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The biggest star of Bulgarian basketball Sasha Vezenkov will be available for the national team, according to Sportal.bg.

Points this season

44%69,0Points made:69,0Accuracy:43,9%Place in standings:2Record max:69Record min:69Best scorer:Pavlin IvanovTeamFIBA WC QStatisticsSchedule

He will join the squad after receiving a longer break due to the difficult last season at Olympiacos Piraeus.

The 26-year-old Vezenkov will take part in five training sessions before the Group F clash against Lithuania on July 1 (Friday) in Samokov, Bulgaria.

On July 4, the Bulgarian NT will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina in their last match of the first stage for the World Cup Qualifiers.

Currently, Bulgaria sits third in the standings with 1 win and 3 losses.

Group F

Pos Team GM W L HW HL PPG PPG A Diff STR L5 1 Lithuania 4 4 0 2 0 79.5 67.0 12.5 +4 + Lithuania 77 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina + Bosnia and Herzegovina 77 78 Lithuania + Czech RepublicCredit BasketNews.com 66 74 Lithuania + Lithuania 89 69 Bulgaria 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 1 1 78.8 80.0 -1.3 -2 - Lithuania 77 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina 77 78 Lithuania + Bulgaria 75 85 Bosnia and Herzegovina + Bosnia and Herzegovina 97 90 Czech RepublicCredit BasketNews.com 3 Bulgaria 4 1 3 1 1 75.8 81.8 -6 -1 - Czech RepublicCredit BasketNews.com 83 80 Bulgaria + Bulgaria 79 70 Czech RepublicCredit BasketNews.com - Bulgaria 75 85 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lithuania 89 69 Bulgaria 4 Czech Republic 4 1 3 1 1 77.3 82.5 -5.3 +1 + Czech RepublicCredit BasketNews.com 83 80 Bulgaria - Bulgaria 79 70 Czech RepublicCredit BasketNews.com - Czech RepublicCredit BasketNews.com 66 74 Lithuania -

Sasha Vezenkov enjoyed his finest season as a professional this year to help get Olympiacos back to the EuroLeague Final Four.

He led the Reds in both scoring (13.7 PPG) and rebounding (5.9 RPG), ranking tenth in the competition in the latter category. Vezenkov accumulated a PIR of 17.8 over 38 EuroLeague games and entered the All-EuroLeague First Team.

On the domestic front, an all-around forward navigated Olympiacos to the Greek Cup and Greek league titles.

Oly swept Panathinaikos to claim the Greek league trophy after a 6-year break. Vezenkov became the MVP of the Finals series, averaging 18.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 2.7 assists for 23.3 PIR.

Full Bulgarian squad:

Ivan Alipiev Vasil Bachev Dee Bost Dimitar Dimitrov Andrey Ivanov Pavlin Ivanov Deyan Karamfilov Konstantin Kostadinov Chavdar Kostov Stanimir Marinov Yordan Minchev Emil Stoilov Aleksandar Vezenkov Aleksandar Yanev Subscribe to BN+ and get access to exclusive content.