GENEVA (FIBA World Championship) - Following the decision taken at its last Central Board meeting, held on 8th and 9th December 2007 in Chicago (USA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) opened the bidding process for the 2014 World Championship on 10th January 2008.

FIBA is happy to announce that the French Basketball Federation (FFBB) has officially confirmed its interest in bidding for the organization of the 17th edition of the World Championship for Men, thus becoming the second candidate interested in hosting FIBA's premier championship in 2014.

The Letter of Intent from the French Basketball Federation reached the FIBA Secretariat yesterday, Thursday 7th February. T

he Spanish Basketball Federation had already sent its Letter of Intent on 16th January.
 
For the complete information on this bidding process, please refer to Press Release # 02/2008 or to the following link:

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/langid/1/newsid/23144/presReleArti.html


About FIBA

FIBA (www.fiba.com), the world governing body for basketball, is an independent association formed by 213 National Federations of basketball throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in basketball by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Its main upcoming events are the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women (to take place in the summer of 2008) that will decide the final berths for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the FIBA World Championships for Men and Women, held every four years. The 2010 FIBA World Championship will be played in Turkey, while the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women will take place in the Czech Republic.