Darussafaka considering leaving EuroLeague Basketball competitions to join BCL
The Turkish powerhouse may leave EuroLeague to join FIBA’s competitions
Darussafaka is seriously considering to leave EuroLeague Basketball competitions starting from 2021-2022
Turkish powerhouse Darussafaka is in talks with FIBA to join Basketball Champions League from next season, a source told Sportando and Trendbasket.
Dacka has played three seasons in EuroLeague, two with a wild card and one after winning the EuroCup title in 2018.
Darussafaka is mad at EuroLeague for how it was handled the decisive EuroCup Top 16 game against Virtus Bologna.
The Turkish team, after Virtus was not allowed to fly to Istanbul, tried to play the game in Berlin but EuroLeague refused to accept the proposal and organized the game in Belgrade without fans.
The game cost Darussafaka around €100k considering that they had to pay the Stark Arena around €80k plus the refund of tickets to the fans that had already bought the ticket for the game in Istanbul. Darussafaka asked to share the cost of arena but the request was denied.