Dimitri Vernet and AFP 8:37 a.m., September 22, 2022, modified at 8:37 a.m., September 22, 2022
The leader Thomas Heurtel will be excluded from the French basketball team "for the next international deadlines, including the 2024 Olympic Games" if he is "brought to play" with the Zénith Saint-Petersburg, with whom he is committed , the French Federation announced on Thursday.
A drastic decision.
In a press release posted on social networks, the French Basketball Federation announces that playmaker Thomas Heurtel will be excluded from the French team, including for the 2024 Olympic Games, if he plays with Zénith Saint-Petersburg. , Russian club he joined on Monday.
The FFBB reacts to the situation of Thomas Heurtel.
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– FFBB (@ffbasketball) September 22, 2022
The player had however signed a sworn statement indicating that he would not play in Russia
Thomas Heurtel, silver medalist at the Euro which ended on Sunday, had signed at the end of July, like all the players selected for the competition, a sworn statement "indicating that he was not engaged and that 'he was not considering signing with a Russian or Belarusian club'.
The Federation warned in early August that French players engaged in Russian or Belarusian clubs would not be "no longer selectable" until the end of the war in Ukraine.
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