{"id":509370,"date":"2026-08-10T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=509370"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:44:21","slug":"european-basketball-comes-to-london-with-the-london-lions-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/european-basketball-comes-to-london-with-the-london-lions-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"European basketball comes to London with the London Lions Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European basketball is coming to London with a brand-new preseason event. The London Lions have announced the inaugural **London Lions Invitational**, bringing four notable European clubs to the Copper Box Arena for two days of competition.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the hosts, **\u017dalgiris Kaunas, Paris Basketball and \u015al\u0105sk Wroc\u0142aw** will take part in the tournament on September 10 and 11.<\/p>\n<p>The event will tip off on Thursday, September 10, at 5:30 PM with London Lions facing \u015al\u0105sk Wroc\u0142aw, followed by \u017dalgiris Kaunas vs. Paris Basketball at 8:30 PM. The following day will feature the third-place game at 5:30 PM, with the final scheduled for 8:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>The Invitational follows last season\u2019s sold-out preseason meeting between London and \u017dalgiris and will also renew the rivalry with Paris Basketball. The French club eliminated the Lions in the EuroCup semifinals in 2024 before going on to win the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are already on sale, with prices starting at **\u00a319**.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new preseason tournament will take place at the Copper Box Arena on September 10-11, featuring the London Lions, \u017dalgiris Kaunas, Paris Basketball and \u015al\u0105sk Wroc\u0142aw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":509372,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[289],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-509370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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