Local international basketball referee Bernard Vassallo will be once again in action in Europe in the following days after he was nominated by FIBA to control a Top 16 play-off game in Spain next Tuesday 27 January

In fact, this will be the ninth international appointment for Vassallo this season.

He will control the FIBA Euroleague Top 16 play-off game (best of three) between hosts Ros Casares Valencia and Kosice (Slovakia).

This game is to be played at the 9,000 seater Pabellon Municipal Fuente de San Luis in Valencia.

The other referees will be Marcello Reatto (Italy) and Johan Jeanneau (France) whilst the FIBA commissioner will be Rui Valente (Portugal).