1 controversy
1.1 threats of suspension of 14 national teams
1.1.1 reactions possible suspension
1.1.1.1 greece
1.1.1.2 lithuania
1.1.1.3 russia
1.1.1.4 spain
1.1.1.5 slovenia
1.2 suspension of recognition of aba league
1.3 collaboration proposals
1.4 threats of suspension of teams
1.4.1 israel
1.4.2 italy
1.4.3 russia
1.4.4 spain
1.4.5 greece
1.5 expansion of basketball champions league
1.6 return threats of suspension of national teams
1.7 promotion basketball champions league euroleague
1.8 return of italian, french , turkish clubs eurocup
controversy
in june 2015, fiba announced start new league compete euroleague basketball s second-tier eurocup. in july 2015, fiba tried take helm of top-tier euroleague, trying convince 8 of eleven teams euroleague a-licence play in new competition organized fiba instead of current euroleague. proposal unanimously rejected euroleague clubs.
in october 2015, fiba attempted take control of europe s first-tier club competition, proposing basketball champions league, new league have 16 teams, playing in round-robin format, , granting 8 guaranteed spots different clubs.
in november 2015, euroleague basketball agreed 10-year marketing joint venture img. in press release, euroleague announced new competition format 2016–17 season, 16 teams, including eleven a-license clubs (anadolu efes, baskonia, cska moscow, fc barcelona, fenerbahçe, maccabi tel aviv, olimpia milano, olympiacos, panathinaikos, real madrid, , Žalgiris), playing in 1 single group, double round-robin, or in true league-style format, top 8 placed teams regular season playing in best-of-five playoffs round decide qualification 2017 euroleague final four.
after initial proposal rejected euroleague clubs, fiba changed format of basketball champions league, making new competition format, qualifications based on sporting merits. competition officially launched on 22 march 2016.
threats of suspension of 14 national teams
despite offer of fiba european national basketball federations, many clubs instead agreed euroleague participate in 2016–17 euroleague, or 2016–17 eurocup. regional leagues adriatic league , vtb united league, many national domestic leagues, signed contracts euroleague basketball right participate in competitions.
because of support euroleague, fiba threatened suspend 14 european basketball federations eurobasket 2017. notified national organisations given five-day period, until 20 april 2016, explain stance on situation. these federations are:
on 16 april 2016, fiba asked germany take on hosting of 2016 fiba world olympic qualifying tournament italy, @ risk of suspension. in end, no suspensions applied.
reactions possible suspension
greece
giorgios nikolau, director of communications of aek athens, after defeat against paok, in first game of greek league quarterfinals, stated club, not blackmailed anyone, , doesn’t kind of messages . aek had agreed three-year contract euroleague basketball participate in eurocup basketball.
lithuania
on 20 april 2016, lithuanian basketball federation suspended bc lietuvos rytas agreement euroleague. subsequently, club vilnius disqualified lithuanian basketball league (lkl). remigijus milašius, president of lkl, refuted arguments , said that, fiba promised lot of money, not have .
Šarūnas jasikevičius, head coach of lithuanian team bc Žalgiris, argued playing in fiba tournament means taking 20-year step .
russia
andrei kirilenko, president of russian basketball federation, requested vtb united league suspend participation of russian teams in eurocup. said contract vtb voided if league refuses.
spain
francisco roca, president of spanish acb, said, ban unfair , unfounded , , said there not ban spanish teams playing in fiba competitions, despite agreeing contract euroleague basketball.
the spanish basketball federation (feb) requested acb suspend agreement euroleague. acb answered again feb, stating cannot impede spanish clubs joining tournaments, , possible suspension of spanish national team not fault.
on 13 may 2016, supreme council sports of spain unilaterally cancelled agreement between acb , euroleague, aim avoid suspension men s national team. clubs association (acb) regretted action of council, arguing restricts clubs freedom choose competition want play in. also, reminded fiba did not explain reasons possible suspension.
slovenia
the slovenian basketball federation, despite possible suspension of national team, supports fiba in efforts take action against eca’s allegedly anti-competitive , illegal practices , not understand suspension, federation not have rights in adriatic league.
suspension of recognition of aba league
on 13 april 2016, aba league, comprising teams former sfr yugoslavia, agreed euroleague on four-year contract, 1 euroleague , 3 eurocup spots.
because of agreement, fiba threatened suspend 6 national federations teams in aba league, , on 30 april 2016, suspended recognition of aba league. official recognition in place since 2009. krešimir novosel, director of aba league, said unsure fiba s reasons suspending recognition of league, after aba had reformed league follow criteria of international federation.
collaboration proposals
on 3 may 2016, euroleague presented collaboration proposal fiba, integration of international federation euroleague governance, , possibility of accepting new playing windows schedule fiba world cup qualifying games main points.
two days later, fiba sent letter euroleague, requesting agree fiba s newly formed competition (the champions league) become new european-wide second-tier competition, instead of eurocup, agree new fiba national team calendar , make necessary adjustments new playing windows schedule, , agree on future expansion of euroleague 24 teams in upcoming seasons.
threats of suspension of teams
israel
on 28 june 2016, israel basketball association (iba) informed hapoel jerusalem, signed contract participate in eurocup, not allowed register , play in israeli basketball premier league. in response, maccabi tel aviv, 1 of teams a-license play in euroleague, announced that, in case, refuse register premier league. ultimately, iba did not apply sanction.
italy
on 22 april 2016, 3 italian teams signed contract euroleague (reggio emilia, dinamo sassari , aquila basket trento) announced withdraw eurocup. after several threats fiba, withdrew competition, , instead joined fiba competition, basketball champions league.
russia
on 27 june 2016, after participants of 2016–17 euroleague , eurocup basketball revealed, andrei kirilenko, president of russian basketball federation, announced 4 russian participants in eurocup (khimki, lokomotiv kuban, nizhny novgorod, , zenit saint petersburg) disqualified national domestic competitions (like russian cup), , players banned playing russian national team. not affect participation in vtb united league, not organised russian federation.
spain
on 2 august 2016, jorge garbajosa, elected president of spanish basketball federation, sent letter 6 spanish clubs registered in eurocup (bilbao, fuenlabrada, gran canaria, málaga, murcia, , valencia), accusing them of violating rules of spain s supreme council of sports. organisation of spanish government had cancelled acb-euroleague agreement.
greece
the hellenic basketball federation threatened ban aek athens greek basket league, if did not switch eurocup fiba s basketball champions league. hellenic basketball federation stated sent letter fiba, demanded make such threats. after aek refused switch champions league, hellenic basketball federation refused grant greek league player licenses (meaning not play in greek league) of aek s new summer signings, if remained in eurocup. result of this, aek had no other choice withdraw eurocup , switch champions league.
expansion of basketball champions league
on 19 august 2016, fiba announced expansion of basketball champions league 40 teams in regular season, after allowing aek athens, partizan , stelmet zielona góra play in it. 3 teams withdrew eurocup, weeks after competition had established groups , calendar schedule of games.
as consequence of this, eurocup reduced competition 20 teams.
return threats of suspension of national teams
in november 2016, fiba sent new letters national federations slovenia, montenegro , macedonia asking them take measures against clubs compete in eurocup. after this, montenegrin federation suspended budućnost voli domestic competitions due participation in eurocup.
promotion basketball champions league euroleague
in november 2016, fiba returned talk euroleague basketball express wish want euroleague spot champions league winner, euroleague basketball ceo replied fiba’s proposal, because understands mean jump european third division european first division in attempt finish eurocup.
return of italian, french , turkish clubs eurocup
in january 2017, italian clubs wanted return eurocup. in february 2017, french clubs wanted return eurocup, despite wishes of french basketball federation 1 of faithful supporters of basketball champions league. in march 2017, italian federation said give freedom join european competition 2017–18 based on sports merit. days later, turkish basketball federation made same statement , french club asvel basket, chaired nba player tony parker, confirmed join eurocup.
Comments
Post a Comment