Thursday, March 13, 2014
FIBA tightens up on eligibility for Basketball World Cup
FIBA has set deadlines for submission of vital documents to formalize participation in the World Cup in Spain on Aug. 30-Sept. 14 and a hefty fine of $28,000 awaits a team that fails to turn in proof of citizenship for a naturalized player by July 15.
The first deadline is June 15 to confirm the participation of the 24 countries, including wildcards Greece, Turkey, Finland and Brazil. The next deadline is July 15 for each country to submit the initial list of 24 players with passports, birth certificates and FIBA player IDs. A fine of $28,000 will be imposed on teams that miss the deadline.
In the July 15 deadline, FIBA requires specific documents for every naturalized player or “a player with several legal nationalities.” The documents are a certification of non-participation from his former country through its national federation, a declaration letter from the player choosing a new nationality, passport of the player’s original country of origin, valid passport of the player’s new country, certified copy of the player’s original birth certificate, copy of the player’s new nationality ID, excerpt of the law in the player’s new country explaining the process of naturalization, letter of clearance certifying the legality of the naturalization, submission of the naturalized player form and a letter from the new country through its national federation explaining the naturalization of a player.
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The first deadline is June 15 to confirm the participation of the 24 countries, including wildcards Greece, Turkey, Finland and Brazil. The next deadline is July 15 for each country to submit the initial list of 24 players with passports, birth certificates and FIBA player IDs. A fine of $28,000 will be imposed on teams that miss the deadline.
In the July 15 deadline, FIBA requires specific documents for every naturalized player or “a player with several legal nationalities.” The documents are a certification of non-participation from his former country through its national federation, a declaration letter from the player choosing a new nationality, passport of the player’s original country of origin, valid passport of the player’s new country, certified copy of the player’s original birth certificate, copy of the player’s new nationality ID, excerpt of the law in the player’s new country explaining the process of naturalization, letter of clearance certifying the legality of the naturalization, submission of the naturalized player form and a letter from the new country through its national federation explaining the naturalization of a player.
The list of required documents is a clear indication that FIBA is cracking down on “fly-by-night” mercenaries who skirt legalities to acquire a new citizenship without due process. In the coming World Cup, at least nine naturalized players are expected to see action. One of them will be either Marcus Douthit or Andray Blatche wearing the Philippine colors. Blatche’s naturalization was approved on third and final reading in Congress last Monday and will undergo a similar review process in the Senate before final clearance by President Aquino. Gilas coach Chot Reyes will decide whom to play in Spain before the deadline of July 15. Blatche intends to fly over as early as June 15 to begin training with the Gilas pool.
Other naturalized players in line to play in the World Cup include the US’ 5-11 Dontaye Draper of Croatia, Congo’s 6-10 Serge Ibaka or Montenegro’s 6-10 Nikola Mirotic of Spain, Bosnia-Herzogovina’s 6-9 Emil Preldzic of Turkey, the US’ 5-11 Eugene Jeter of Ukraine, the US’ 6-8 Reggie Moore of Angola, the US’ 6-8 Eric Sandrin of South Korea, the US’ 6-1 Larry Taylor of Brazil, the US’ 6-8 Casey Frank of New Zealand and the US’ 6-4 James Feldeine of the Dominican Republic. There are several US-born players in the Puerto Rican team but it’s not certain if they’re considered to be naturalized or part Puerto Rican. Two of them are John Holland and Richard Chaney.
The third FIBA deadline is July 30 for the list of FIBA approved coaches of each team. The fourth deadline is Aug. 10 or 20 days before the tournament begins for the list of 12 players with individual and team photographs. The 12 players can only come from the original list of 24. The last deadline is Aug. 16 for the uniform designs.
On the eve of the tournament, FIBA will convene a team managers’ meeting to reconfirm the 12-man rosters. If for a valid reason, like an injury, a player has to be replaced from the 12-man lineup, FIBA may allow a substitute but only from the original 24 with a fine of $3,200 for each switch.
Other naturalized players in line to play in the World Cup include the US’ 5-11 Dontaye Draper of Croatia, Congo’s 6-10 Serge Ibaka or Montenegro’s 6-10 Nikola Mirotic of Spain, Bosnia-Herzogovina’s 6-9 Emil Preldzic of Turkey, the US’ 5-11 Eugene Jeter of Ukraine, the US’ 6-8 Reggie Moore of Angola, the US’ 6-8 Eric Sandrin of South Korea, the US’ 6-1 Larry Taylor of Brazil, the US’ 6-8 Casey Frank of New Zealand and the US’ 6-4 James Feldeine of the Dominican Republic. There are several US-born players in the Puerto Rican team but it’s not certain if they’re considered to be naturalized or part Puerto Rican. Two of them are John Holland and Richard Chaney.
The third FIBA deadline is July 30 for the list of FIBA approved coaches of each team. The fourth deadline is Aug. 10 or 20 days before the tournament begins for the list of 12 players with individual and team photographs. The 12 players can only come from the original list of 24. The last deadline is Aug. 16 for the uniform designs.
On the eve of the tournament, FIBA will convene a team managers’ meeting to reconfirm the 12-man rosters. If for a valid reason, like an injury, a player has to be replaced from the 12-man lineup, FIBA may allow a substitute but only from the original 24 with a fine of $3,200 for each switch.
Reyes is now finalizing a training plan for Gilas. Although he has started once-a-week Mondays-only practice, Gilas won’t be able to hold daily workouts for the entire pool until the end of the PBA Governors Cup in the second or third week of July – unless the PBA Board allows the national team to compete in the third conference as the 11th entry. Playing in the Governors Cup will be a huge boost for Gilas and is considered to be a win-win-win formula for the PBA, Gilas and the fans.
So far, Reyes has confirmed Gilas to participate in an international four-team pocket tournament at the brand-new 5,500-seat Azur Arena in the French town of Antibes on the Mediterranean coast. Australia, Turkey, France and the Philippines will play in the round-robin meet on Aug. 15-17. The invitation was sent by French Basketball Federation director of international relations Goran Radonjic on the advice of general director Patrick Beesley.
A few days ago, Gilas received another invitation to participate in a three-team invitational series involving the Philippines, New Zealand and South Korea in Incheon on July 29-Aug. 4. The invitation was sent by Jaemin Lee of the Korea Basketball Federation. If the invitation is accepted, Gilas will fly from Incheon straight to Madrid then set up base in Vitoria where more friendlies are being scheduled to prepare the national squad for the World Cup.
The Philippines will play five preliminary round games in Seville from Aug. 30 to Sept. 4. Seville has a population of 705,000 and is the capital of Andalusia. The games will be played at the 7,127-seat Palacio Municipal de Deportes. The Philippines will play Croatia on Aug. 30, Greece on Aug. 31, Argentina on Sept. 1, Puerto Rico on Sept. 3 and Senegal on Sept. 4. If the Philippines finishes in the top four of Group B, it will advance to the knockout round-of-16 starting Sept. 6 in Madrid.
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