, led by Petrovic, released a pre-list of 19 athletes for the Americup 2025 Qualifiers window.
🏀On the 21st and 24/11, Brazil faces Uruguay and Panama at Mangueirinho, in Belém, Pará.
➡️Petrovic will have 13 athletes from the pre-list pic.twitter.com/hOFOVSLyhK
— Basquete Brasil – CBB (@basquetebrasil) October 23, 2024
– This list is made up of experienced athletes who were at the Olympic Games, by athletes who trained before the Pre-Olympics and Games. And also young people, to show the renewal process that must begin to find new faces for Los Angeles and beyond. I can’t count on everyone from Europe, like Yago, and Leo Meindl, who is in Japan, and will rest during this window, but it is important to have this mix that can achieve results and start a process of inserting new values for the future – said Petrovic, in a statement to CBB.
Brazil leads Group B and can qualify in Belém if they win both matches at home. The last two knockout matches will be in February 2025, again against Uruguay and Panama. The AmeriCup knockout phase brings together 16 countries from the Americas, divided into four groups. Only the top three placed will compete in the main phase of the continental tournament, in August 2025.
Summoned
SHIPMAKERS
Alexey Borges (Flamengo), Elinho Corazza (Corinthians) and Raul Neto (Pinheiros).
FORWARDS
Georginho (Sesi Franca), Didi Louzada (Sesi Franca), Zu Jr (Sesi Franca), and Vitor Benite (Real Betis/Spain).
WINGS
Lucas Atauri (Paulistano) and Gui Deodato (Flamengo).
PIVOT WINGERS
Gabriel Jaú (Kolossos/Greece), Lucas Dias (Sesi Franca), Nathan Mariano (Sesi Franca), Márcio Santos (Ratiopharm ULM/Germany), Mathias Alessanco (Real Betis/Spain) and Samis Calderón (Auburn/USA).
PIVOTS
Mãozinha (Memphis Hustle/USA), Ruan Miranda (Flamengo), Bruno Caboclo (Hapoel/Israel) and Tim Soares (Koshigaya/Japan).
