FIBA Europe: 24 teams competing for 6 berthsĪs of 21 September 2013, twenty teams had already qualified for the final tournament in 2014.FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 4 berths.FIBA Africa: 16 teams competing for 3 berths.FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 2 berths.FIBA Asia: 15 teams competing for 3 berths.2012 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone.After the 2012 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 2014 World Cup. There were 24 teams taking part in the 2014 World Cup of Basketball. Connor Floor was the official supplier of the basketball courts for each of the six sites. Barcelona will host half of the games in the knockout stage, including a semifinal.īelow is a list of the confirmed venues which were used to host games during the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. This was Barcelona's first time being part of a major international event in basketball since the 1997 EuroBasket, in which the Palau Sant Jordi hosted the final stages. On 17 April 2010, Barcelona was added to the list of cities to hold games, bringing the total venues to six. One arena, the Gran Canaria Arena, was the only new venue, being built after the tournament was awarded to Spain. Amongst venues used in FIBA EuroBasket 2007, the arenas in Granada, Seville and Madrid were reused. While no arenas from the 1986 FIBA World Championship were reused, the current Madrid arena was built on the site of the original venue that was destroyed by fire in 2001, which was a venue used in 1986. The Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid was the main venue, hosting the final and half of the matches in the final round. 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup bidding results In the final round, Arvydas Sabonis and Saša Djordjević announced that Spain won the hosting rights with eleven votes as opposed to Italy's eight. On, after voting by the FIBA Central Board in Geneva in which the Chinese and Spanish representatives abstained, China was the first to be eliminated in the first round of voting. Īmong the nine, only three were shortlisted by FIBA: China which would have hosted the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship later that year, Italy which last hosted a FIBA tournament in EuroBasket Women 2007, and FIBA EuroBasket 2007 host Spain. Nine countries showed interest in hosting the event, as in order, they were Spain, France, Denmark, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Italy, Greece, and China. Main article: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup bidsįIBA opened the bidding process on 10 January 2008 and all the letters of intent were submitted on 30 April 2008. 7.5 2014 Antibes International Basketball Tournament.7.1 2014 South American Basketball Championship.
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