Fifteen national teams from across four FIBA zones met the 30 October deadline to submit their applications for the four wild cards that will complete the line-up for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The 15 applicants are national teams that participated in their respective 2013 continental championships which are qualifying tournament for FIBAs flagship event in Spain next year (30 August-14 September 2014). They are: Africa (1) - Nigeria Americas (3) - Brazil, Canada and Venezuela Asia (2) - China and Qatar Europe (9) - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia and Turkey FIBA will reveal which countries will receive the four wild cards at its Central Board meeting on the weekend of 1-2 February 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. The draw for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup will then take place the following day, Monday 3 February 2014. No more than three national teams from one FIBA Zone can receive the wild cards. FIBAs Central Board could decide to shorten the list of candidates bidding for the four wild cards at its next meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the weekend of 23-24 November 2013.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 02:21:47 +0000
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