Eurobasket 2017 - Belgium Lions, the preselection

National team coach Eddy Casteels and his staff announced the names of the 24-player pre-selection for EuroBasket that will be played in Istanbul, Turkey. The Lions will play their first game on 1 September versus Great-Britain. It's the fourth consective time the Lions are competing at EuroBasket.

​Pre-selection

Thomas Akyazili (University of Colorado-USA)
Ismaël Bako (Stella Artois Leuven Bears)
Khalid Boukichou (BC Telenet Oostende)
Maxime De Zeeuw (Oldenburg-GER)
Pierre-Antoine Gillet (BC Telenet Oostende)
Amaury Gorgemans (Belfius Mons-Hainaut)
Axel Hervelle (Bilbao-ESP)
Ioann Iarochevitch (Proximus Spirou Charleroi)
Vincent Kesteloot (BC Telenet Oostende)
Elias  Lasisi (Le Portel-FRA)
Manu Lecomte (Baylor University-USA)
Matt Lojeski (Olympiakos-GRE)
Dorian Marchant (Port of Antwerp Giants)
Niels Marnegrave (Proximus Spirou Charleroi)
Jean-Marc Mwema (BC Telenet Oostende)
Retin Obasohan (Avellino-ITA)
Jean Salumu (BC Telenet Oostende)
Loic Schwartz (Proximus Spirou Charleroi)
Quentin Serron (Gravelines-FRA)
Jonathan Tabu (Bilbao-ESP)
Olivier Troisfontaines (Crelan Okapi Aalstar)
Kevin Tumba (Murcia-ESP)
Sam Van Rossom (Valencia-ESP)
Hans Vanwijn (Hubo Limburg United)