All basketball players of the China-Puerto Rico game at the Stankovic Continental Champions Cup were disqualified from the game after a brutal fight on the court on Friday night.

Puerto Rico's Manuel Narvaez severely fouled on China's Yi Jianlian with 1:29 left in the game when China led by 91-80.

Yi advanced towards Narvaez when the foul was called, which led to an on-court battle between the two teams.

The fight was finally stopped by the spectators, who threw down dozens of bottles of water into the court and the players of Puerto Rico had to run back to the locker room to avoid injury.

"All members of the teams were disqualified and the game was stopped," said a statement released by the Technical Committee of the Tournament late in the night.

The final results of the game stands as it was at the time of the incident and the tournament will continue as schedule, the statement said.

The world basketball governing body FIBA expressed deep regret and concerns of the incident. The FIBA could put up more penalties to both teams after the tournament.

Officials from the Chinese Basketball Association guaranteed that immediate measure would be taken to avoid further incidents.

Source: Xinhua