By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Turgay Demirel is the new President of FIBA Europe for the term 2014-2018, elected by the General Assembly of the member federations, in Munich. The 57 year-old former Turkish international is also current President of his country’s Basketball Federation. He prevailed over the only other candidate, Daniel Dimevski from the F.Y.R. of Macedonia, collecting 40 votes.
“This is a great honour and I want to thank all countries of Europe for putting their trust in me,” said Demirel after the result was confirmed. Previously, in his pre-election presentation Demirel had set out the goals for his presidential term: “My aim is to help make basketball the fastest growing sport in Europe, through support of all 51 member federations, strong club competitions and the development of a new generation of stars. A strong FIBA Europe should help all federations develop young talent as this is the cornerstone for the advancement of our sport.”