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2020-08-05 Back to list

Žalgirio Arena to host “EuroLeague We’re Back Preseason Tour”

Ticket sales are set to begin once precise security requirements and recommendations for COVID-19 are in place in Lithuania.

The wait for the best basketball in Europe just got shorter. Turkish Airlines EuroLeague WE’RE BACK PRESEASON TOUR will take place in Žalgirio Arena on September 12-13.

Euroleague Basketball will welcome elite basketball back to the continent by organising a pair of preseason tournaments featuring some of the best EuroLeague clubs as the coaches and players fine-tune their games ahead of the regular season tip-off on October 1.

The first event will be at Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, on September 12-13, 2020, featuring AX Armani Exchange Milan, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens, Anadolu Efes Istanbul and host Žalgiris Kaunas.

Then the attention moves to La Fonteta in Valencia, Spain, where on September 15-16, 2020, FC Bayern Munich, Olympiacos Piraeus, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne and Valencia Basket will contend for a preseason title.

Both tournaments will feature two days of two games with the semifinals on the first day followed by the third-place and championship games the next day.

Ticket sales are set to begin once precise security requirements and recommendations for COVID-19 are in place in Lithuania.

Original article at Žalgiris.lt
Photo by A. Aleksandravičius

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