Fiba fines Korea, China, Chinese Taipei for failure to participate in second window

January 20 ------ KOREA, China, and Chinese Taipei have been fined for their failure to participate in the second window of the 2021 Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers. Fiba announced the sanctions late Tuesday night with the Disciplinary Panel handing out the penalties to the three national federations. All three were slapped with a disciplinary fine of CHF 160,000 (P8.6 million), half of which amounting to CHF 80,000 (P4.3 million) being given to each national federation who will participate in the next window of the qualifiers.

Aside from that, Korea, China, and Chinese Taipei will be deducted two points from their overall standings., with one point going to the other teams participating in the February window. That means that although Korea remains unbeaten at 2-0 in Group A, its points will drop from four to two, with one point to be given to the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia if all participates in the said window in Clark.

Korea begged off from joining the Bahrain bubble due to health concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. The same goes for Chinese Taipei (1-1 record, three points) and China (0-0, 0 points), with fellow Group B foes Japan and Malaysia standing to benefit from those deductions. Group B was unable to hold games in the second window in November due to the non-participation of the aforementioned two nations. Tokyo will host the remainder of the games for this bracket in February.

Source: spin.ph