Ömer Onan: This is FIBA’s incompetence and ignorance.

Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) General Coordinator Ömer Onan made a statement to the press about the match played against Georgia in the FIBA ​​2022 European Championship and the match against France tomorrow.

“FIBA has huge organizational shortcomings throughout the tournament”

Pointing out that the most important thing for them in Georgia is the safety of the national team, Ömer Onan said, “After FIBA’s officials assured that they would ensure our security at the highest level, we decided to continue. Those who watched those moments and witnessed this situation should make a note of it in history. We still stand behind our attitudes and statements. We have stated this in our correspondence with FIBA. But not just in our case, FIBA ​​has huge organizational shortcomings throughout the tournament. Now we have a very big game ahead of us in Germany. We have directed all our intensity and concentration to that place,” he said.

“This is FIBA’s incompetence and ignorance”

Answering the question about the time of the last 16 round match to be played against France tomorrow, Ömer Onan said, “We have a call to our citizens who live there and will follow us regarding the match in Germany. After Germany, we know that the team that can have the most spectators in Germany is Turkey. Although they put the match at 12:00 noon in a very meaningless way, we will go and fight again. I believe that our Turkish citizens living in Germany will not leave our team alone as always. I believe they will fill the hall no matter what time it is. This situation is completely FIBA’s incompetence, ignorance. No matter how you look at it, it is incompetence to put the match between France, which played the Olympic final, and Turkey, which has the highest number of spectators or citizens in the country where the match will be played, at 12:00 noon. “I think it’s a camera joke, we can’t find the words to say anymore,” he said.

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