The matches Alba Berlin-Panathinaikos, Zalgiris-Olympiakos, but also Anadolu Efes-Bayern Munich will be held on another date, as announced by Euroleague on Monday afternoon (3/1).
The many cases of coronavirus in both “Eternal”, as well as the Turkish team, led the organizing authority to the decision to postpone their games for the 19th match, so that they will be held in later date.
All three teams, we remind you, did not have it minumum of the eight available athletes.
The Euroleague continues normally
In addition, the Euroleague, as any thought of suspending action after case explosion all over Europe.
Nouns, the issue of a temporary “padlock” was not raised never in the teleconference, which the shareholder groups had (the 11 closed contracts, but also Bayern and Villeurbanne), as the calendar is loaded and does not give such margins flexibility.
What will change in Covid-19 protocol of the event is the time, when the players will be quarantined. From the 14 days, which was valid until now in each case, it will now be reduced to 7-10 days for those who present two consecutive negative tests within 48 hours (as happened recently in the NBA), with the final decision being made in a team vote on Tuesday.
This is quite an issue complexity, as several countries have different laws to deal with the pandemic and in some countries players who have not completed a longer period of isolation from being positive may not be accepted.
At the same time, they will be sought the best possible solutions to set postponed matches.
With the valid protocol It is predicted that there may be postponement of matches due to incidents if there are not at least eight players available, but no match can be postponed more than three times and those teams that exceed the limit and do not find an available date, will lose the match 20-0 through their own fault. Also, a 20-0 defeat is predicted for the teams that will not follow the health protocols in the first offense and their expulsion from the event in the next.
It is noted that no postponed matches will be allowed after April 14th (regular season ends April 7-8 and playoffs start 19-20 of the month). In fact, it is possible to hold a match in a neutral venue, if the need arises due to the pandemic.
Finally, in the extreme case of interruption of the season, the score that exists at the time of interruption can be considered final both for the completion of the season and for the qualification to the next phase. If necessary, the teams will give the remaining / postponed games to exist balance in the number of matches given by each team.
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