“A slap in the face of our basketball and Perm fans” – Eremin on the scandal at the Friendship Cup

The head of the coaching council of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) Stanislav Eremin told Match TV that the situation with the Colombian team’s match at the Friendship Cup was a slap in the face of Russian basketball.

Earlier, the Colombian Basketball Federation (FCB) reported that it did not send a national team to participate in the Friendship Cup, which is being held in Perm. In the opening match of the tournament, the Colombian team suffered a crushing defeat to Parma with a score of 53:155.

On Thursday, the Russian Basketball Federation announced that it was preparing changes to the schedule of Fonbet Friendship Cup matches.

— In the mid-90s, we at CSKA were looking for opponents for training tournaments, and we were often deceived. We agreed on one thing, but it turned out differently.

In this situation, it is an outrage and a disgrace. I don’t know who invited the teams and organized the competitions, usually the federation does this. For me, this is just a slap in the face of our basketball and Perm fans. Such situations need to be checked, – Eremin told Match TV.

At the moment, the tournament schedule on the official website of the Russian Basketball Federation for Thursday includes two games: at 14:00 (Moscow time) the teams of Colombia and Venezuela are scheduled to play, and at 17:00 (Moscow time) the meeting of the Russian team and Parma is scheduled.

Fonbet Friendship Cup runs from August 21 to 25.

• Kirilenko: “The level of the Colombian team is behind expectations. In connection with this, the Russian Basketball Federation has revised the format of the Friendship Cup”