The protest of the Turkish national basketball team against the rating of the European Championship game against hosts Georgia has been rejected by the Fiba Europe association.
This was announced by the association. In Sunday evening’s game, the clock ran down a full 22 seconds from 4:48 to 4:26 minutes in the fourth quarter, although the game was interrupted after a tussle between Furkan Korkmaz and Duda Sanadze.
Turkey lost after two overtimes by 83:88 (75:75, 68:68, 33:36) and then protested against the score of the game.
In basketball, the clock is usually stopped when the game is paused. Fiba Europe justified the decision by saying that Turkey could not prove that without the timekeeping glitch the result would have been different.
In addition, after the encounter, there was said to have been a physical altercation in the dressing room. According to the Turkish assistant coach, the Turkish professional Korkmaz is said to have messed with three Georgians.
The Turkish federation even threatened to withdraw from the European Championship afterwards. An investigation into this is ongoing. “After the investigation has been completed, the responsible FIBA committees will decide on further disciplinary measures,” it said.
