Excluding the injured evil spirit and Song Kyo-chang entry of the national basketball team ahead of the Korea-Japan match... Ahn Young-joon was chosen as a substitute

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It's a sad injury. The entry for the South Korean men's national basketball team has been changed ahead of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifying round window 2.

The Korea Basketball Association announced on the 19th that it has replaced Ahn Young-joon (31, SK) as Song Kyo-chang (30, KCC) was excluded from the list due to injury.

The association's performance improvement committee adjusted the list of 12 final entries through the 3rd Adult Men's Performance Improvement Committee on the 16th. According to the association, Ahn Young-joon, who was initially excluded due to injury when he selected the 24-man preliminary entry, was listed on the final list due to his excellent performance in his recent return match. Ahn Young-joon also contributed to the national team's strength by performing a stable performance in both offense and defense in the last two consecutive games against China in Windows 1.

This qualifying round will be the first official stage played by head coach Nicolás Majuls (Latvia). "It is a great honor to appoint a national team coach and I will work hard for the future of the men's national team," Marjules said at a press conference for the inauguration of the national team. "Every coach's dream is actually the Olympics. It wasn't a big problem to come to Korea, a strange country, for this opportunity," he said.

The 12-member entry that will share the first departure of the Majuls consists of Ahn Young-joon, Lee Jung-hyun (Koyang Sono), Yang Joon-seok (Changwon LG), Moon Yoo-hyun (Anyang Jeonggwanjang), Kang Ji-hoon (Sono), Yoo Ki-sang (LG), Lee Hyun-joong (Nagasaki Velka), Shin Seung-min (Daegu Korea Gas Corporation), Eddie Daniel (SK), Lee Won-seok (Seoul Samsung), Lee Seung-hyun (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis), and Kim Bo-bae (Wonju DB). In particular, a large number of KBL rookies this season, including Kang Ji-hoon, Moon Yoo-hyun and Eddie Daniel, will be tested for the first time under Marjules.

The national team will convene on the 20th to conduct training at Jincheon Training Center. After that, he will leave for Taiwan on the 24th and face Taiwan at 8 p.m. on the 26th in Taipei, Taiwan, and then face Japan at 2 p.m. on March 1 in Okinawa, Japan.

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*This content was translated by AI.