The Maltese national team will make its debut in the FIBA Europe Under 18 Division C championship in Ta’ Qali today against Luxembourg at 6.45pm.

The team under the guidance of national coach Sandro Farrugia has been preparing for this tournament for the last four weeks.

A very positive note is that out of the 12 players called up for this tournament, four were already in the team that two years ago won the gold medal in that year’s edition.

These are Steffi Demartino who also was in Pescara for the Mediterranean Games with the seniors’ team, Becky Naudi, Kristy Tonna and Justine Busuttil Gaerthy.

The other nations taking part in the tournament are Moldova, Gibraltar and Monaco.

Full programme

Today: 4.30pm Moldova-Monaco; 6.15pm Opening Ceremony; 6.45pm Malta-Luxembourg

Tomorrow: 4.30pm Luxembourg-Moldova; 6.45pm Gibraltar-Malta

Thursday: 4.30pm Monaco-Luxembourg; 6.45pm Moldova-Gibraltar

Friday: 4.30pm Gibraltar-Monaco; 6.45pm Malta-Moldova

Saturday: 3pm Luxembourg-Gibraltar; 5.15pm Monaco-Malta