The steps journey of European basketball clubs – almost twice around the Earth

The steps journey of European basketball clubs – almost twice around the Earth

16 countries. 38 major European basketball clubs. Thousands of fans. 88 million steps. 335 thousand virtual trees. 12 thousand kilograms of CO2 saved. Almost twice around the Earth in four days!

On 8-11 of February, the #walk15 app became a tool to unite all ‘Turkish Airlines Euroleague’ and ‘7DAYS EuroCup’ teams and their fans. Europe’s most famous basketball players have invited their followers to join the ‘One Team Walking Challenge’ and walk together!

Thousands of fans from Greece, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Germany, Lithuania, Serbia and other countries of the ‘Turkish Airlines Euroleague’ and ‘7DAYS EuroCup’ leagues responded to the invitations. They all took on the public steps challenge of trying to beat 10,000 each day, fostering the values ​​of ‘One Team’ program.

‘One Team’ is a social responsibility program that has been promoted by the Euroleague Basketball for a decade. The goal of the program is to draw attention to the situation of the most vulnerable social groups, to promote their inclusion and integration through the power of basketball.

The steps challenge in the app has became a part of the traditional ‘One Team Games’.

During the four days of the challenge, both current and legendary European basketball stars invited to join the challenge and walk: