The war in the Middle East also has an impact on German basketball!
The BBL Top Four Cup tournament will take place in Munich this weekend. On Saturday, in the semi-finals, hosts and defending champions Bayern will meet Bamberg Baskets (2 p.m.), then Alba Berlin will face Ratiopharm Ulm (5:30 p.m.). The final takes place on Sunday at 2 p.m., Dyn broadcasts all games live.
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The host had actually planned to hold the tournament on the new LED floor from the German company ASB. But nothing comes of it!
Reasons: the NBA. And the current political world situation.
The best league in the world will host parts of its All Star Weekend in Indianapolis (February 16-18) on the glass floor, including the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest. Shortly after the NBA, Bayern are said to have asked about the underground.
The company wanted to make a second floor for the Top Four, but needed LED lights, which had to be imported. By ship via the Suez Canal. However, the Yemeni Houthi terrorists have been shelling ships there for weeks, which is why many shipping companies are diverting their freighters. That would have resulted in a delay of three weeks.
With their attacks, the Houthis want to harm Israel, which has been at war with the Islamist terrorist group in Gaza since the Hamas attacks on October 7th, which left almost 1,200 dead.
Now the attacks are also preventing the Top Four from being played on the ground of the future.
It was first presented at the U19 Women’s World Cup in Madrid in July 2023. Bayern also have experience with the underground – the season opening game against Syntainics MBC took place on it.
In the future, the LED floor will be installed in other arenas around the world.
ASB managing director Christof Babinsky to SPORT BILD: “Three manufacturers of wooden floors are approved in the NBA and we are a manufacturer of glass floors.”
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In order to be able to install the subsurface in Indianapolis, intensive preparations were necessary.
Babinsky: “The league approached us. Then had the soil tested by the players’ union and an independent company. For this we gave them a three by four meter piece. They were very impressed with it. Then we sent all the flooring to the US by plane and ship and laid it in Indianapolis. It will be used interactively for the first time in the competitions.”
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And the fans in Germany? Babinsky doesn’t want to give too much away, just says: “In this country too, our soil will soon be visible more regularly…”
2024-02-13 11:28:18
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