On the wings of the European basketball championship, which took place in Slovenia last year, the basketball cream is moving to the already proverbial temperamental Spain, where the 17th world championship will be held from August 30 to September 14. Among the 24 national teams, there will also be a Slovenian team with Goran Dragić at the helm and Jure Zdovac at the helm. The matches will take place in six venues, and our home base will be in Las Palmas, the capital of the Canary Islands.
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