Neemias Queta, a player for the Sacramento Kings of the North American Basketball League (NBA), is part of the list of 23 shortlisteds of the Portuguese team for the qualifying matches for the World Cup in July 2023.
In 2021/22 Nehemías became the first Portuguese player to play in the NBA, playing 15 games, in which he scored 45 points (average of 3.0 per game), 31 rebounds (2.1), eight innings ( 0.5) and six assists. (0.4), in 119.34 minutes (8.0).
Now, the 2.13 meter pole can debut in the main selection of “quinas”commanded by Mário Gomes, after having helped Portugal in 2019 to win the B division of the European Under-20 Championship, in Matosinhos.
At a time when his future has not been defined in relation to the 2022/23 season, his presence in the “quinas” team is still uncertain, which plays in Hungary on July 1 and, three days later, receives to Montenegrin.
Portugal remains in the fourth and last place in Group E of the first round of the qualifying phase for the 2023 Basketball World Cup, with four points, compared to eight from the title runner-up France and six from Montenegro and Hungary.
The team led by Mário Gomes lost in the reception to Hungary (75-81, on November 26, 2021) and Montenegro (83-69, on 29) and then suffered two defeats against the Gauls, by 94-56 in Dijon ( 24). February) and by 56-69 in Matosinhos (27).
In the list of 23 pre-selected, the absence of post Sasa Borovnjak and the presence of full-back Jeremiah Wilson (San Giobbe Chiusi) stand out.
The Portuguese team will train from June 19 to July 5, first in Viana do Castelo and then in Lisbon.
- List of the 23 pre-called:
Base: Diogo Brito (CB Morón, Esp), Diogo Ventura (Sporting), Francisco Amarante (FC Porto), José Barbosa (Benfica), Pedro Bastos (Ovarense), Rafael Lisboa (Spirou Charleroi, Bel), Carlos Cardoso (Vitória de Guimarães) , Diogo Gameiro (Benfica), Francisco Amiel (Lusitânia), Miguel Maria Cardoso (Sporting) and Sérgio Silva (Immortal).
Extremes: Diogo Araújo (Sporting), Gonçalo Delgado (Basketball Girona, Esp), João Guerreiro (Oliveirense), Miguel Queiroz (FC Porto), Vladyslav Voytso (FC Porto), Jeremiah Wilson (San Giobbe Chiusi, Ita), João Grosso (Oliveirense) and Nuno Sa (CAB Madeira).
publications: Daniel Relvão (Sporting), Ricardo Monteiro (Oliveirense), Cláudio Fonseca (CAB Madeira) and Neemias Queta (Sacramento Kings, USA).
Source: Observadora
