2014 World Cup Bracket
Main article: opened the bidding process on 10 January 2008 and all the letters of intent were submitted on 30 April 2008. Nine countries showed interest in hosting the event, as in order, they were Spain, France, Denmark, Russia,,, Italy,, and China. Among the nine, only three were shortlisted by FIBA: China which would have hosted the later that year, Italy which last hosted a FIBA tournament in, and host Spain.
On 23 May 2009, after voting by the FIBA Central Board in in which the Chinese and Spanish representatives abstained, China was the first to be eliminated in the first round of voting. In the final round, and announced that Spain won the hosting rights with eleven votes as opposed to Italy's eight. 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup bidding results (final round) Nation Votes 11 8 Eliminated Venues [ ] The was the main venue, hosting the final and half of the matches in the final round.
2014 World Cup Bracket
While no arenas from the were reused, the current Madrid arena was built on the site of the original venue that was destroyed by fire in 2001, which was a venue used in 1986. Amongst venues used in, the arenas in Granada, Seville and Madrid were reused.
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle.
One arena, the, was the only new venue, being built after the tournament was awarded to Spain. The other cities hosted a group.
On 17 April 2010, was added to the list of cities to hold games, bringing the total venues to six. This was Barcelona's first time being part of a major international event in basketball since the, in which the hosted the final stages. Barcelona will host half of the games in the knockout stage, including a semifinal. Below is a list of the confirmed venues which were used to host games during the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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Connor Floor was the official supplier of the basketball courts for each of the six sites. Not a member of FIBA There were 24 teams taking part in the 2014 World Cup of Basketball. After the 2012 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 2014 World Cup. • Host nation: 1 berth •: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone •: 15 teams competing for 3 berths •: 2 teams competing for 2 berths •: 16 teams competing for 3 berths •: 10 teams competing for 4 berths •: 24 teams competing for 6 berths • Wild card: 4 berths Qualified teams [ ] As of 21 September 2013, twenty teams had already qualified for the final tournament in 2014. To complete the 24-team tournament, FIBA would announce the four wild cards after a meeting in on 1–2 February 2014; they could have announced an initial list of teams that would be considered after a meeting on 23–24 November 2013. But later the FIBA Central Board decided not to trim the list of wild card applicants on their Buenos Aires meeting, making all 15 teams eligible to be selected on the February meeting at Barcelona. On 1 February 2014, FIBA announced that it had allocated the wild cards to,,.