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Barcelona is the sixth venue for the FIBA World Championship in 2014
Palau San Jordi
18-04-2010 15:36 | fiba.com
The city of Barcelona has been confirmed as sixth and new venue for the FIBA World Championship to be played in Spain in 2014. The games will be held in the 20.000 seat Palau San Jordi.
The decision was made during today's FIBA Central Board meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Barcelona will host half of the Eight Final Round, Quarter Final Round and Semi Final Round games. Madrid will host the other half of those games and the gold and bronce medal games.
The games of the First Round will be played in Bilbao, Granada, Las Palmas, and Seville as was already announced during the assignment ceremony in Geneva last year.
FIBA President Bob Elphinston is excited about the news: "This is a positive change to what has been proposed to us in an already excellent bid. Barcelona is the cradle of Spanish basketball and we therefore gladly accept the proposal."
Barcelona can look back at a rich tradition in organizing top FIBA events, amongst them the 1992 Olympics with the legendary Dream Team and the 1997 EuroBasket.
Jose Luis Saez, President of the Spanish Basketball Federation worked hard on including the Catalan capital: "We are very happy to present Barcelona as a new 2014 venue for the 2014 World Championship. There is a rich tradition and also a great passion for our sport and our organization will profit from that."
The decision was made during today's FIBA Central Board meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Barcelona will host half of the Eight Final Round, Quarter Final Round and Semi Final Round games. Madrid will host the other half of those games and the gold and bronce medal games.
The games of the First Round will be played in Bilbao, Granada, Las Palmas, and Seville as was already announced during the assignment ceremony in Geneva last year.
FIBA President Bob Elphinston is excited about the news: "This is a positive change to what has been proposed to us in an already excellent bid. Barcelona is the cradle of Spanish basketball and we therefore gladly accept the proposal."
Barcelona can look back at a rich tradition in organizing top FIBA events, amongst them the 1992 Olympics with the legendary Dream Team and the 1997 EuroBasket.
Jose Luis Saez, President of the Spanish Basketball Federation worked hard on including the Catalan capital: "We are very happy to present Barcelona as a new 2014 venue for the 2014 World Championship. There is a rich tradition and also a great passion for our sport and our organization will profit from that."
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