{"id":429259,"date":"2025-02-19T16:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=429259"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:24:36","slug":"euroleague-expansion-could-pave-way-for-russian-teams-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-expansion-could-pave-way-for-russian-teams-return\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroLeague Expansion Could Pave Way for Russian Teams\u2019 Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1811\">Three years after <strong data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1426\">Russian clubs<\/strong> were expelled from the <strong data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1464\">EuroLeague<\/strong> due to the Ukraine conflict, their return could be on the horizon. <strong data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1547\">Goran \u0160a\u0161i\u0107<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1549\" data-end=\"1578\">EuroLeague Coaching Board<\/strong> executive director, hinted at this possibility in an interview with <strong data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1655\">TASS<\/strong>: <em data-start=\"1657\" data-end=\"1809\">\u201cIn the last 48 hours, we&#8217;ve seen major geopolitical shifts. EuroLeague\u2019s planned expansion to <strong data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1765\">20 teams<\/strong> could signal the return of Russian clubs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1813\" data-end=\"2161\">The <strong data-start=\"1817\" data-end=\"1832\">CSKA Moscow<\/strong>, which still holds an <strong data-start=\"1855\" data-end=\"1868\">A license<\/strong>, would likely be the first team reinstated. The second spot could go to either <strong data-start=\"1948\" data-end=\"1972\">Zenit St. Petersburg<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"1976\" data-end=\"1991\">Unics Kazan<\/strong>, with Zenit reportedly having the edge. Despite their absence from the competition, Russian teams have <strong data-start=\"2095\" data-end=\"2123\">maintained voting rights<\/strong> in EuroLeague shareholder meetings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2163\" data-end=\"2256\">If confirmed, this move would mark a <strong data-start=\"2200\" data-end=\"2229\">significant turning point<\/strong> for European basketball.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2274\" data-is-last-node=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozzartsport.com\/kosarka\/vesti\/priprema-se-teren-za-povratak-rusa-u-evroligu-prosirenje-nagovestava-takav-epilog\/505284\"><em data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2274\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Source: TASS<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The league\u2019s potential expansion to 20 teams raises speculation about CSKA Moscow\u2019s comeback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":368098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-429259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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