The open war between Iran and Israel has broad consequences at all levels and sport does not escape them. In this case, The Israelite Basketball League – the Winner League – was celebrating the final For the title between MacCabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem, but the competition has decided to cancel it.
Con The 1-1 tiethere was only one party to finish the course, the decision has been directly cancel the tie due to safety difficulties and declare the tournament void, so the final encounter is not going to be played.
In addition, the rumors pointed to two solutions, leave the vacancy or announce two champions. Finally, The decision made has been to not give the championship to anyone and the Israeli basketball season will end up without winner.
Experience in Serbia and Bulgaria
Although the Israel League was played in the territory itself, a few years ago the European parties play outside. Without going any further, The MacCabi Tel Aviv disputes its local matches at the Euroleague at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Belgrade, in Serbia For two seasons, starting in October 2023.
Meanwhile, his rival in this final, The Hapoel Jerusalem, as well as the current Eurocup champion, the Hapoel Tel Avivthey have played their local matches of the European competition in the Samokov Arena, located in the Bulgarian city with the same name as the pavilion.
However, the National League matches have been played in Israel and, far from looking for a solution in a foreign pavilion, the decision of the competition has been to prioritize the safety of the players and Cancel all sports activity of this final.
