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Originally posted by ref18
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Originally posted by gostars
According to FIBA both teams were mistakenly told to where home whites. Both teams sent people to retrieve their coloreds. The US alternates arrived first so they were the ones to change.
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It all makes sense now, I didn't know that FIBA told both teams to bring white shirts.
Now I can understand why no penalty was enforced for this.
Thanks
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The game sheets and the policy manual state that the team listed first is the home team. Lithuania was listed first and therefore, was the home team. However, an official was told before the semifinal game that the USA would wear white uni's in their next game, win or lose.
The USA visitor uniforms were packed for shipment back to the states. They were forced to return to the Queen Mary hote to get them.