{"id":133185,"date":"2026-07-22T07:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/133185\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T07:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:37:07","slug":"road-to-2027-latvian-national-team-dominates-austria-advances-in-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/133185\/","title":{"rendered":"Road to 2027: Latvian National Team Dominates Austria, Advances in World Cup Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latvian basketball is writing another chapter. The men\u2019s national team just punched their ticket to the second round of the 2027 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It wasn\u2019t just a win; it was a statement. The squad dismantled Austria 112:66 right here in Riga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finishing second in their group behind Poland, the stakes are now officially raised. Next up, Latvia faces heavyweights like Croatia, Germany, and Israel in the upcoming qualifying stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But before the real grind continues through March 2027, the team has some tune-up work to do. They\u2019re hosting a friendly against Ukraine this August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/eng.lsm.lv\/article\/culture\/sport\/07.07.2026-latvias-basketball-world-cup-hopes-live-on.a654126\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">local sports coverage<\/a> confirms that we might see some NBA stars lacing up for that matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This success isn\u2019t isolated. Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/rigatalk.com\/category\/sports\/basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">incredible run of our 3\u00d73 national squad<\/a> recently, the basketball culture in Latvia has never been more electric.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether it\u2019s on the asphalt or the hardwood, the country is producing talent that the rest of Europe can\u2019t ignore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, all eyes are on the upcoming friendly and the tough group matches ahead. The journey to the 2027 FIBA World Cup is officially heating up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latvian basketball is writing another chapter. The men\u2019s national team just punched their ticket to the second round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[91],"tags":[64757,169,64758,168,5259],"class_list":["post-133185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-riga","tag-fiba-2027","tag-latvia","tag-latvian-basketball","tag-riga","tag-world-cup-qualifiers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116962488806146064","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}