“The Colombians could not come without the permission of their basketball federation. This cannot be the case” – Elevich

The Colombian national team probably received permission to participate in the Friendship Cup from its basketball federation, but perhaps someone then put pressure on the federation and it changed its position, the honored coach of Russia suggested in an interview with . Sergei Elevich .

Earlier, the Colombian Basketball Federation (FCB) announced that it had not sent the national team to participate in the Friendship Cup, which is taking place in Perm. In the opening match of the tournament, the Colombian team lost to Parma with a score of 53:155.

— It’s hard to say anything here, but how could they come to the competition without the permission of the basketball federation? Maybe, since we are now facing sanctions from different parties, for some reason they are now discharging their obligations. Well, how did you arrive without permission? This couldn’t happen.

– That is to say, at first they accepted, left, then, roughly speaking, left again?

– Maybe. Someone bought them tickets. And it’s probably their basketball federation. This is apparently some kind of political moment. I don’t know how to comment. The team can’t just come. Of course, with the permission of the basketball federation. Maybe someone put pressure on their basketball federation. “I have this hypothesis,” Elevich told .

The RFB announced on Thursday that it is preparing changes to the Fonbet Friendship Cup match schedule.

Currently, the tournament schedule on the official RFB website for Thursday includes two matches: at 14:00 (Moscow time) the teams of Colombia and Venezuela are expected to play, and a meeting between the Russian national team and Parma is scheduled for 17:00 (Moscow time).

The Fonbet Friendship Cup takes place from August 21 to 25.

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