By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After today’s election in FIBA Europe, former president Turgay Demirel was re-elected and he will stay on his position until 2023.
Despite the opposition by Turkish Basketball Federation president Hidayet Turkoglu, Demirel won the vote.
Demirel’s opponents were Serbian Basketball Federation Secretary General Dejan Tomasevic and FIBA Europe Vice President Cyriel Coomans.
Demirel received 22 votes in the first round, Coomans got 17 and 11 voters preferred Tomasevic. In the second round, Turgay Demirel received 27 votes against 23 for Coomans.
“I would like to thank all candidates and each National Federation for showing their support to the candidates they trust. I would like to congratulate all the elected Board members. It promises to be an exciting era and as I said before we can only be stronger if we remain united in our family in Europe but also all over the world. We know exactly what the challenges are and we are ready to work hard for the next four years. ” said Mr. Demirel.
FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis said: “President Horacio Muratore and I would like to congratulate Turgay Demirel for his re-election as President of FIBA Europe, as well as all members of the European Board. The new Board has great diversity and representation from all corners of Europe, a proof that basketball is not a privilege of only a few nations. We look forward to continuing working well together for the good of the game.”
FIBA Executive Director Europe, Kamil Novak, added: “European Federations have decided on their new representatives for the next four years. I would like to thank everybody for their great effort to deliver the General Assembly this year and look forward to working with our new Board for the benefit of European basketball.”
Karl Thaler of Austria was re-elected as FIBA Europe Treasurer, with 27 votes, 5 votes more than Grzegorz Bachanski of Poland who was also challenging for the position.
The Assembly also elected 23 members of the Board. Those are (in alphabetical order by Federation):
Nastassia Marynina (BLR); Georgi Glushkov (BUL); Stojan Vrankovic (CRO); Athos Antoniou (CYP); Michal Konecny (CZE); Jorge Garbajosa (ESP); Keio Kuhi (EST); Jean-Pierre Siutat (FRA); George Kartvelishvili (GEO); Wolfgang Brencheidt (GER); John Goncalves (GIB); Asterios Zois (GRE); Ivan Bodrogvary (HUN); Bernard O’Byrne (IRL); Amiram Halevy (ISR); Maurizio Bertea (ITA); Edgars Sneps (LAT); Mindaugas Spokas (LTU); Manuel Fernandes (POR); Carmen Tocala (ROU); Natalia Galkina (RUS); Matej Erjavec (SLO); Giancarlo Sergi (SUI)