At 50 days of the World Championship, the Technical Team of the Senior Men's National Team announced the list of 17 players that will represent our country in the WBSC World Championship, which will be held in Prague from June 13 to 23.
Argentina is part of Group A, along with Botswana, Cuba, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and the Czech Republic.
Group B will feature Australia, Canada, Denmark, the United States, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa and Venezuela.
The four best teams will qualify for the playoffs, where they will play straight elimination matches to advance to the semi-final of the tournament. The final will be played on June 23 in Prague.
To see the full calendar, visit the official tournament page.
An experienced staff
Among the 17 chosen by the staff headed by Julio Gamarci, there are 12 players who won the fourth place in the 2017 World Championship, matching the best historical performance of our country in this kind of events.
In addition, 13 of the 15 members of the squad that won the silver medal in the 2017 Pan American Championship are repeated.
The Argentine squad for the 2019 World Cup is the following:
    Carril, Santiago Nicolás
    Eder, Federico Alejandro
    Godoy, Gustavo Oscar
    Godoy, Manuel Ignacio
    Godoy Herbel, Román Alejandro
    Malarczuk, Juan Ladislao
    Mata Carabajal, Huemul Ezequiel
    Migliavacca Skladny, Pablo
    Migliavacca Skladny, Teo
    Montero, Mariano Alberto
    Motroni, Bruno
    Ojeda, Gonzalo Augusto
    Olheiser, Federico
    Peker, Alan Javier
    Potolicchio, Juan Adolfo
    Scialacomo, Gian Marcos Enrique
    Zara, Juan Cruz
The Technical Body is integrated by Julio Gamarci (Head Coach), Gustavo Guerrinieri (Coach), José Guerrinieri (Coach), Kevin Bolzan (Physical Trainer), Luciano Benedetti (Medical) and Javier MartÃnez (Team Leader).
Click here to see the profiles of the players.
Itinerary
The National Team has already confirmed its calendar for the World Championship in the Czech Republic. The campus will leave Buenos Aires on May 30th for Rome, Italy, where it will hold a 4-day training camp, until June 4. That day the squad will travel to the capital of the Czech Republic, where they will play a preparatory tournament, before debuting in the World Cup on June 14.
