A twist for the Poinçonnet basketball players! Eliminated from the Coupe de France on Tuesday evening November 8, after their 67 to 79 defeat against Chartres, they will finally be able to play the 8th finals. Good news due to a point of regulation that the opposing team did not respect.
A player should not have been on the pitch
Tuesday evening, on the floor of the Regional Technical Center of Châteauroux, the Chartres coach indeed brought in “a young player not qualified on the LF2 professional list” under the terms of club press release
. According to the regulations, the young basketball player, officially licensed in a lower division, was not allowed to play.
The French Basketball Federation has therefore decided togrant victory on green carpet to Poinçonnet.
Reception of Strasbourg in the 8th final
The Indian basketball players of National 1 will therefore finally play the Round of 16 on December 1, at 8 p.m., against Strasbourg which plays in Women’s League 2. However, the FFBB specifies
that this meeting, planned again at the CTR of Châteauroux, will take place “subject to the current procedure”.
Good news for the Poinçonnet club, which plays this French Cup reserved for professionals thanks to its place of finalist in the Coupe de France trophy
last season against Monaco.