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Basketball, rugby … All competitions, forced to close | Radio Bilbao | BE Deportivos Bilbao

All Endesa League matches will be played behind closed doors for the next two weeks after the Government’s resolution, in response to the measures decreed by the Ministry of Health to stop the advance of the coronavirus.

Consequently, the 24th and 25th days of the competition and the postponed matches scheduled for March 18 and 19 will be held with the minimum necessary staff for the dispute of the matches and their television production, with no possibility of access for fans.

The ACB will maintain permanent contact with the Ministry of Health and the Higher Sports Council to meet their recommendations, meeting the health criteria of fans, players, coaches, referees, club workers and representatives of the media.

In the case of Bilbao Basket, the measure affects home matches against Andorra this weekend and against Murcia in Miribilla the following.

In the Women’s League, Lointek Gernika has two more risky matches ahead. And is that their rivals are Araski and Campus Promete, from Vitoria and Logroño respectively – two of the areas declared “of high community transmission”, in which teaching activity has been suspended for two weeks.

In addition, in lower categories, the Basque Basketball Federation has released a note to communicate another decision: all matches that had to be played this coming weekend in any town in Araba are postponed.

Bidaideak has also suffered the suspension of some matches. The European Wheelchair Basketball Federation has canceled all European competition matches. This is the case of the Champions League, in which the Bilbao team had to play the quarterfinal round between this Friday and Sunday.

The phase was to be played this week at two venues, Madrid and Elxleben (Germany). Ilunion, ACE Gran Canaria, German Lahn-Dill and Besiktas had to play in Madrid. And in Alxleben, the Thuringia Bulls as host together with Albacete, Bidaideak and Galatasaray. With this cancellation, the final four is scheduled to air on May 1 and 2 in Wetzlar (Germany).

As for rugby, the closure of the stands affects even the Division of honor B, so, as far as Bizkaia is concerned, the appointments of Gernika in Vigo and Uni Bilbao in Ourense will be closed. Both were postponed in their day due to a strong storm in Galicia.

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