Great Britain Basketball Team Refuse To Travel To Belarus For Qualifying Game

Now the fate of the game is to be decided by the FIBA.

Great Britain men's basketball national team refused to travel to Belarus to play a qualifier for World Cup 2023, the euroradio.fm website reports. The game was scheduled to take place in the Palace of Sports in Minsk on February 25. London claims that the reason for such a decision was the concern about the players’ safety, and the situation with Ukraine, which is threatened with the aggression on the part of Russia. And Belarus could join in. Moreover, the other day the Foreign Ministry of Great Britain recommended its citizens to refrain from visiting the Republic of Belarus.

Now the fate of the game is to be decided by the FIBA.

The game between the national teams in Great Britain is scheduled for February 28.