Balkan shame of all shame: tragicomic judge trio humiliated Ivo Daneu

The sports director of the ABA basketball league, Milija Vojinović, apologized today for the expulsion of Slovenian basketball legend Ivo Daneu from the "Tivoli" hall, after he "inappropriately communicated with the referees" during the final match of the second ABA league between Ljubljana's Illyria and Bosnia.

The ABA League leadership responded to the events at the match between Ilirija and Bosna in Ljubljana, when the referees ejected Slovenian basketball legend, 87-year-old Ivo Daneu, from the Tivoli Hall due to comments made on the court.

In the second match of the ABA 2 league final between Illyria and Bosnia in Tivoli, we witnessed an unpleasant event that further casts a bad light on the already weak foundations of the regional basketball competition in the Balkans. The trio of referees, who clearly did not live up to the importance of the showdown, which directly decides on the passenger among the elite of the aba leagues, at one point decided to incline Slovenian basketball …

The management of the ABA basketball league has responded to the events at last night's game in Ljubljana, when the referees ejected Slovenian basketball legend, 87-year-old Ivo Daneu, from the Tivoli hall due to comments on the court. In a note obtained by STA, the competition's sports director Milija Vojinović wrote that she regrets the unpleasant event.

Many former basketball players and experts have loudly condemned the decision of the referees to remove basketball legend Ivo Daneu from the hall during Thursday's Aba 2 League final between Ilirija and Bosna for allegedly criticizing the refereeing. He was watching the match from the sidelines. Reactions are pouring in both Slovenia and elsewhere in the region.