Lithuanian Basketball Federation in conjunction with the organizers of EuroBasket 2011 and with the support of Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been achieved by FIBA, to the championship of the national anthems were heard in the full version, not the abbreviated 75-second version, it was still reported today, August 3 BakuToday the organizing committee of the upcoming season.
It turns out that apart from the competition hostess, ‘long’ national anthems and some other participants in the EuroBasket 2011: Spain, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Russia. To the fans of these countries can better feel the pride for their team, and it was decided to seek permission to perform national anthems completely.
To the Organizing Committee noted that the success could not have been possible without the participation of specialists in these negotiations from the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Minister in person.
Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis personally appealed to the FIBA European officials and convinced of basketball program that allows you to fully execute the championship hymns as a whole.
As already reported BakuToday, EuroBasket 2011 will be launched in six cities in Lithuania on 31 August. Team Russia at the preliminary stage will act in Klaipeda at “Mayak”. Championship with 24 participants completed the strongest teams in Europe on September 18.
