Crisis in Ukraine: suspended match against Spain

The crisis on the border between Russia and Ukraine has already had consequences in sport: the match between the Ukrainians and Spain, corresponding to the 2023 World Cup Qualifiers and which was scheduled for Sunday, February 27 in Kiev, was postponed to June or July, reported the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB).

“The Ukrainian Federation has finally accepted one of the alternatives offered by FIBA, which was to move it to the dates of the next window in June-July, when the context is expected to make it possible. In the previous weeks, and Depending on the circumstances, FIBA ​​will set the date and venue of the match,” the FEB reported.

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Thus, the Spanish team will play a single match in this window, also against Ukraine, on Thursday 24 at the Palacio Municipal Vista Alegre in Córdoba.

The president of the FEB, Jorge Garbajosa, explained: “Although we were willing to play both games in this qualifying window, we believe that FIBA ​​has made the most correct and responsible decision, which puts the safety of all those involved in a preferential position. in the Kiev match. We regret the situation that our friends in Ukraine are going through and we trust that they can return to normality as soon as possible.

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Where will the second be?

“The next window, in which Ukraine-Spain will fit in, is set for the end of June-beginning of July, and in it, in addition to the match against Ukraine, Spain will host North Macedonia on Friday, July 1, and will visit Georgia on Monday 4. With these three games the first qualifying phase for the 2023 World Cup will close. The second phase, already reduced to 24 countries, will start weeks later, at the end of August, a few days before the Eurobasket”, added the FEB statement.

The fear of an invasion by Russian troops in Ukraine is latent in the international press.

Ukrainian forces near the border.

Ukrainian forces near the border.

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Crisis in Ukraine: suspended match against Spain