2014 FIBA World Championship

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The 2014 FIBA World Championship will be the 17th tournament of the FIBA World Championship. FIBA opened the bidding process on January 10, 2008 and all the letters of intent was submitted on April 30, 2008.[1]

[edit] Interested

Nine countries shown interest in hosting the event, as in order, they are:

  1. Flag of Spain Spain[2]
  2. Flag of France France[3]
  3. Flag of Denmark Denmark[4]
  4. Flag of Russia Russia[5]
  5. Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[6]
  6. Flag of Qatar Qatar[7]
  7. Flag of Italy Italy[8]
  8. Flag of Greece Greece[9]
  9. Flag of the People's Republic of China China[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "PR N°2 - Bidding process for the 2014 FIBA World Championship opened", FIBA.com, 2008-01-10. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  2. ^ "PR N°3 - Spain, 1st bidding candidate to host the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-01-22. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  3. ^ "PR N°10 - France, 2nd candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-02-08. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  4. ^ "PR N°11 - Denmark, 3rd candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-02-18. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  5. ^ "PR N°15 - Russia, 4th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-03-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  6. ^ "PR N°21 - Saudi Arabia, 5th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-04-21. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  7. ^ "PR N°22 - Qatar, 6th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-04-22. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  8. ^ "PR N°24 - Italy, 7th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-04-25. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  9. ^ "PR N°28 - Greece, 8th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  10. ^ "PR N°30 - China, 9th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ", FIBA.com, 2008-04-30. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
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