EuroLeague still hopeful of successfully completing season

Despite the grave situation concerning the coronavirus pandemic, the EuroLeague is still hopeful of somehow successfully completing the 2019/2020 campaign.

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The EuroLeague organisation released this following statement on Thursday:

“Members of the Euroleague Commercial Assets Shareholders Executive Board met remotely on Thursday, April 9, to share updates on the impact caused by the spread of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

“Executive Board members agreed on the following decisions:

“- To continue one unified negotiation at the league level with the EuroLeague Players Association and the EuroLeague Head Coaches Board with the objective of reaching agreements with both associations.

“- To continue to work on alternative scenarios that may allow to resume and complete the EuroLeague and EuroCup seasons, provided that adequate health & safety measures are in place for players and all other participants.

“- To work on collective mid and long-term plans to minimise the negative economic impact and boost clubs recovery.

“- To continue the #EUROLEAGUEUNITED campaign efforts to stay as close as possible to each clubs community and to all basketball fans in general.

“- To conduct periodic remote meetings amongst the league and club executives from basketball operations. business, finance, legal, marketing and communications to share information and coordinate strategic efforts.”

The EuroLeague campaign was officially halted on March 12 before the 29th round of the regular season began. At the time of suspension, Panathinaikos occupied sixth position with a 14-14 record, while Olympiacos found themselves languishing in 11th spot with 12 victories and 16 defeats on the board.

Taking into account the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak around Europe, especially in countries such as France, Italy and Spain, there is no chance of the EuroLeague resuming before at least the early stages of summer. However, despite the bleak outlook, the organisation is refusing to give up hope of completing the tournament. 

It’s worth noting that Promitheas are involved in the quarter-finals of the EuroCup.

Recent reports have suggested that all remaining EuroLeague games could be played in Athens and Piraeus. Greece has experienced less than 100 coronavirus-related deaths.

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