Garbachosa: “Proud of Eurobasket’s referees-we will look at roster growth”

Satisfied by the level of organization and arbitration at Eurobasket said the FIBA Europe President Jorge Garbachosaat a press conference at the “Riga Arena”. At the same time he left the possibility of increasing the team roster, and added that there would be no back-to-back games in the 2029 games. In detail he spoke:

For the Group of Cyprus: “Cyprus may be a small country, but its organization was great and they really deserve congratulations because they did a great job and we only heard good words.”

For the possible increase in the roster of the teams: “We’re talking about injuries on the one hand and whether the roster will increase. It is true that Germany will play with 10 players in the final. Decisions do not come because we woke up and thought that these decisions are good. They are decisions that come under discussion. The committee meets. We are really open to discuss it. There is Potensic for improvement. ”

For the many games in the season: “The best players are here because they play every 4 years. If it were every 2 years it would be exterminating. In the years I was playing, I didn’t have much trip between the games. The decision we made was to expand the event to have only one back to back game. There will be no back to back to 2029 because we are thinking about the health of the players. ”

For the level of arbitration: For arbitration I have to be honest. I am very proud of the referees. Everyone makes mistakes, but we have to protect them. The way they handle the game and make decisions is high. ”

FIBA Executive Director Camille Novak said on his part: “For the event of the Eurobasket 2025 we initially had 6 candidates who became 3 on the way due to the war that broke out in Ukraine. The geopolitical situation was very difficult and we thank the countries that responded. There is a huge investment of Cyprus and its government to organize a historic event. In Poland there was an excellent organization in the new arena in Katowice. A great investment was made by the Federation. In Tampere it is the most modern arena in Europe. Hospitality is well known there since 2017. I don’t have to say much about Latvia. There was a pre -Olympic event, a bubble races. Many experiences and congratulations to all the countries that organized the clubs. We have two more games for the end of the tournament, but they deserve congratulations to the Group’s organizing countries”

For the ticket prices he said: ‘We had some comments last year on ticket prices. We need to understand that it is Eurobasket and is held every 4 years. The best players in Europe are playing here, some of them are Mega Star in the NBA. It’s something we think, the value of tickets”

Finally, asked if the arrival in the quarter -finals replied: “The numbers were indicative. We have to think that if we play in Berlin, for example, the distance that people will have to go there. Things can always be better. In the last 3 days we were very pleased with what we saw“