Lointek Gernika will not travel to Israel for matchday 1 of the Eurocup, which was scheduled for Thursday
He Lointek Gernika Bizkaia He will not travel this Wednesday, October 11, to Israelto dispute the match that was to be played on Thursday at the Ramat Hasharon court, very close to Tel Aviv, as reported on Monday by the Biscayan club. The Lointek Gernika has based its decision in “the current circumstances that have arisen this weekend in Israel, where a state of war has been declared”And in the cancellations of Iberia flights to Tel Aviv“. Thus, FIBA, as detailed by Lointek Gernika, will issue “a statement on the matter this afternoonalthough It is assumed that this week’s game is suspended. “We are working to see how this match can be played later.” EITB was going to broadcast the match, on ETB4 and on eitb.eus.
In this context, remembers the Gernika-Lumo entity, “this week the group stage of the Eurocup begins, with Lointek Gernika framed in group D, along with Ramat Hasharon from Israel, French Lattes-Montpellier and MB Zaglebie Polish Sosnowiec. On the first day, it was scheduled that this Thursday the 12th, at 5:30 p.m., Lointek Gernika would face Ramat on Israeli soil.
However, “given the current circumstances”, the team “will not travel to Israel this Wednesday, as planned”, highlights Lointek Gernika, which has been, since this Saturday, “permanently in contact with the Spanish Basketball Federation, with the FIBA and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Spainto know the state of the situation in Israeli lands and the possibilities of traveling to Israel”.
As has been reflected, a statement from FIBA is expected on Monday afternoon, but Lointek Gernika “takes for granted” that the match is “suspended.”
Source: Eitb

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