In the statement made by FIBA on the referee management in EuroBasket 2022, it was stated that FIBA has approved some issues after the inquiries made about the referee management of the European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket) 2022.
“FIBA acknowledges two serious mistakes that occurred during the group stage of the event.” The statement started as follows:
“The first of these occurred in the Group B match between Lithuania and Germany, when the referees and the scorer failed to award a deserved free throw after a technical foul. Thereupon, FIBA decided that the three game officials and the game commissioner would not serve until the end of the event. The second was Turkey. -It was a timekeeping error in the Georgia match. After expert analysis of the precision timing system records, it was concluded that although the game clock was stopped by the authorities, the special device behind the referee was inadvertently operated by one of the players, who was trying to isolate the players during an event on the field.”
Despite the fact that the game was stopped after Georgia player Duda Sanadze fouled Furkan Korkmaz with 4 minutes and 48 seconds left, the match clock continued at 4 minutes and 26 seconds. Thereupon, TBF appealed at the end of the match for the 22-second lost time.
FIBA, on the other hand, rejected the objection to the replay of the match, stating that although there was an error in the timekeeping in the 4th quarter of the match, there was no definitive proof that the result would have changed if the error did not occur.
“FIBA is taking a number of additional measures to ensure that EuroBasket officials perform at a high level, including independent evaluations of the referees as well as extensive pre- and post-match individual evaluations. FIBA takes all necessary precautions during the match to ensure that the officials “It will continue to evaluate its performance, but will not accept the abuse of its officials before, during and after the match. FIBA urges all its stakeholders to maintain a favorable environment for officials, like their players, to function on the pitch.” information has been given.
It was stated that the selection of the officials who will take part in the Final Stage, which will start tomorrow, has been completed and 20 of the 44 referees have been selected to serve in Berlin.
The statement said, “All these referees manage the weekly matches where the best players of Europe compete in their local leagues. They also have experience of 36 EuroBaskets, 12 World Cups and 12 Olympic games.” made its assessment.