{"id":1772,"date":"2014-03-26T15:30:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2014-03-26T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T13:35:20","slug":"26-3-14-euroleage-basket-ceo-jordi-bertomeu-with-a-clear-statement-neither-the-nba-nor-the-the-euroleague-basket-will-stop-their-club-season-for-qualification-matches-of-national-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/?p=1772","title":{"rendered":"26.3.14: Euroleage Basket CEO Jordi Bertomeu with a clear statement: Neither the NBA nor the the Euroleague Basket will stop their Club season  for Qualification matches of National Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/baloncesto.as.com\/baloncesto\/2014\/03\/26\/euroliga\/1395794817_276485.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/baloncesto.as.com\/baloncesto\/2014\/03\/26\/euroliga\/1395794817_276485.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ricardo Gonzales, Journalist of AS, one of the leading Spanish sports newspapers, took an interview with Jordi Bertomeu, CEO of Euroleague Basket. The issue: As of 2017 the World Basketball Federation FIBA plans to schedule qualification matches for National teams during the season \u2013 as in football or handball. For the moment in basketball there are no National team matches during the club season between September and June. A major conflict ahead!?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Ni la NBA ni la Euroliga van a parar por las selecciones&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2018Neither the NBA nor the Euroleague are going to stop (their competitions) for the National teams\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Jordi Bertomeu, director ejecutivo de la Euroliga, nos habla de los planes de la competici\u00f3n continental. Tambi\u00e9n de sus problemas, de las disputas con la FIBA.<\/p>\n<p>Jordi Bertomeu, the CEO of Euroleague, speaks to us about the plans of the continental competition. And also about his disputes with FIBA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ricardo Gonzales \u00bf La FIBA cambia el calendario, la Euroliga hace sus planes, los clubes tienen intereses opuestos&#8230; Y, mientras, el baloncesto pierde peso. Ser\u00e9 ingenuo, \u00bfpero no es posible una sentada colectiva?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bfFIBA is changing the calendar, the Euroleague makes its own plans, the clubs have opposite interests &#8230; and, in the meantime, basketball is losing weight. Maybe it is naive, but why it is not possible to have a common approach?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jordi Bertomeu \u2014S\u00ed, el mensaje es contradictorio. La FIBA (Federaci\u00f3n Internacional de Baloncesto) ha decidido unilateralmente que las selecciones jueguen a partir de 2017 partidos de clasificaci\u00f3n en febrero y noviembre, durante la temporada de clubes, como en el f\u00fatbol. La NBA ya ha dicho que no parar\u00e1 su competici\u00f3n, y la FIBA lo asume; pero si lo dice la Euroliga, est\u00e1 mal. Quiz\u00e1 esa sea la contradicci\u00f3n m\u00e1s grande. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 debemos ser condenados por decir lo mismo que la NBA?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes, the message is contradictory. FIBA has unilateraly decided that the National teams will play Qualification matches in February and November, during the club season, as in football. NBA has announced that they are not going to stop their competition, and FIBA accepts; but if Euroleague says the same, it is bad. Maybe this is the greatest contradiction. Why shall we be condemned for saying the same as FIBA?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00bf A lo mejor el baloncesto europeo necesita a las selecciones m\u00e1s que la NBA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bf Mainly because European Basketball needs the National teams more than the NBA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014Esas selecciones ser\u00e1n falsas. Nosotros no somos la NBA, pero la FIBA no puede pretender ser la FIFA (Federaci\u00f3n Internacional de F\u00fatbol). Cuando esta tiene que hacer un calendario, Messi juega en Paraguay un mi\u00e9rcoles de febrero. Pero cuando la FIBA quiere hacer de FIFA, Ricky Rubio no viene con Espa\u00f1a durante la temporada a jugar contra Hungr\u00eda. Los NBA no van a estar ni en Am\u00e9rica ni en Europa ni en \u00c1frica ni en Asia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These National teams will be false. We are not the NBA, but FIBA shall not pretend to be FIFA. If FIFA makes a calendar, Messi plays in Paraguay on a Wednesday in February. But if FIBA wants to make the same like FIFA, Ricky Rubio is not going to play for Spain during the club season against Hungary. The NBA players will not play neither in America,nor in Europe, nor in Africa or Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00bf Piensa entonces que la Euroliga y los clubes no necesitan a las selecciones?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bf Though you think that the Euroleague and the clubs do not need the National teams?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014No. Las selecciones son importantes. Por eso promocionaremos la Copa del Mundo de Espa\u00f1a en la Final Four y por eso hemos propuesto dos alternativas. Una: que jueguen en junio y julio. Y la otra: en septiembre y octubre y empezar la Euroliga en noviembre. \u00bfY sabe qu\u00e9? Ni nos han escuchado. Su proyecto est\u00e1 devaluado porque las selecciones no contar\u00e1n con los mejores. La Euroliga disputar\u00e1 sus partidos y no pasar\u00e1 nada. Mis clubes lo han decidido as\u00ed. Y ya hay jueces que han dicho que no es obligatorio ir con las selecciones. Ha pasado en Grecia con Mavrokefalidis.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No. The National teams are important. Therefore we are promoting the World Championship during the Final Four and therefore we proposed two alternatives. One: that we play in June\/July. And the other: in September and October and to start Euroleague in November. And you know what? Nobody has been listening to us. The project is devaluated, because the National teams do not count on their best players. The Euroleague will play its matches and nothing is going to happen. My clubs decided to do so. And there are judges who have said that it is not obligatory to go to the National team. This happened in Greece with Mavrokefalidis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00bf Y si el jugador quiere ir?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bf <strong>And if the player wants to go (to the National team)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014Que lo hable con su club. No tenemos nada en contra. Lo que digo es que la NBA no va a participar y la Euroliga tampoco. El 90% del proyecto FIBA nos encanta, pero no el calendario. Est\u00e1 bien que se juegue el Eurobasket cada cuatro a\u00f1os, es muy bueno que las selecciones disputen m\u00e1s partidos en casa, pero no invadiendo nuestro espacio. Y as\u00ed lo pactamos en el a\u00f1o 2000.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0will speak\u00a0to\u00a0his club. We are not opposing. What I say is that neither NBA nor Euroleague will stop. We like 90% of the FIBA project, but we do not like the calendar. It is good that the European Championships in Basketball are played once in four years, it is very good that the National teams have more home matches, but\u00a0without touching our period in the calendar. We agreed upon this in the year 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00bfLa Euroliga lleva unos meses debatiendo su futuro, \u00bfqu\u00e9 hay ya en claro?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bf The Euroleague is leading debates about its future, anything is more clear now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014A corto plazo no veo un cambio de competici\u00f3n, ni de formato ni de d\u00edas (jueves y viernes) ni de fechas. Nuestras reformas han ido encaminadas a jugar m\u00e1s partidos entre los mejores equipos y si sigui\u00e9ramos esa pol\u00edtica&#8230; No quiero transformar nada que complique la vida a las Ligas nacionales.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shortly saying, I do not see any change in the competition, not in the format, not in the playing days (Thursdays and Fridays) not in the dates. Our reforms led to more matches between the best teams and we continue this policy &#8230;. I do not want any changes which complicate the life of the National leagues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the full interview please visit AS:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/baloncesto.as.com\/baloncesto\/2014\/03\/26\/euroliga\/1395794817_276485.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/baloncesto.as.com\/baloncesto\/2014\/03\/26\/euroliga\/1395794817_276485.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/baloncesto.as.com\/baloncesto\/2014\/03\/26\/euroliga\/1395794817_276485.html Ricardo Gonzales, Journalist of AS, one of the leading Spanish sports newspapers, took an interview with Jordi Bertomeu, CEO of Euroleague Basket. The issue: As of 2017 the World Basketball Federation FIBA plans to schedule qualification matches for National teams during the season \u2013 as in football or handball. For the moment in basketball [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1774,"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions\/1774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forumclubhandball.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}