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The Turkish center Sertaç Şanlı in the game against Georgia
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A scandal broke out on Sunday evening at the European Basketball Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia.
According to several media reports, there was a physical altercation in the dressing room after hosts Georgia defeated Turkey 88-83.
According to the Turkish assistant coach, the Turkish professional Furkan Korkmaz, who was sent off, is said to have messed with three Georgians.
The Vice President of the Turkish Basketball Federation, Omer Onan, threatened late Sunday evening, according to the basketball portal "Eurohoops": "If we don't get the material from the security cameras, we will leave this tournament." game started an argument.
Georgia coach Ilias Zouros said in the post-game press conference that he was unaware of such an incident.
The European basketball association Fiba Europe began investigating the incident on Monday.
After you have collected all the facts, you will comment, it said.
For Turkey, the narrow defeat after two overtime was the first of the tournament.
There had already been heated arguments between the two teams on the pitch.
22 seconds underplayed
A possible rule violation on the court will also keep the world basketball association Fiba busy.
In the fourth quarter the clock ticked down a full 22 seconds from 4:48 to 4:26 minutes, although the game was interrupted after a tussle between Korkmaz and Duda Sanadze.
Turkey then lodged a protest against the scoring of the game.
In basketball, the clock is usually stopped when the game is paused.
In the afternoon in Cologne in the game between the German team and Lithuania there was also an obvious mistake by the referees.
The Lithuanians were denied a due free throw after a technical foul by the German bench.
For a long time it was unclear whether the German victory of 109:107 (96:96, 89:89, 46:41) would last after two overtimes because Lithuania had also lodged a protest.
On the night of Monday, the world association then announced that the protest was rejected.
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