The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has demanded from the national federations to ban clubs in their countries to participate in the Euroleague and Eurocup. This was reported on the official website of the organization
«FIBA recognizes the need to protect the clubs and leagues at all levels of the illegal activities of the Euroleague, which serves the interests of certain commands to the detriment of other clubs and ultimately to the detriment of basketball”. – said in a statement.
in the case of non-requirement of the national teams of these countries will be excluded from participation in international tournaments, including the Olympics.
in the summer of 2015 FIBA broke the contract with Euroleague to conduct club competition since the season-2015/16 and announced the creation of two new club tournaments, which will be analogous to the Euroleague and the Cup of Europe.
In early March, the Union of European basketball leagues (ULEB) and ten European national basketball leagues (Belgium , Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and Turkey) have officially signed an agreement with FIBA on the establishment of the Champions League.
on Sunday, March 20 VTB United League announced a three-year agreement with Euroleague. Under the contract, the organization for three upcoming seasons will provide VTB United League one annual license “B” to participate in the Euroleague champion of the tournament and the team took the second place in the playoffs (if the champion will be the holder of a license “A” – CSKA).
in this season in the Euroleague Russia represent three clubs: CSKA, “Khimki” and “Lokomotiv-Kuban»
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