Without Serbia in the Board of FIBA Europe

Belgrade, May, 19. 2010 (Serbia today) – Serbia lost its first representative in the Board of FIBA, while the Icelander Olafur Rafnson has been elected for President on Sunday. In addition to the surprise also Predrag Danilovic, president of the basketball club Partizan, did not get a third mandate to the Board. The Secretary General of the Basketball Association of Serbia Zoran Gavrilovic was shocked by the news from FIBA. Predrag Danilovic has not passed the Board which is shocking. But not only that. The highest authority is not operating any place or the representatives of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and Izreala, and even some basketball respective countries. It is simply shocking”, said Gavrilovic for Sportski zurnal. President of the association Dragan Kapicic, was also surprised of the results of the vote. "That leaves plenty of room for doubt, which certainly is not good for basketball," said Kapicic