ALCOBENDAS (2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) - A glittering array of stars have taken to social media to express their excitement at Spain being announced as hosts of the inaugural FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2018.

Coaches, players and legends have all been taking to social media to express their delight at the announcement, which will give Spain another chance to host a maiden tournament - having hosted the first-ever FIBA Basketball World Cup earlier this year.

One of the main focuses in the build-up to the biggest women's basketball event is likely to be the ambassadorial role of the legendary Amaya Valdemoro, who rather aptly was one of the first to convey her approval on Twitter as she expressed her congratulations.

Current national team play-caller Lucas Mondelo who led the team to a historic EuroBasket Women title this year and then to a similarly landmark first appearance in the recent FIBA World Championship for Women Final, also took time to hail the announcement.

He described the outcome as great news and was quick to recognise the efforts of those behind the bid, for all of their hard work.

Current players also flooded social media in excitement, with Silvia Dominguez tweeting "Finished training and learned the big news! Spain will host the 2018 World Cup! Thank you for fighting for us @baloncestofeb!"

And the positive reaction wasn't confined to women players, with several big-hitters from the men's game also helping to spread the news.

Sergio Rodriguez told his followers all about it and Sergio Llull described how the tournament would be a big hit.

Perhaps most pivotal of all in terms of the men's stars, was Serge Ibaka who alerted his followers to his excitement upon hearing the news.

Perhaps one of the most interesting tweets and endorsement came from outstanding youth star Angela Salvadores.

The teenager produced one of the best individual displays in youth basketball history at the FIBA U17 Championship for Women in Czech Republic this year when she scored a phenomenal 40 points again USA in the Final of the competition.

And with the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup four years away, she is one of the rising stars of the women’s game in Spain who will be hoping she can develop at the level needed to find her way onto the roster for the event.

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