Overview
- Referees stopped the qualifier after roughly seven minutes with Holon leading 38–5 when Trapani had only one player remaining on the floor.
- Under FIBA Champions League rules, Holon progresses to the next round due to the forfeit.
- Trapani traveled to Israel with only five players, including teenagers Francesco Martinelli and Luigi Patti who wore teammates’ jerseys with the names covered.
- Several Trapani players left the court or bench in the opening minutes, and the game became untenable after Patti fouled out, leaving only Martinelli on the court.
- The club’s season has unraveled with an eight-point league deduction, unpaid taxes and salaries, departures including coach Jasmin Repesa, a two-year ban for president Valerio Antonini, and Italian media reporting possible expulsion later this week.