The Netherlands national basketball team will not play a home match against Russia in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers due to the situation in Donbass. This was reported by the press service of the Netherlands Basketball Federation.
The meeting was to take place on Sunday, February 27th. “We count on the understanding of all participants and hope that the match against Russia can be played later,” the message says.
The day before, February 24, Russia and the Netherlands met in Perm. Russian basketball players turned out to be stronger - 80:69.
Russia in the qualifying tournament for the World Cup is in Group H, where Italy and Iceland also play. So far, the Russians are undefeated, having also beaten the Italians (92:78) and the Icelanders (89:65). The Russian team should hold the return matches with Italy and Iceland in July.
Basketball Euroleague has postponed the next matches of Russian clubs Basketball The top three teams will go to the second group stage, where they will play with the top three teams of the G quartet, which includes the national teams of Spain, Georgia, North Macedonia and Ukraine. Following the results of the second group stage, the top three teams in their groups will advance to the World Cup.
The 2023 FIBA World Cup will be hosted by three countries - Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. The tournament will be held from August 25 to September 10. The current winner of the tournament is the Spanish team.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. The head of state explained his decision with historical justice, the potential danger of deploying NATO troops near the Russian borders, as well as the desire to end the eight-year conflict in southeastern Ukraine. On the morning of February 24, Putin announced the start of a military special operation in the Donbass.
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