Brazil has announced an initial roster of 17 players who will compete for a spot in the Olympic qualification tournament.
Aleksandar Petrovic has decided who will be in his training camp. Of course, the players from Crvena zvezda and Partizan, Yago dos Santos and Bruno Caboclo, are included. What delights the “Carioca” fans is the return of Raul Neto. The Fenerbahce player missed the entire season due to a severe injury.
It wouldn’t be complete without Marcelinho Huertas. The veteran playmaker is soon to turn 42, and this is almost certainly his last chance for the Olympic Games. The full roster is as follows:
Marcelinho Huertas, Alexey Borges, Yago dos Santos, Elinho Corazza, Raul Neto, Georginho de Paula, Didi Louzada, Vitor Benite, Leo Meindl, Gui Deodato, Gui Santos, Lucas Dias, Gabriel Jau, Tim Soares, Bruno Caboclo, Joao Marcelo, Cristiano Felicio.
Brazil will need to find their way to the Olympics through the qualification tournament in Riga. There, they will face Cameroon and Montenegro in their group. The other group consists of Latvia, Georgia, and the Philippines.