Panathinaikos fans fill up more than half of BMW Park stands / News - Basketnews.com

Roughly 3,500 Panathinaikos fans are watching the Greens take on hosts Bayern Munich. With the total BWM Park capacity amounting to 6,700 seats, the Greeks occupy more than half of the stands.

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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens are playing a crucial EuroLeague Round 33 game in Munich. However, FC Bayern Munich isn't the side to be enjoying the home-court perks.

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens / Schedule

FC Bayern Munich Panathinaikos AKTOR AthensFri18:30 Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens ALBA BerlinThu18:15

More than 3,500 Greek fans have taken seat at BMW Park, which has a total seating capacity of 6,700. More than half are Panathinaikos supporters, eager to watch their team in their last regular season road contest. Hundreds of fans had gathered outside the arena and welcomed players and staff when they got off the bus, singing chants.

If PAO win, they will need another win over ALBA Berlin at OAKA next week to capture the second place in the standings and the home-court advantage in the playoffs for the first time since 2018.

On the other hand, Bayern's ticket policy has allowed Greek fans to fill up the stands, in contrast to what happened last week in Bologna, when Virtus had limited the number of visiting fans to just over 500.

PAO had 2,500 fans supporting them in Berlin, when they played ALBA last January.

Apart from their crowd, the six-time EuroLeague champs saw owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos arrive in Munich on game day to watch Panathinaikos for the fifth time in an away game this season, after Milan, Monaco, Piraeus and Bologna.

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