With the Cordobans Joaquín Sarmiento Battistoni and Ivan Pratothere are the 12 players of the Argentine U17 team who will compete in the World Cup of the category in Türkiye, starting on Saturday. The national team is led by Leonardo Gutiérrez, also from Córdoba.
Another of the Cordoba players from the squad, Emilio Albertinazzi (Derthona Basket (Italy), was left out of the selection for the World Cup after an intense week of training at the Varese facilities in Italy, where he also played two preparation matches against local teams.
Sarmiento Battistoni, trained in Athens and who works at the Assigeco Basket Academy in Italy, and Prato, a native of Unión Central de Villa María and who plays for the Italian Varese, were part of the national team that qualified for the U17 World Cup.
Argentina is in Group C along with Italy, New Zealand and the local team, Türkiye. After a three-day group stage, all teams will advance to the round of 16, where the elimination stage will begin.
The debut of the national team will be on Saturday from 1:30 p.m. against Italy. On Sunday, June 30, they will face New Zealand at 1:30 p.m. and on Tuesday, July 2, at 2:30 p.m. they will play against Turkey. The quarterfinals will begin on Wednesday, July 3.
Argentina’s squad for the U17 World Cup
1 – Tyler Kropp | 2.04 | 2007 | Olentangy Liberty High School (United States)
4 – Tomás Scola Rochetti | 1.99 | 2007 | Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)
5 – Santiago Cabodevilla | 2.00 | 2007 | Basket Corato (Italy)
6- Joaquín Sarmiento Battistoni | 2.00 | 2007 | Assigeco Basket Academy (Italy)
7 – Martín Chapero | 2.04 | 2007 | Peñarol de Mar del Plata
8 – Matías Dominé | 1.90 | 2007 | Quilmes of Mar del Plata
9 – Martin Torriani | 1.91 | 2007 | Mouth
10 – Juan Pablo Arias | 1.78 | 2007 | Argentinian from Junín
11 – Felipe Minzer | 2.01 | 2007 | Casademont Zaragoza (Spain)
14 – Fidel Cifuentes Rotta | 2.07 | 2007 | Mouth
15 – Ivan Prato | 2.10 | 2007 | Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)
21 – Simon Gradin | 2.04 | 2008 | Sanitary Works
