Israeli Basketball Chairman Pushes to Bring National Team Games Back to Israel
Amos Frishman, chairman of the Israeli Basketball Association, has initiated efforts to return the national basketball team’s home games to Israel. On August 26, 2026, Frishman contacted FIBA President Jorge Garbajosa to discuss the possibility of resuming games on Israeli soil. Garbajosa responded that the matter will be reviewed at the upcoming FIBA board meeting scheduled for the following week.
Since October 7, the Israeli national team’s home games have been relocated to Riga due to security concerns, with the team spending all game windows outside Israel. Similarly, Israeli club teams have not hosted European matches in Israel, except for a brief period before tensions with Iran escalated again. While it remains uncertain if and when games will return to Israel, the decision to bring the issue to FIBA’s board signals potential progress and hope for a positive outcome in the near future.
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