Partizan withdrew from Serbian Basketball Championship qualifiers in protest over violence in the stands

basketball clubpartisan ” on the official site announced the withdrawal of the Serbian championship qualifiers in protest at the violence in the stands.

The Belgrade club made this decision due to incidents during the matches of the final series of the Adriatic League with “Red Star (2-3).

– Despite all the calls from Red Star Star and Partizan, all five games were filled with incidents that put the safety of players and coaches at risk. These incidents resulted in the partial and complete closure of the gymnasium, numerous fines and great shame for Serbian and regional basketball in front of the whole world, Partizan said in a statement.

In addition, the Belgrade club suggested that the next game of the final series would be another ground for the fans’ hooligan actions.

“With this act, Partizan wants to show that the club does not want to participate in the parties of hooligans, whether they are Red Star Star fans or Partizan fans,” the club said in a statement.

In the semi-finals of the Serbian championship, Partizan had to play a series of maximum two victories with the club FMP, which finally became the first runners-up. The series matches were scheduled for June 10-12. The second participant in the final will be determined in a pair of “Crvena Zvezda” – “Mega”.

Source : MatchTV

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