There were just over 4 minutes left for the game to enter Georgia and Turkey end, or at least the end of regulation time. Furkan Korkmaz tried to finish against the rim and Duda did not come he interceded in such a way that the referees signaled a foul. What happened moments later changed the course of the match and threatens to put the Eurobasket 2022.
Moments after the action, several players from both National Teams got into a conflict that did not escalate on the court thanks to the intervention of referees who pointed out first a technique and then the expulsion de Furkan Korkmaz and Duda Sanadze.
Unfortunately the mess did not end there, so it is time to review what happened between Georgia and Turkey in Eurobasket 2022.
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Fight between Furkan Korkmaz and several players from Georgia
Being expelled, Furkan Korkmaz had to leave the field bound for the locker room, just like Duda did not come. In these cases, the normal thing is that those who have been involved in a brawl do it in different places to avoid greater evils and that they do not coincide.
However, and according to a statement from the Turkish National Team, the Turkish guard was attacked by Duda Sanadze, Goga Bitadze and Toko Shengeila who followed Korkmaz to the locker room.
This was expressed by Omer Onan, Vice President of the Turkish federation:
“As Furkan Korkmaz walked down the hall to the changing rooms with our coach, Georgia players not on the scoresheet attacked him along with the ejected player [Sanadze] and the police. At the end of the match, 30 policemen pushed us. We got into a fight with the Georgian police.”
It should be noted that the match was held in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, hence the intermediation of the Georgian security forces.
Turkey threatens to leave the Eurobasket
The reaction of Turkey the incident was immediate and in the same statement cited above The Turkish national team threatened to leave the Eurobasket if no action is taken against the Georgians.
The Ottoman federation reported that it has started the process to request FIBA access to the security cameras of the venue and take measures, otherwise they would leave the tournament with all that that would entail.
“We want to be shown all the images from all the security cameras in that corridor, minute by minute, without wasting a second,” Onan said.