Over the past few weeks, the FIFA World Cup has enraptured soccer fans across the globe. But over the past week, a trio of Pacers players have been trying to help their home countries qualify for a different World Cup.
Bojan Bogdanovic, Cory Joseph, and Domantas Sabonis all recently joined their respective national teams for qualification games for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, a 32-country world championship that will take place next summer in China.
The first round of qualifying began last November and continued with a pair of games in late February. Due to the NBA season, Pacers players were unable to participate in those games, but they joined their national teams last month for the conclusion of the first round.