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Kirilenko: Russian basketball players deserve to be at the World Cup


MOSCOW, February 15 The Russian women's national basketball team deserved to play at the World Cup 2022 and will do it with dignity, said Andrey Kirilenko, President of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF). On Tuesday, Russian basketball players defeated the Puerto Rico team with a score of 102:68 in the World Cup qualification match and reached the final part of the tournament. Before that, in the qualifying tournament, the Russians lost to the Belgians (43:66). The Russian national team took third place in its group and received a ticket to the final of the World Cup, which will be held in September in Australia. «This team deserves to be in the World Cup. Young, with its misfires and bad days, but worthy of a trip to Australia. Very happy that we will not miss the world championship, the girls will get additional experience of top-level competitions.Here, in Santo Domingo, the Russian team played two different matches, but you have to understand that the opponents were of different levels.Belgium is one of the leaders in world basketball. In addition to the pronounced leader — Emma Messeman — this is a very trained and well-played team, «the RFB website quotes Kirilenko. The games with the participation of the Russian team were moved from Washington to the capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo. This decision was made due to travel restrictions and a type of coronavirus vaccine for Russian basketball players, which is still not recognized in the United States. For the same reason, the match between Russians and Americans was cancelled.

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