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Head coach Tomislav Mijatovi\u0107 has selected the 12 players who will take part in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the previous matchup, the only change is the inclusion of Mateo Dre\u017enjak, who returns to the squad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7 Jedna promjena pred Nizozemsku!<\/p>\n<p>Izbornik Tomislav Mijatovi\u0107 odredio je 12 igra\u010da za dana\u0161nji susret kvalifikacija za Svjetsko prvenstvo. U odnosu na prethodnu utakmicu, u sastavu je Mateo Dre\u017enjak.<\/p>\n<p>Sretno, Hrvatska! \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udfc0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/StepItUpCroatia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StepItUpCroatia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FIBAWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIBAWC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/HKS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HKS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sCUptEzkRe\">pic.twitter.com\/sCUptEzkRe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HRVATSKI KO\u0160ARKA\u0160KI SAVEZ \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7 (@CROATIABasket) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CROATIABasket\/status\/2093984080060612723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head coach Tomislav Mijatovi\u0107 has selected the 12 players for today\u2019s World Cup qualifying game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":512496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[225,369],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-512494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-croatia","category-national-teams"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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