16.06.2022
The Board of Shareholders of the Euroleague by a majority of votes approved the list of participating teams for the next season. CSKA is not in the list...
No CSKA in EuroLeague

On July 7, the Euroleague Assembly will take place at Barcelona, where the final verdict will be taken, but, from the practice of previous years, this is a formality. The urgency of today's decision is explained by the need to prepare a schedule. The spots of the Russian teams will be occupied by Partizan and Valencia.

Andrey Vatutin, PBC CSKA President:

In fact, the decision was made before the meeting, and it was difficult to expect a different result. This is a political decision. Most Euroleague clubs are convinced that the governments of their countries will not allow them to play against Russian teams. I'm sure there are no winners here. By the way, Jordi Bertomeu also noted that this is a forced political step, from which everyone loses, and the league was stronger with CSKA. There were many words about the importance of CSKA for the tournament, but the decision was still taken against us. These are words, but in fact Russia was deprived of participation in the Euroleague. It is unfortunate that over the past three months, no one from the leadership of the Euroleague considered it necessary to discuss with Russian clubs the possibility of their participation in the tournament as well as the general situation. As for the legal consequences and our further actions, we need to see how the decision will be formalized legally. After that, together with lawyers, we will make a decision. The issue of depriving CSKA of Euroleague shares was not discussed, we intend to continue to be shareholders of the tournament.

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