Another hard blow for Peruvian basketball. Suspended the Peruvian Sports Federation of Basketball since September 2018, now the situation worsened, with the decision of the International Basketball Federation to disaffiliate the national entity from its sports system.
The information made her known ELPOLI.pe, after the FIBA Congress held on recent Thursday. The determination was made in accordance with Article 10.6 of the FIBA General Statutes. With this, Peruvian presence in international competitions is still ruled out.
“On the basis of a proposal presented by the Central Board, Congress can decide to expel a member national federation without indication of reasons”, is the text that appears in the statutes, according to the aforementioned source.
Basketball in Lima
At the end of Mato, the Legacy Project had met with the members of the Lima Basketball League, in order to initiate the steps to reactivate this discipline at the national level; also work for their reintegration into international competitions.
This meeting, held at the Athletic Stadium of the National Sports Village (VIDENA), was attended by the executive director of the Special Pan American and Parapan American Games Legacy Project, Alberto Valenzuela; the head of the Lima Basketball League, Percy Acosta Tamayo; the vice president of the League, César Eyzaguirre; and the head of the technical unit, José Basile.
As part of the sports reactivation plan, the Legacy Project planned to sign an agreement with the Lima Basketball League, facilitating the use of the Villa El Salvador Sports Center, with the slogan that athletes resume their professional activities in the short term.
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