Boss from Türkiye club causes scandal
Eklat in the Euroleague of the basketball players: After a handmade with the referees, the president of the Turkish club CBK Mersin was guided out of the hall by police officers. The incident occurred at the Final-Six tournament in the quarter-final game against French representative Tango Bourges Basket in Saragossa on Wednesday.
According to the AFP news agency, at least another Turkish official was paid.
Mersin President Serdar Cevirgen stormed onto the floor after a decision in the 15th minute and fought a dispute with the referees. The game was interrupted for around five minutes. After Cevirgen was removed by the Spanish police, he took a seat back in the stands at the beginning of the second half. The police brought him out of the hall again under the cheering of the audience.
Mersin won the game (66:59) and meets Valencia Basket/Spain with the German international Leonie Fiebich in the semi -finals on Friday (8:30 p.m.). Usk Prague had previously won against BF Schio/Italy (79:72), in the semi -finals (Friday/5.30 p.m.) for the Czech team against Fenerbahce Istanbul/Turkey around the Berlin nyara Sabally. Sabally and Fiebich had won the title in the US Profiliga WNBA last year with New York Liberty and then switched to Europe for the break between the old and new season.