Basketball Euroleague on the official website announced that Russian clubs will miss next season in Euroleague and Eurocup.
– The decision was taken due to the increasing difficulties faced by teams in matches against Russian clubs, including restrictions and bans on air travel or restrictions on issuing visas to residents of Russia. Similar decisions from other international organizations such as the IOC, UEFA, FIBA, EHF (handball), IIHF (hockey) and FIVB (volleyball) have been considered, as well as statements from European sports ministers who have argued that teams from the Russian Federation should be banned from competition in their country,” the Euroleague said in a statement.
In March 2022, the Euroleague announced that CSKA Petersburg”Zenith and Kazan UNICS excluded from the season due to the situation in Ukraine, their results were cancelled. Also “Lokomotiv Kuban “has been suspended from participating in the Eurocup.
The place of UNICS and Zenit in the new season will be taken by the SpaniardsValence “and Serbian”partisan “.
Euroleague official website
Source : MatchTV
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