Basketball Ireland: Irish to fill Eurobasket matches with Israel
Basketball Ireland said that “has already experienced a 14-year leave of international basketball” and any decision not to meet the fixed upstaying with Israel would be “extremely damaged by Irish basketball and women’s game”.
Sanctions could include 80,000 euros (69,000 pounds) if Ireland boycotted the first fixture with Israel, which is scheduled for 18. November.
Failure to meet the return fastening has led to an additional penalty of 100,000 euros (86,000 furists) and the removal of qualifications for 2027 and 2029 Eurobasket campaigns.
Ireland could withdraw before the qualification began and 30,000 euros were handed over (£ 26,000), but FIBA Europe rules is open to the door for further sanctions.
Ireland will also face Luxembourg and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Group A.
It is not the first time that Ireland is made to face Israel, because the current conflict in Gaza began in October 2023. years.
Ireland refused to handle Israel and stood on the court of the National Hymns in the Qualifier of 2025 Eurobasket in February 2024. years. Years.
When Irish players set up concerns before that qualifier, Israel Player Dor Saar said that the Irish team was “quite anti-Semitic.”
The Israeli coach Sharon Drucker also said that Ireland “did not respect what the game symbolizes, while basketball Ireland said Saar’s comments were” inflammatory and fully inaccurate “and reported remarks in the ruling body of European basketball.
Ireland Fiba warned for their protest, and players were standing for hymns in court and shaken and sharks of Israel in the second Eurobasket qualifications between the parties in Riga in November.
2025-08-08 16:43:00
