The basketball World Federation Fiba has suspended a referee trio after a mistake in the match France against Lithuania for the rest of the World Cup in China. The referees Antonio Conde (Spain), Daniel Alberto Garcia Nieves (Venezuela) and Leandro Lezcano (Argentina) should be used in any game of the tournament more, said the Fiba on Sunday.
In the midterm match between France and Lithuania were still about 30 seconds on the clock when Jonas Valanciunas was fouled. The Lithuanian turned the first of two free throws to 75:76. During the second litter, French NBA star Rudy Gobert banned the ring during the rebound. This had not been punished.
This is not a basketball match, "Lithuania coach Dainius Adomaitis said afterwards, explaining what he thought should have happened:" Stop the game, look at it again. "
The Fiba now said that the correct decision would have been to give a point for Lithuania. Why the referees team had not looked at the scene again, the association did not write. The result will not be corrected. France won 78:75 and moved into the quarter-finals prematurely. Lithuania dropped out, winning a win would have given the team the chance to reach the last eight.