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Basketball Champions League announced that AEK Athens received a€50,000 fine and will play home games behind closed doors for the entire 2023-24 season for the incidents during the game against Hapoel Jerusalem.

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AEK Athens received a hefty fine for causing incidents during the game against Hapoel Jerusalem.

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The Basketball Champions League announced that the Greek club received a €50,000fine and will play home games behind closed doors for the entire 2023-24 season.

If AEK won't play in the 2023-24 BCL campaign, the ruling will be applied to the next BCL season in which the club will participate.

"The Basketball Champions League announced on Tuesday that the Single Judge hasconcluded disciplinary proceedings on the incidents which took place during the Quarter-Final game between AEK and Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem on April 12, 2023, in Athens and has reached a ruling.

After careful consideration of the evidence, the Basketball Champions League Single Judgehas decided that the following sanctions shall be imposed on AEK:

All the home games of the next BCL season in which the club will participate to beplayed behind closed doors. The club will incur a fine of EUR 50,000 (fifty thousand Euros).

The decision of the single judge has already been communicated to both clubs," says BCL statement.

The incidents occurred during Game 2 in Athens.As it was documented by several Israeli news outlets, the Greek fans started throwing various things at the Israeli supporters. One of the fans was injured in the process,Tomer Givati from Israel Hayom writes.

AEK fans threw firecrackers at the opposing fans and started burning an Israeli flag, while several Palestinian flags were seen in the arena as well.

Israeli fans later responded with flares.BN Sports reportedincidents outside the arena as several loud bangs could be heard before the start of the second half. There were several attempts to break into the Hapoel stand,the Israeli journalist notes.

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The game was stopped with a couple of minutes left in the second quarter. Initially, a fan evacuation was recommended, but the game was resumed.

Hapoel owner Eyal Chomsky said that the organization had to provide security for the team's fans.

The representative claimed he saw parents protecting and hiding their children in the toilets.

"This is an anti-Semitic attack against Jews and a very serious case of violence - and we demand that the attackers and the group be brought to justice," saidThe Minister of Culture and Sports of Israel Makhlouf Zohar

Meanwhile, AEK released a fiery statement condemning the people who performed the acts of violence.

Other related stories to the AEK-Hapoel incidents:

Israeli sports minister Zohar on AEK: 'This is an anti-Semitic attack' AEK fans start burning Israeli flag, throwing stuff at Hapoel fans AEK-Hapoel incidents: 'Father had to hide his children in a bathroom' AEK slam the hooligans that harmed Hapoel: 'They are enemies of AEK' Hapoel Jerusalem release a statement regarding AEK fans' behavior Like what we are doing? You can express your gratitude here.