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FIBA Europe Secretary General Nar Zanolin came to the defence of the referees from last night´s quarter-final game between Spain and Croatia during a media round table session with journalists this morning at the Hyatt Hotel in Belgrade.

In Spain''s dramatic 101-85 overtime win over Spain, Croatia were whistled for 37 fouls to Spain´s 14. Spain took advantage, making 38-of-49 attempts from the free throw line to Croatia´s eight-of-12, a decisive factor in the outcome of the game.

The final minute of the game turned ugly as Croatian head coach Neven Spahija drew a technical by crossing mid-court to argue and players shouted at officials from the bench. Guard Marko Popovic was ejected in the final seconds of the game.

The officials were the talk of the post game and many on the Croatian side blamed the crew for the loss.

Zanolin, sitting with FIBA President George Vassilakopoulos, FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann and FIBA Secretary General Emeritus Borislav Stankovic, opened the round table session by immediately addressing the controversy.

"I resented the reactions of one team because they lost," said Zanolin. "There was no way Croatia was cheated out of the game."

Zanolin and other FIBA Europe officials were up until the early morning reviewing the tape of the the game, particularly focusing on the officials´ performance. They were able to evaluate the officials using a digitial score sheet, which provides analysis of all violations during the course of a game.

In reference to the disparity of fouls, he said: "the referees cannot invent fouls. Croatia were more physical and aggressive."

"Referees are not perfect, just like coaches are not perfect and players are not perfect. The officials had towels thrown at them, were insulted and spat at. Is that sportsmanship?"

The FIBA Europe Technical committee decided not to suspend any Croatian players for their actions from the previous night, but the case will reviewed by the FIBA Europe Judge.

The round table session also included an explanation from Baumann regarding the remaining wild-card openings for FIBA World Championship 2006.

Teams that do not finish in the top six of EuroBasket 2005 can still qualify for the four remaining slots for the world event. No more than three countries from one continent will be eligible to qualify, not necessarily meaning that three will come from Europe.

Eight to nine countries from around the world have already expressed their interest in the wild-card, including Canada, the Dominican Republic and Korea to go along with a number of European nations.

100% wildcard za:

SICG (nema nista sporno u tome)
Canada (veliko trziste, igraci iz nba-lige, za mene razumljivo)

bojim se da ostala mjesta dobivaju rusi i talijani.

je. bate kakva su to uopce pravila za dodjelu wild carda.
nema obavezajuce sportske kriterije. naravno ljepo je
za takvim pravilima radit, kad te 10tak kosarkih saveze
mora na svoj trosak mazit-

eh bas, wining i dining. dajte prasima da kuzaju nasu kuhinju.
a ako posaljemo neke fine dame na sobu mozda ima nekih izgleda.

ak se već niko niš nemre dogovorit nek se za ova dva europska wild carda na turniru bore gore navedene europske države. naravno na neutralnom terenu i uz pošteno suđenje pa da vidimo ko je zaslužio da ide, a ko nije.
al se bojim da bi to bilo prepošteno za FIBA-u pa od toga niš.

ovaj veliki tekst(ne znam odakle je) jasno daje do znanja da je puno mogucnosti... cak i najpostenija, da prvi ispod crte sa svih natjecanja idu jer su nowitzki, parker, gasol tamo... dakle dok god ima sanse triba se borit... a s obzirom da je toliko zainteresiranih, nek se igra turnir i nek se svi bore za 4 mista, ili bar europa za 3 a ostali za jedno... kako ce fiba moc pogledat bilo kome ko ispadne u oci i rec to je bilo najpostenije? nedavni primjer kad se igra turnir za zadnje misto na ep daje nadu... dakle nije da nema sanse, istina male su ali dokle god ih ima triba pokusat

imamo lalica u fibi, mirkec je donedavno tamo bija i ima veze, radica sa 35 godina sudackog iskustva, stankovica koji se bori i za scg ali po pravilu marketinga i njima visi... a u fibi dobro znaju da smo pokradeni, pogotovo u fibi svijet ce morat to znat... naravno nikad to nece javno rec, a ni priznat... a ako nam nekim cudom daju wc mogu to opravdat sportskim rezultatima, sedmi smo i niko nece moc rec da nismo zasluzili pozivnicu...a nece priznat kradju

ja kazem triba se borit

Hahhaaha
Pa ljudi moji, vec se zna ko dobija wildcard
SiCG
Rusija
Portoriko
Severna Koreja

Rusija kao buduci organizator s.p. i kao mnogoljudna zemlja
Portoriko, zna se vec dugo
Severna Koreja, politicka igra
SiCG-svetski prvak i 1998 i 2002, ne mzoes a da nedas nekome ko je 8 godina vec svetski prvak pravo da odbrani taj naslov
Od svih drzava SiCG su NAJSIGURNIJE za wildcard
Hrvatska je nece 100% dobiti

Dok ima nada........!!!!!!!!!!

odluka o dodjeli vajld-karti ce biti donešena u Rimu...

domaćin vjerojatno neće ništa prepustiti slučaju, komisiji sigurno neće biti dosadno u rimskim noćima