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EuroLeague newcomers Yago dos Santos and Raul Neto, as well as veteran guards Marcelinho Huertas and Vitor Benite were included in Brazil's squad for the World Cup.

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The Brazilian national team released the list of 12 players that will make the trip to Jakarta, Indonesia, for the 2023 FIBA World Cup starting on August 25.

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Star guards Marcelinho Huertas and Yago Mateus are among the standouts. Huertas, who played for Lenovo Tenerife in Spain, has featured at every World Cup since 2006 in Japan, while Yago cashed in his sensational Finals MVP season with Ulm with a roster spot at Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade.

Other players that have World Cup and Olympic experience that have been named include NBA-experienced guard Raul Neto, sharpshooter Vitor Benite of Spanish side Gran Canaria, and Yago's former Ulm teammate, Bruno Caboclo, who will be playing for Venezia next season.

Also included is Lucas Dias, Basketball Champions League Americas winner with Brazil club, Franca.

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Marcelinho Huertas - Tenerife, Spain Yago Mateus dos Santos - Crvena Zvezda, Serbia Raul Neto - Fenerbahce Istanbul, Turkey George de Paula - Ulm Ratiopharm, Germany Vitor Benite - Gran Canaria, Spain Guilherme Santos - Golden State Warriors, USA Leonardo Meindl - Alvark Tokyo, Japan Lucas Dias - SESI Franca, Brazil Bruno Caboclo - Umana Reyer Venezia, Italy Tim Soares - Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, Japan Felipe dos Anjos - Andorra, Spain Christian Felicio - Granada, Spain

Brazil won the first three friendly games they hosted against South Sudan, Australia, and Venezuela. In the last two preparation games, they lost to Italy and Serbia.

After the five friendlies, Brazil lands in Jakarta on August 23 and makes its World Cup debut on the 26th against Iran. Completing Group G are Spain and Ivory Coast. The World Cup will be broadcast by ESPN in Brazil.

The two best teams advance to the second stage, carrying the results obtained in the initial phase and crossing with Group H from Canada, France, Latvia, and Lebanon.

To guarantee a place in Paris 2024 for the World Cup, Brazil needs to have at least the second-best campaign in the Americas in the tournament. Other teams from the continent are the USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.

In 2019, Brazil advanced to the second round with victories over Greece, Montenegro, and New Zealand and then fell to the USA and the Czech Republic. Without getting the Olympic spot via the World Cup, they played the Split Pre-Olympic tournament, where they lost to Germany in the final.

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