More Than 8,000 Attend Tel Aviv Derby as Playoff Final Opens
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv opened the playoff final series on Tuesday night in their third meeting in a championship series in the last four years. Unlike recent years, this final will be decided in a best-of-games format, with every game played in the same venue, Menora Mivtachim Arena.
A total of 8,278 fans attended Game 1. More than 7,000 were Maccabi supporters, while about 1,100 were Hapoel fans, after Hapoel sold out its full allocation of tickets.
Game 2 is scheduled for Thursday and will be hosted by Hapoel. Maccabi will then host Game 3 on Sunday. If needed, Games 4 and 5 will be played next Tuesday and Thursday. All games in the series are set to tip off at 8:50 p.m.
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