Basketball: meeting between Euroleague and the European Commission to ensure "open discussion"

Paulius Motiejunas, chief executive of Euroleague Basketball, met with Glenn Micallef, European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, to discuss "the role of basketball within the European sports model," announced the body on 26/01/2026.

The meeting, held at the European Union headquarters in Brussels (BEL), "also outlined the organization’s strategic vision for the coming years, with a particular focus on expanding its reach and impact in key European markets such as France, Germany and the United Kingdom, amongst others," according to Euroleague.

This announcement comes just a few days after a NBA regular-season match between Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies (118-111) was relocated to the Uber Arena (17,000 seats) in Berlin (GER) on 15/01/2026. The NBA, which is involved in a project to launch a new European men's league in collaboration with FIBA, "is using the opportunity to be in Europe to have more discussions about the NBA Europe project," said Adam Silver, NBA commissioner, on the same day.

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