FIBA officially began proceedings to sanction players involved in the incident of the EuroBasket Group A game between Georgia and Turkey.
Proceedings have been opened for Goga Bitadze, Duda Sanadze, Tornike Shengelia, Furkan Korkmaz, and the national federations of Turkey and Georgia.
“When I was talking to the tunnel, our conditioning guy was with me. As soon as we walked out of the tunnel and were trying to reach the locker room, I saw three Georgian players alongside two security guys running at us. We started throwing punches at each other. That’s basically what happened,” Korkmaz said on the incident.
“While Furkan Korkmaz was walking in the hallway to the locker rooms with our trainer, Georgia’s players who were not in the active roster attacked him together with the ejected player (ed.note: Duda Sanadze) and the police. There should not be an attack on the player that goes to the locker room. At the end of the match, 30 policemen each pushed us into a fight,” the Turkey NT said in an official statement after the incident.
Per the press release:
“Following the allegations from both National Federations in relation to incidents in the venue after the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 game between Turkey and Georgia, FIBA opened an investigation on September 5, 2022.
After carefully reviewing the case material, including the CCTV videos, FIBA has opened disciplinary proceedings for engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct against the following players: Goga Bitadze (GEO), Duda Sanadze (GEO), Tornike Shengelia (GEO), Furkan Korkmaz (TUR) and their respective national federations.
FIBA has requested from all the parties provide their position on the investigation before deciding on any applicable disciplinary measures.”
