Toni Naspler, called up to the Spanish under-17 team
The player from the youth teams of Bàsquet Manresa and his teammates will gather at the Alqueria in Valencia, from 17 to 23 August
Toni Naspler, player of the junior A of Bàsquet Manresa, is one of the fifteen players chosen to be part of the Spanish under-17 team, which will be concentrated from 17 to 23 August at the Alqueria de València under the orders of coaches Xavi Albert, Berni Álvarez and Chiki Gil. In this way, Naspler is the third player in the Bàsquet Manresa youth teams called up to the national teams. Marc Peñarroya and Pau Treviño, both linked who will play this year at Artés, end their stay with the under-18s today, also at the Alqueria.
In addition to Naspler are called Rafael Santos, Pablo Tamba and Pablo León (Unicaja), Christian Hernández and Carlos Taboada (Obradoiro), Diego Rivas (Valencia Basket), Miguel Malik and Guillem Vázquez (Joventut), Michael Caicedo and Iñaki Ordóñez (FC Barcelona), Marc Buscail (CB Tarragona), Hugo López (Movistar Estudiantes), Jorge Díaz and Guillermo Díaz (Iberostar Tenerife).
The event will feature the incentive of the U17 Skills Challenge, a streaming competition organized by FIBA in which teams from around the world will take part. There will be several skills competitions, which will have a group stage (Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 August), quarterfinals (Friday 21), semifinals (Saturday 22) and the grand final (Sunday 23).