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Euroleague CEO Chaus Buano to visit Israel; teams hope to bring games home
Euroleague CEO Chaus Buano and competition manager Diego Gian will arrive in Israel in the coming two weeks, following a meeting by Maccabi Tel Aviv chairman Shimon Mizrachi with senior league officials at the Supercup in Abu Dhabi. Mizrachi is expected to raise the issue also at the Euroleague owners meeting in October at Lake Como, with the support of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. A senior official at one of the teams: 'The goal is to give Euroleague all the guarantees that the teams are confident in Israel,' hoping to bring games home even in the first round.
· Source: Walla. Photo as published in the article
Following confirmation that Euroleague CEO Chaus Buano and competition manager Diego Gian will arrive in Israel within two weeks, there is optimism in Israeli Euroleague teams that games will return home even in the first round, although a senior official emphasized that there is no guarantee for this.
This week, Israeli Euroleague teams, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv, began their season, and next week Maccabi Jerusalem will join them in the Eurocup. As of now, Israeli teams are hosting their games in Europe. According to reports, following a meeting between Maccabi Tel Aviv chairman Shimon Mizrachi and professional manager Claudio Caldabella with senior Euroleague officials during the Supercup in Abu Dhabi, it was decided that Euroleague CEO Chaus Buano and competition manager Diego Gian will arrive in Israel for a visit within two weeks. Mizrachi is expected to raise the issue of returning games also at the Euroleague owners meeting in the second week of October at Lake Como in Italy, and senior officials of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Jerusalem are supporting the move.
According to reports, a senior official at one of the Israeli teams said 'there is really no guarantee that anything will happen,' and added 'we depend on a situation that we have no control over.' The official noted that 'the goal is to give Euroleague all the guarantees that the teams are confident in Israel, and games can be played here,' and added that 'we hope that in the course of the first round we will be able to bring the games home.'
Source: Walla
