As reported by The Age, Australia is preparing to bid for men’s international basketball’s 2023 FIBA World Cup.
Basketball Australia chief Anthony Moore will this week travel to Geneva to get a closer look at who Australia might be vying with to win the rights to host the tournament.
Moore told The Age, “We have progressed to the next stage, which is a two-day forum in Geneva this week.
“This is a significant event and an opportunity for us to have a look at how we might host it.”
The newspaper reports that Australia is bidding against the Philippines, Germany, Qatar, Argentina and Turkey for the 2023 event.
The 2019 FIBA World Cup will be hosted in China.
Also touted is Australia potentially launching a joint bid with wither New Zealand or another Asian nation but no discussions have yet been held.
Australia has previously hosted FIBA’s women’s world championships in 1994 and the men’s under-23 world championships in 1997.
Most recently, Australia was the runner up to Turkey in the bidding to host the 2014 women’s world championships.
Source: The Age
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