Athletistic / Basketball. The Russian national basketball team will not play against the Colombian team at the 2024 Friendship Cup, the press service of the Russian Basketball Federation (RFB) reported.

The tournament is held in Perm. Earlier, the Russian team beat Venezuela with a score of 79:57. Colombia was supposed to be Russia’s next rival.

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Previously, the Colombians had suffered devastating defeats against Parma and the Venezuelan national team. In turn, the Colombian Basketball Federation indicated that it had not sent its team to the tournament.

“In order to maintain the sporting level of the competition and ensure equal conditions for all participants, the Russian Basketball Federation has made changes to the Fonbet Friendship Cup schedule,” the organization said in a statement.

Updated tournament schedule:

August 23:

4:00 p.m. – BC Parma – Colombia;
7:00 p.m. – Venezuela – Russia.

August 25:

11:30 a.m. – Colombia – BC Parma;
2:30 p.m. – Venezuela – Russia.

The schedule shows local time.



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