Mexico announces extended candidate list for 2023 FIBA World Cup / News - Basketnews.com

The list is mostly comprised of players that competed in the Mexican League last year.

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With more than a month left until the start of the 2023 FIBA World Cup, the Mexican Basketball Federation (ADEMEBA) announced the 24-man extended list of candidates for the final roster.

The list is mostly comprised of players that competed in the Mexican League last year. Six candidates played either for the Capitanes team in the G-League or NCAA last season.

Full Mexico's 24-man list (club in 2022-23):

Paul Stoll (Libertadores de Querétaro, Mexico) Jorge Gutierrez (Libertadores de Querétaro, Mexico) Moises Andriassi (Capitanes de Ciudad de México, G-League) Ivan Montano (Plateros de Fresnillo, Mexico) Francisco Cruz (Manisa, Turkey) Orlando Mendez (Capitanes de Ciudad de México, G-League) Juan Reyna (Campbell University, NCAA) Esteban Roacho (Paris Junior College, NCAA) Gabriel Giron Jr. (Libertadores de Querétaro, Mexico) Gael Bonilla (Capitanes de Ciudad de México, G-League) Victor Valdes (Zentro Basket, Spain) Fabian Jaimes (Asociación Deportiva Atenas, Argentina) Hector Hernandez (Libertadores de Querétaro, Mexico) Jonatan Machado (Astros de Jalisco, Mexico) Raul Olalde (Fuerza Regia, Mexico) Jorge Camacho (Dorados de Chihuahua, Mexico) Juan Camargo (Northwest College, NCAA) Israel Gutierrez (Dorados de Chihuahua, Mexico) Joshua Ibarra (Brampton Honey Badgers, Canada) Daniel Amigo (Libertadores de Querétaro, Mexico) Jose Estrada (Halcones de Xalapa, Mexico) Victor Alvarez (Soles de Mexicali, Mexico) Alejandro Reyna (Halcones de Ciudad Obregón, Mexico) Irwin Avalos (Libertadores de Querétaro, Mexico)

This month, the team will compete in five friendly matches, ADEMEBA announced. Firstly, three games against the Dominican Republic (July 14, July 19, and July 22) will start off the preparation for the World Cup. Then, Mexico will play two matches against Colombia (July 26, July 29).

Mexico will compete in Group D in the World Cup together with Lithuania, Egypt, and Montenegro.

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