A Bundesliga referee who referees the game of a team from his home city? This is unthinkable in football.>>>>CONTINUE READING HERE
But in the women’s basketball league, this has now been taken to the extreme…
In the first game of the play-off semi-final series (best-of-5) between Alba Berlin and the Gisa Lions MBC, not one referee came from Berlin, not even two – but all three: Tamer Arik, Anton Kotlyar and Susanne Winking !
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However, the club’s official press release listed the game’s detailed foul statistics without comment: “The Berliners were awarded 36 free throws, the Lionesses less than half (17). The guests received 25 fouls, four of which were unsportsmanlike, and the team bench also received one technical foul. Co-captain Laura Schinkel was eliminated in the 38th minute because of two unsportsmanlike fouls. Alba had 18 fouls.”
Löwen sports director Mario Zurkowski also took note of the numbers. But he emphasizes: “The defeat had nothing to do with the referees. If you lose at altitude, you don’t even need to talk about it.”
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Nevertheless, he considers the appointment of the crew to be unfortunate: “If we want to professionalize ourselves in the DBBL, then the necessary sensitivity when appointing referees is also necessary. If such things were on the screen, then in hindsight people wouldn’t even talk about such topics.”
The reality is: Normally, games in the DBBL are officiated by only two referees (instead of three as in the men’s game). This season, a third party will only be added from the semi-finals onwards, and the jury will also be reinforced by a technical commissioner.
DBBL referee boss Claus Lauprecht defends the appointment in Berlin. And explains: “This is actually nothing unusual. It has been common practice for years that we base our approach on quality and not on regional considerations.”
Because of the explosiveness, he deliberately chose the experienced Arik (who has already led over 300 BBL games). And at his side are Kotlyar and Winking, who have proven themselves in the ProA and DBBL. During the Corona period, the BBL and DBBL even decided to explicitly play the games regionally. Lauprecht: “That was never an issue. Plus, most of them have moved somewhere now.”>>>>CONTINUE READING HERE
Game two takes place again on Friday (7 p.m.) in Berlin. Let’s see who’s in charge then…
Controversy in Women’s Basketball League: All-Local Referee Crew Officiates Playoff Game
ByAllNigeria
Apr 7, 2024