The Brazilian Basketball Team faces Venezuela in the World Cup qualifiers this Friday (27). With two wins in two games, the team takes to the court at Arena UniBH, in Belo Horizonte, starting at 7pm (Brasília time). The match will be broadcast on CazéTV, on YouTube.
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Selection seeks to confirm leadership
Brazil is trying to confirm its good start in Group C of the World Cup Qualifiers. Alongside Colombia and Chile, the Seleção has two victories and occupies partial leadership of the group after the first round.
Looking to maintain the momentum, the team returns to the court on February 27th, when they face Venezuela. Afterwards, the team plays again at Arena UniBH, in Belo Horizonte, where they face Colombia on March 2, in a direct confrontation that could consolidate Brazil's leadership.
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After the six games in the first phase, the competition continues with the crossover of Groups C and A – made up of the United States, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Mexico. Only the three best teams advance to the next stage.
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Called up for the Qualifiers
In Aleksandar Petrovic's new list, released at the beginning of February, Brazil maintains six players who were in the AmeriCup 2025 title. The new addition is center Andrezão, from Bauru, who will make his debut for the Seleção. See all the athletes below:
- Caio Pacheco – Basquet Coruña-ESP
- Rafa Luz – MoraBanc Andorra-ESP
- Georginho de Paula – SESI Franca
- Pedro Pastre – EC Pinheiros
- Zu Junior – SESI Franca
- Gui Deodato – Flamengo
- Leo Meindl – San Pablo Burgos-ESP
- Lucas Dias – SESI Franca
- Mãozinha Pereira – Manisa Basket-TUR
- Brunão Cardoso – Caixa Brasília
- Andrezão – Bauru Basket
- Wini Silva – Minas TC
- Márcio Santos – Maccabi Tel-Aviv-ISR
Yago dos Santos and Bruno Caboclo were two of the names called up who needed authorization from their clubs to defend Brazil in this qualifying phase. So far, only “Monstrinho” has had its release confirmed.
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