European club basketball returns to Israel after a break of more than two years. Israeli teams that had to play their home games in other countries due to the Gaza war will play their home games in the Euroleague and the Eurocup in Israel again from December. The Euroleague announced this after a meeting of the ECA club association.
The Hamburg Towers game in the Eurocup at Hapoel Jerusalem kicks off on December 9th. Bayern Munich will be visiting Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Euroleague on January 29th and Maccabi Tel Aviv on February 12th.
The Euroleague will return to Israel on December 11th with the game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the French club ASVEL Villeurbanne from Lyon. Terrorists from the terrorist group Hamas, among others, carried out a massacre there on October 7, 2023, in which numerous Israelis died. As a result, the Israeli army invaded the Gaza Strip. Tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed in the attacks.