Basketball B League Cancels game until 1st of next month

Basketball B League Canceled game until next month 1 March 23:14

In the B league of basketball men, the game resumed without spectators from this month after the interruption due to the effect of the new coronavirus, but the game that was canceled due to the fever of players and others continued, We decided to cancel the scheduled game from the day until the 1st of next month.

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the B-League has postponed all matches from the 28th of last month and suspended the league, but has resumed with no spectators since 14th of this month.

However, three games were canceled on the 14th and one match was canceled on the 15th due to the heat of one referee.

The B-League held an extraordinary executive committee on the 16th after hearing the opinions of the athlete association on 16th, and discussed future games.

As a result, players and staff members felt uneasy and unable to create an environment where they could concentrate on playing, and canceled 95 matches of B1 and B2 that were scheduled to be played from 20th to April 1st. I decided to do it.

B-League Masaaki Okawa chairman said that he decided to stop the game immediately after resuming the league match, saying, "We resumed with a desire to rejuvenate Japan in basketball, but immediately NBA = American professional basketball was canceled. In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, guidelines were being set up to play the game, but the emergence of a fever caused players to play the game emotionally. Has become more difficult. "

He said, "I want to make the next decision after the league, clubs and players have become monolithic and will be able to make consent for the resumption." We showed thought to consider about holding.

The two players who were canceled on the 14th and 15th and the symptoms of the referees were due to be able to play according to the guidelines prepared by the league, but they were actually canceled, and the executive committee on the 17th It was pointed out that operation based on the guidelines was not thoroughly implemented.