Bruno Caboclo (2.06m, 25) is part of the pre-selection of the Brazilian squad for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (TQO) in Split, Croatia from June 29 to July 4. The Limoges position 4-3 was selected after its good performance in Jeep ELITE. Since his arrival in Limousin, the former NBAer has 12.3 points with 53.2% success on shots, 5.9 rebounds and 0.9 assist for an evaluation of 14.1 in 23 minutes of play. had already taken part in the World Cup with Brazil.
In Group B, Brazil will be opposed to Croatia and Tunisia while Group A is made up of Germany, Russia and Mexico. The first two of each group face each other in semi-finals then the winner of the final will compile his ticket for the Tokyo Olympics and will be qualified for group B of the Olympics which already contains Nigeria and Australia and will also be completed by the winner of the Belgrade TQO.
Coach Aleksandar Petrovic has called up 17 players, including Marcelinho Huertas (Tenerife, Spain), Vitor Benite (Burgos, Spain) and NBA players Anderson Varejão (Cleveland), Cristiano Felício (Chicago) and Raulzinho (Washington DC).
- Arrières: Georginho (São Paulo), Marcelinho Huertas (Tenerife-ESP), Raulzinho (Washington Wizards-USA), Rafa Luz (BC Nevezis-LIT) and Yago (Flemish)
- Ailiers: Caio Pacheco (Bahia Basket-ARG), Vitor Benite (Burgos-ESP), Alex Garcia (Bauru), Léo Meindl (Fuenlabrada-ESP) and Marcus Vinicius (Flemish)
- Ailiers-pivots – Bruno Caboclo (Limoges-FRA), Lucas Dias (SESI Franca) and Léo Demétrio (Flemish)
- Pivots – Anderson Varejão (Cleveland Cavaliers-USA), Cristiano Felício (Chicago Bulls-USA), Lucas Mariano (São Paulo) and Rafael Hettsheimeir (Flemish).
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