This Tuesday, September 13, 2022 was held at the headquarters of the Ivorian Basketball Federation, a press conference. Mahama Coulibaly, the president of the federation, having taken part in the conference revealed some points relating to the performances of the team.
The National team had a brilliant run. The first to qualify. The success of the national team is not only the prerogative of the president. It is a collective effort.
declared the president of the FIBB, also informing of the increase in the daily premiums.
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It should be known that the national team started from zero to be heroes today. We went from 25,000 F to 50,000 CFA francs per day with the end of 3.5 million that each player received at the end of the last window.
In the continuation of his speech, he made a return on the history concerning the change of trainer.
Naxto Lezkano left his post without telling the federation. When contacted, he was dubious in his response. I wrote to him on July 14, 2022 and his response was expected before the start of the 4e window. The letter also had no return from the Head-coach.
This intervention by the president comes following the press release from the players of the national basketball team, in which they asked the president to bring back former coach Naxto Lezkano. A few days before this letter signed by most of the players (20 out of 23), the president had announced Dejan Prokic as the new coach of the team.
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This decision was not appreciated by the elephants who demanded Ignacio as a coach during the world basketball competition.
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