2011 U19 World Championship Men

[Raze Lupin]

BUENOS AIRES (FIBA U19 World Championship) - With this summer's highly anticipated U19 World Champs only weeks away, Argentina have summoned a squad of 21 players for a training camp/tryouts, to begin on 5 May in Buenos Aires.

The squad includes 11 of the 12 members of the team that finished in fourth place at last year's FIBA Americas U18 Championship in San Antonio, USA securing the fourth and final Americas Zone ticket to Latvia, including promising point guard Juan Jose Giaveno.

Also in the loop, and among the younger members of this preliminary squad, are five players who participated in last year's FIBA U17 World Championship in Hamburg, Germany.

These include Tayavek Gallizzi, Patricio Garino, Federico Herrera, hotly tipped centre Luciano Massarelli and Italian based Matias Bortolin (Rimini).

The only other member currently playing his basketball abroad is Patricio Garino Gullota (Montverde Academy, USA).

Argentina have been drawn in Group B, which will be based in the city of Valmiera, and will face Australia, Chinese Taipei and hosts Latvia.

Argentina U19 preliminary squad:

AGASSE Sadi Nicolas. Olimpia de Parana (ARG)

BASABE Emiliano Guillermo. Alma Juniors de Esperanza (ARG)

BOLÍVAR Mateo. San Marti­n (ARG)

BORTOLIN Vara Mati­as. Club Basket Rimini Crabs (ITA)

BRUSSINO Nicolas Jose. San Marti­n de Marcos Juarez (ARG)

BURGOS Valenti­n. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia (ARG)

COMBA Joel Alexis. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia (ARG)

COPELLO Nicolas. Boca Juniors (ARG)

DELÍA Marcos Nicolas. Boca Juniors (ARG)

DÍAZ Lucas Ezequiel. Libertad de Sunchales (ARG)

GALLIZZI Tayavek Ismael. Quilmes de Mar del Plata (ARG)

GARINO GULLOTA Patricio. Montverde Academy (USA)

GIAVENO Juan Jose. 9 de Julio de Rao Tercero (ARG)

GIORGETTI Franco Nahuel. Penarol de Mar del Plata (ARG)

HERRERA Federico Hernan. Social Las Brenas (ARG)

MACHUCA Lucas Daniel. Sionista de Parana (ARG)

MASSARELLI Luciano Nicolas. Ramos Meji­a L. T. C. (ARG)

PAREDES Carlos Fernando. El Nacional de Bahi­a Blanca (ARG)

PEREZ Pablo Ignacio. Sionista de Parana (ARG)

PODESTA Fernando Ariel. Velez Sarsfield (ARG)

RESSIA German Abel. Bahiense del Norte de Bahia Blanca (ARG)

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