“The tournament is guaranteed to go ahead. It is not yet known whether Colombia will participate.” – Match TV journalist on the Friendship Cup scandal

correspondent on the ground Alexander Degtyarev said that the Basketball Friendship Cup in Perm was guaranteed to continue, despite the scandal involving the Colombian national team.

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.

— We are trying to get a reaction from the organizers of the competition. As far as I understand, the tournament is guaranteed to continue. It is not yet known whether the Colombian national team will participate in it. For this reason, the configuration of the tournament may change. Nothing will change in our work, we will continue to focus on the Russian national team. The only thing is that tomorrow, according to the plan, there should be a match between the Russian national team and Colombia, but I am sure that our team has not lost anything in sporting terms.

— Besides Colombia, Venezuela is participating in the tournament. Did they have the strongest team?

— At the beginning it was clear that their team composition would not be the main one. It is not the first team, but it is still one of the strongest players. There is no question about them. They played yesterday’s match at an acceptable level. I am sure that their match against the Colombian team yesterday would have ended with as many points as with Parma.

— It is still not known whether Colombia will continue to participate in the tournament?

– Yes. We are regularly in touch with the organizers and live in the same hotel with them. We, like everyone else, are waiting for the official position of the RBF and the decision, “Degtyarev told .

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

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