The Hungarian National Team will face Turkey in EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers Group B on 22 and 25 November.
The first match will be played at the Basketball Development Center on Friday, November 22. The second fight will be hosted by Savaria Arena in Szombathely, Hungary on Monday, November 25.
Couldn’t win in the first 2 matches of the qualifiers
The Hungarian National Team left the field with defeats in the first 2 matches it played in the qualifiers.
Hungary lost 70-65 away to Iceland in its first match, and lost 83-62 to Italy in the second match.
Top scorer: Zoltan Perl
Zoltan Perl stands out as Hungary’s top scorer in the qualifiers.
The 29-year-old point guard, who plays for his country’s Falco Szombathely team, scored 12 points each against Iceland and Italy.
Perl was followed by Gyorgy Goloman, who averaged 9.5 points, and Adam Hanga, who averaged 9 points.
The most career one is Adam Hanga
Adam Hanga stands out as the most career player in the Hungarian National Team’s squad.
The 35-year-old small forward, who started his career in his country in 2006, played for Spanish teams Baskonia, Barcelona and Real Madrid for many years. Hanga achieved significant success with these teams in Spain and the THY Europa League.
The Hungarian basketball player, who played for Red Star in Serbia for a season, went to Spain again. Adam Hanga was transferred to Joventut Badalona, which competed in the BKT European Cup, at the beginning of this season.
Hanga had a performance of 9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4 assists in the 2 matches he played in the qualifiers.
Devsirme actor Nate Reuvers
The Hungarian National Basketball Team preferred recruiting players from the center area.
American Nate Reuvers received Hungarian citizenship in June and gained the right to play in the national team.
The 26-year-old basketball player, who played in the American University Sports Federation (NCAA) Men’s Basketball League for many years, stepped into Europe by transferring to the Croatian team Cibona in 2021.
Reuvers, who worked for the Italian representative Reggio Emilia in 2022-2023, has been playing for the Spanish team Valencia since last season.
Participated in EuroBasket 16 times
Hungary has competed in the European Championship 16 times.
The Hungarian National Team, ranked 43rd in the FIBA world rankings, won gold medals in the tournament in 1955, silver in 1953 and bronze in 1946.
Hungary, which went into decline after the 1950s, was able to appear in the finals only once (1999) from 1971 to 2017.
Hungarians, who finished 16th in EuroBasket 2017, finished the last European Championship in 23rd place.
Staff
The players in the 13-man squad determined by Hungary head coach Gasper Okorn for the Türkiye matches are as follows:
Szilard Benke, Kristof Bognar, Marko Filipovity, Gyorgy Goloman, Adam Hanga, Akos Keller (Captain), Norbert Lukacs, Gergo Meleg, Zoltan Perl, Marcell Pongo, Nate Reuvers, Benedek Varadi, David Vojvoda.
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