At the meeting held today in Istanbul, the shareholders of the basketball Euroleague agreed that Maccabi from Tel Aviv will play all upcoming home games in Belgrade in the "Aleksandar Nikolić" hall.
Maccabi will play its first game in Belgrade on November 9 against Bayern. The sixth round match between Maccabi and Real Madrid originally scheduled for November 2 has been postponed.
This decision was made in view of the events in Israel and the armed conflict in that country.
"Maccabi has received the support of Belgrade and the government of Serbia and will participate in discussions on planning the necessary security measures. The aforementioned measures will be presented to the Euroleague and other teams for review," the Euroleague press release states.
The EuroLeague asked Hapoel Tel Aviv to register the hall in which they will play home matches in the Eurocup, which is located outside the territory of Israel.
On October 8, the president of the Partizan basketball club, Ostoja Mijailović, sent an open letter to Maccabi on behalf of Partizan, in which he offered the Israeli club a "temporary home" in Belgrade, after the terrorist attacks and the beginning of armed conflicts in Israel.
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