Chinese bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

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Main article: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Chinese bid
for the 2019 FIBA World Cup
2019 FIBA World Cup China bidding logo.png
Bid Details
Bidding nation China
Bidding federation Chinese Basketball Association
Proposed venues 8 (in 8 cities)
Bidding decision 7 August 2015
in Tokyo, Japan
Bid result
Won

The Chinese Basketball Association (not to be confused with the basketball league of the same English-language name) is bidding for the right to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 16 March 2015, the bid became a formal candidate together with the Philippines, as FIBA decided that the 2019 World Cup will be played in Asia.[1] China officially won the bid against the Philippines on 7 August 2015.

Timeline

Date Notes
30 August-15 September 2014 Observers Programme at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain
11 December 2014 FIBA announced the 6 shortlisted nations.
15–16 December 2014 Workshop in Geneva, Switzerland
March 2015 On-site Inspection of Probable Venues in China.[2][3]
16 March 2015 China's Bid was listed as a Candidate together with the Philippines.[4]
April 2015 Submission of Final Candidature Files [5]
7 August 2015 FIBA announced that China will be hosting the 2019 World Cup[6]

Details

A number of sites were proposed as venues for the Basketball World Cup.

FIBA underlined some requirements for the venues to be used:[7]

  • There should be at least a minimum of 4-5 venues, 2 venues for the Knock-out Stage
  • A press center 150 pax for the Group Stage and 300 pax for the Final Round, 2 square meters per person

Venues

There are eight venues proposed by the Chinese bid committee:[8]

Mainland China Beijing Dongguan Guangzhou Foshan
MasterCard Center
Capacity: 18,000		 Dongguan Basketball Center
Capacity: 16,000		 Guangzhou International Sports Arena
Capacity: 18,000		 Foshan Metro Sports Arena
Capacity:14,700
(new venue)
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Guangdong Nanjing Shenzhen Suzhou[note 1] Wuhan
Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium
Capacity: 20,000 (new venue)		 Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 18,000		 Suzhou Industrial Park Sports Center
Capacity: 13,000 (new venue)		 Wuhan Gymnasium
Capacity: 13,000

Notes

  1. ↑ Suzhou was originally among the eight host cities proposed by China when it won its bid. Suzhou was replaced by Shanghai with the change approved by the FIBA Central Board in early 2016. Shanghai is subject to a positive evaluation in April 2016.[9]

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