Created Date: January 06, 2026 23:24
The play-in match between Trapani Shark and Hapoel Netanel Holon ended with the Italian team down to a single player in the 7th minute.
The Trapani Shark-Hapoel Netanel Holon match played in the Basketball FIBA Champions League play-in qualifying round series went down in history with the incident.
Italian representative Trapani Shark, struggling with economic problems, went to Bulgaria, where the match would be played, with only 5 players.
Shortly after the start of the match, Riccardo Rossato, Fabrizio Pugliatti and Alessandro Cappelletti left the field, leaving Trapani Shark with 2 players on the court.
After Matteo Patti, born in 2007, in the Italian team, which competed with two players for a while, received his 5th foul, the referee stopped the match 3 minutes and 6 seconds before the end of the first quarter, and Hapoel Netanel Holon won the match 38-5.
FIBA registered the match as a forfeit loss against Trapani (38-5) due to the Trapani Shark having fewer than two players on the field ready to play.
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