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Basketball Rivals Clash Over Foreign Player Rules for Super Cup
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First reported by N12 · 43 minutes ago
What happened
Hapoel Tel Aviv requested permission from Maccabi Tel Aviv to register all foreign players for the upcoming Super Cup basketball game, but Maccabi refused. Both teams will adhere to the standard five-foreign-player limit for the September 17th match.
- 01Hapoel Tel Aviv asked Maccabi Tel Aviv to allow all foreign players for Super Cup.
- 02Maccabi Tel Aviv rejected Hapoel's request.
- 03Both teams will register five foreign players.
- 04The Super Cup game is on September 17th.
- 05The dispute precedes the start of the basketball season.
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