Olympiacos didn’t show up for the first match of the Basket League quarter-final series against Panathinaikos, with the Piraeus giants now set for automatic relegation to the second tier.
ESAKE revealed that referees Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Anastasios Manos, and Panagiotis Diamantis will oversee proceedings in the first game, with Olympiacos having already stated that they wouldn’t play in a match refereed by Anastopoulos and Manos.
The Erythrolefki have also claimed that the validation of the Basket League regular season standings was illegal given that their appeal against the selection process of referees for the final round of games is still ongoing. Olympiacos are now set to suffer automatic relegation to the second tier after previously forfeiting the Greek Cup semi-final and a Basket League regular season meeting against Panathinaikos.
However, this will not affect Olympiacos’ participation in the EuroLeague due to an existing contract between the two parties which means the Erythrolefki cannot be thrown out of the tournament.
