The League announces regular season matches in Germany, England and France
The National Basketball Association announced earlier during the day than The two regular season games between Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2025-26 season will be played in Berlin, Germany and London, England in England. First, the two teams will face each other on January 15, 2026 in Berlin. Three days later, on January 18, the teams will repercussions in the head in London.
The NBA also mapped its European plan for 2027 and 2028. In 2027, regular season games will take place in Manchester, England and Paris, France. Then, in 2028, the League will organize matches in Berlin and Paris. The games will take place at the Uber Arena in Berlin, O2 in London, Coop Live de Manchester and Accor Arena in Paris.
“The announcement of regular season games of the next three seasons in Europe reflects the incredible momentum and appetite for basketball of the NBA in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the region,” said George Aivazoglou, CEO of the NBA of Europe and the Middle East. “We are impatient to welcome Grizzlies and Magic in Berlin and London and to hire fans, players and local communities through the surrounding games and events.”
It will be the very first match of the regular season of the grizzly girls played outside North America. The franchise had previously participated in the pre-season matches held in Spain, in Puerto Rico and France.
“We appreciate the opportunity to represent the NBA and to represent the city of Memphis and the state of Tennessee on an international scene in Berlin and London,” said the president of the Grizzlies, Jason Wexler. “In order to undertake this rare opportunity to bring Memphis to an international audience, this will force the team to be far from home for the day of the MLK. However, we remain determined to support the Memphis community during the MLK day holidays while the travel team, and we are impatiently awaiting the Grizzlies anchoring the anchor of the MLK Day of the NBA in 2027.
Previously, the Orlando Magic had played in 13 games outside the United States and Canada. It will be the first match of Orlando in Berlin and its third in London.
“So that Orlando Magic and the NBA play a regular season match in our hometown of Berlin means everything for us. Growing up here, we dreamed of moments like this,” said Franz and Moritz de Magic, who were born in Germany. “It is a huge honor to represent Berlin and Germany and to show how much the city and the country love basketball. We hope we can inspire children as we are inspired to watch the matches from afar. ”
Currently, the dates and participants of the 2027 and 2028 games have not been announced. The league should reveal this information before the start of the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons, respectively.
Grizzlies and magic come out of the seasons where they have reached the playoffs. During the Eastern Conference, magic fell to the Boston Celtics 4-1 seeds. In the west, the grizzly greeks were swept away by the possible NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
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2025-07-30 18:02:00
