JERUSALEM, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Euroleague basketball game between Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bundesliga champions Alba Berlin, scheduled for Wednesday evening in Tel Aviv, has been suspended due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the German team.
The Israeli club on Sunday said in a statement that the 20th-round game had been postponed by the Euroleague after the Germans announced that they would not be able to bring in the required minimum of eight players.
At the same time, the Euroleague said in a statement that "Alba requested the suspension after several team members tested positive for COVID-19, which leaves the team without the minimum eight players on the Authorization List fit to play".
This is Maccabi's second consecutive Euroleague home game postponed due to the pandemic, after the suspension of the game against Bitci Baskonia of Spain, scheduled for last Thursday.
The Euroleague has not yet set new dates for the two games.
On Saturday, Maccabi reported that several of its players and a staff member tested positive for the virus, and therefore the team's home game against Ironi Ness Ziona in the Israeli league, scheduled for Sunday, was postponed as well. ■
