MoraBanc Andorra Loses Four Players to FIBA International Windows
Yves Pons, Aaron Best, Artem Pustovyi, and Kostas Kostadinov will leave for national team duties, while African players Shannon Evans, Stan Okoye,.
Key Points
- Four players depart: Pons (France), Best & Pustovyi (Canada), Kostadinov (Bulgaria).
- African trio—Evans (Guinea), Okoye & Udeze (Nigeria)—stay due to no African games.
- Canada plays Puerto Rico and Jamaica in World Cup qualifiers.
- Kostadinov in Bulgaria's preliminary squad for Pre-Euro games vs Norway and Armenia in 2029.
MoraBanc Andorra will be without four players during the upcoming FIBA international windows, which follow the Copa del Rei later this month. Yves Pons with France, Aaron Best and Artem Pustovyi with Canada, and Kostas Kostadinov with Bulgaria will temporarily leave the club to join their national teams.
Unlike the previous international break earlier this season, African players Shannon Evans of Guinea, and Stan Okoye and Morris Udeze of Nigeria, will remain with the team. No national team commitments are scheduled in Africa during this period, with those players set to rejoin their countries in July.
Best, Pustovyi, and Pons are taking part in qualifiers for next year's World Cup. Canada faces Puerto Rico and Jamaica, while Ukraine—Pustovyi's adopted nation—meets Spain twice. Pons and France will play Hungary in two matches.
Kostadinov has made an initial 25-man preliminary squad for Bulgaria. Should he secure a final spot, he will feature in Pre-European Championship games against Norway and Armenia in 2029.
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