Pacers Players Helping Countries in World Cup Qualifying

@coryjoseph/@dsabonis11 on InstagramOver 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…