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The Israeli Basketball Premier League is back - in a limited format | Israel Hayom

11/19/2023, 5:06:07 PM

Highlights: The Israeli Basketball Premier League is back - in a limited format. Administration officials have authorized all teams to postpone games until January 1. Any team that wants to take advantage of the option to postpone a game must do so today. As of now, it is already known that at least two games will not be played. This happened less than a day before the great disaster of October 7, when Ness Ziona beat Hapoel Afula in a Friday afternoon game. It is already clear that the return cycle will not take place in full.


Administration officials have authorized all teams to postpone games until January 1, and some have already requested to do so in light of the situation

The Israeli Basketball Premier League is scheduled to resume operations this Saturday, but it may happen in a limited format, depending on the situation of the teams, after league officials decided on Sunday that teams would be given permission to postpone one game until January 1.

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Any team that wants to take advantage of the option to postpone a game must do so today, and given the state of affairs, it is already clear to everyone that the return cycle will not take place in full. As of now, it is already known that at least two games will not be played - Ironi Ness Ziona vs. Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Holon - and chances are that they will not be the only ones.

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So far, there has only been one league match in the 2023/2024 season. This happened less than a day before the great disaster of October 7, when Ness Ziona beat Hapoel Afula in a Friday afternoon game

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