It is now official. The championship basketball to Israel It is completed prematurely due to the war situation with Iran, without being a championship team.
As expected, the organizing authority announced that this year’s basketball championship in Israel will not be completed. The title will not go to Maccabi Tel Aviv, nor to Hapoel Jerusalem (1-1 was the turn of the finals).
The decision was unanimous, according to the official briefing! The Israelis decided not to look for a date for the third match of the series (1-1) because of the war that has erupted between their country and Iran.
We recall that the Americans of the two teams have already left, while the two teams’ administrations had been in favor of canceling the third match.
The announcement:
“Following the intensive consultations with the competent bodies and teams, and given the situation of war with Iran and the inability of the decisive third final between Maccabi and Hapoel Jerusalem, the Committee of Emergency Situations of the League decided that the League has decided unanimously.
The decision was taken after the representatives of the two teams were heard – the president of Maccabi Tel Aviv, Simon Mizrachi, and the owner of Hapoel Jerusalem, Mathan Edelson – and based on the position of the committee that the champion’s title should be judged. Following the presentation of the views of the two teams qualifying in the series, an extensive discussion was held, which led to the following unanimous decision:
Given the war -described war, which does not allow the decisive last match of the playoffs series smoothly between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem, it is announced that its 2024/25 season is completed.
The position of the committee is that the championship must be judged exclusively on the pitch, in athletic terms. In the absence of the decisive final, which according to the structure of the event is the one who would appoint the championship team, the Commission decides, with a heavy heart and taking into account the existing security situation, that he will not be declared a championship team for the 2024/25 season. “