Barcelona’s mess with the Turkish Basketball Federation for the refusal of the Barça team to give up Sertac Sanli for the match between the Ottoman team and Great Britain, corresponding to the second day of the first Qualification Window for the 2023 World Cup, which will be played in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.
“Sertac Sanli, who plays for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Basketball League, will not be able to play in our national team’s match against Great Britain due to the club’s refusal to allow him to do so,” the Turkish Federation said in a statement. “We have conveyed our discomfort about the issue to FIBA and we have taken the necessary measures”.
The Barça center was already absent from Turkey’s first game, which fell 84-70 in Belarus. The reason, the refusal of the Euroleague (and the teams that own this competition, including Barça) to stop their competition during the national team breaks and also to give up their players.
Permission for Brandon Davies
A conflict that has been raging since the qualifying phase for the 2019 World Cup in China, which started in November 2017 by a unilateral decision of the FIBA. Four years have passed and the situation remains stranded, with the protagonists still distant, despite the different meetings held to date.
The position with Sanli contrasts with the Barcelona position with Brandon Davies: the American center obtained the club’s permission to play for Uganda, country from which he obtained the Cotonou passport, which allows him not to occupy an extra-community place in the Endesa League. Ugana fell to Mali in Benguela (Angola) 76-66 despite 24 points and 16 rebounds for Davies’ 33 PIR. The pivot will play again this Saturday against Cape Verde.
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