Tess Madgen will captain the Opals on the upcoming FIBA Ladies’s Basketball World Cup.
Key factors:
- Tess Madgen was a part of the Opals group that received World Cup silver in 2018
- Madgen has performed 65 instances for the Opals since 2011
- The FIBA Ladies’s World Cup will get underway in Sydney on September 22
The 32-year-old stated it was a “large honour” to captain her nation.
“I will be one of the best captain I will be,” Madgen instructed Basketball Australia.
“We [the leadership group] needed to guide by empowering everybody to be a pacesetter and that is one thing I am extraordinarily obsessed with.
“It is an enormous honour and I am actually overwhelmed. I like the group, let’s do that.”
Madgen is a veteran of 65 matches since making her debut on the 2011 Oceania Championships.
She made her Olympic debut in Tokyo, the place Australia reached the quarter-finals, dropping to eventual gold medallists, the USA.
Opals coach Sandy Brondello stated Madgen, who was a part of the group that received World Cup silver in 2018, was a pure selection.
“It is a proud second for Tess, not everybody will get to captain their nation so I am comfortable for her and I do know that she’ll do a fantastic job in Sydney,” Madgen stated.
“The tradition work that we have finished has been so essential to the group and Tess has been an enormous a part of that.
“She has the respect from her friends, she fills no matter is required from the group and that exhibits so much in regards to the individual she is.”
Madgen will captain a squad that features former skipper Lauren Jackson, who was named within the 12-player squad final month.
The Opals will play France in a pre-World Cup take a look at occasion on the Sydney Olympic Park Sports activities Centre on September 16, adopted by a match in opposition to Belgium — who beat Australia on the Olympics final yr — on September 18.
The 2022 World Cup marketing campaign will begin in Sydney on September 22.
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