By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
National team head coach Eddy Casteels picked the following players for the first call of the preparation period before the tournament. Belgium will play in Group D for the preliminary round facing Serbia, Turkey, Russia, Latvia and Great Britain.
Group D games will be hosted in Istanbul. The best four teams from each Group will advance to the knockout stage.
Belgian national team preliminary squad:
Thomas Akyazili (University of Colorado)
Ismael Bako (Louvain)
Khalid Boukichou (Ostende)
Maxime De Zeeuw (Oldenburg)
Pierre-Antoine Gillet (Ostende)
Amaury Gorgemans (Mons)
Axel Hervelle (Bilbao-ESP)
Ioann Iarochevitch (Charleroi)
Vincent Kesteloot (Ostende)
Elias Lasisi (Le Portel)
Manu Lecomte (Baylor University)
Matt Lojeski (Olympiakos)
Dorian Marchant (Anvers)
Niels Marnegrave (Charleroi)
Jean-Marc Mwema (Ostende)
Retin Obasohan (Avellino)
Jean Salumu (Ostende)
Loic Schwartz (Charleroi)
Quentin Serron (Gravelines)
Jonathan Tabu (Bilbao)
Olivier Troisfontaines (Alost)
Kevin Tumba (Murcia)
Sam Van Rossom (Valencia)
Hans Vanwijn (Limburg)