Athletistic/Basketball. The Basketball Federation (FIBA) has announced its decision to exclude the men’s national teams of Russia and Belarus from the preliminary qualifying matches for the European Championship 2025, which will take place in Latvia, Cyprus, Finland and Poland.
“We inform you that the FIBA European Committee has voted unanimously to refuse to enter the men’s national teams of Russia and Belarus in the preliminary qualifying tournaments for EuroBasket 2025,” the statement read. official.
Recall that the winner of EuroBasket 2022 was the Spanish team, which beat France in the final. The Russian team also did not participate in this tournament.
Earlier it became known that the Russian national team will not be allowed to participate in the preliminary qualifying tournaments for the 2024 Olympics in Paris (France), which will be held from August 12 to 20.
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