This is the last event of a week plenty of events organized by our Euroleague Basketball Institute.

We have had meetings, workshops, assemblies, conventions…

We have had players, coaches, media directors, marketing directors, ticketing managers, referees and clubs.

Everything with the objective to prepare better the 2014-2015 season And to do it we need to count on the opinion and collaboration of all the stakeholders.

Thanks to the collaboration of all we have made our league grow. We have finished a terrific season, thanks to the cooperation of our sponsors, TV broadcasters, players, coaches, referees, and of course, the clubs.

We have finished our season with historic records in public attendance in our arenas and a historic record of 201 countries where the fans can watch the Turkish Airlines Euroleague on TV The fans are at the centre of our strategy. Any decision that we make must be orientated to gain more and new fans.

The 2013-14 data confirm that we are on this line but that we need to continue insisting and improving.

All together.

Yesterday the Domestic leagues, Euroleague, Eurocup and other clubs met and thought about the future. And after the assemblies they confirmed their vision of future, based on a homogeneous growth of the domestic competitions, the integration of the domestic and international competitions and the definition of a clear path for the clubs that aspire to be part of the elite of basketball, a path based on the sports results and the sustainable management of the clubs. But we have a closer future, a season that starts with this draw and finishes with our Final Four, that this year, after 7 years, goes back to Madrid, to the Barclaycard Palacio de los Deportes, a city that has always loved basketball, training basketball, clubs basketball and the basketball of great events.

I want to thank the Community of Madrid for the effort they have made for us to be there next May. And I would kindly ask Mr. Pablo Salazar, General Director of Sports and Youth of Community of Madrid to address you some words.

Pablo Salazar, General Director of Sports and Youth of Community of Madrid

"Today, the celebration of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draws marks the beginning of the season of the best competition of basketball clubs in Europe. Our goal is to hold, in 10 months’ time at the Barclaycard Palacio de los Deportes, the best Final Four in the history of this competition. With this challenge, we have started to work non-stop since last 17 May, when it was announced that Madrid would be the venue for the 2015 Final Four."

"We have the hope and the experience for the next Final Four to be a complete success. The last Final Four held in Madrid was in 2008. The people from Madrid responded wonderfully, filling up the Palacio de Deportes the entire weekend (26,000 spectators and all tickets sold several months in advance) and participating in all the sports and entertainment activities that the Comunidad de Madrid organised together with Euroleague Basketball those days on the streets of Madrid. We are convinced that in a 10 months’ time we will even beat our last experience from 2008."

"Thank you very much to all of you and good luck for the participating teams. We will be waiting for you with open arms at the Barclaycard Palacio de los Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid."