Germany, Czech Republic, Georgia and Italy to co-host FIBA EuroBasket 2021
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Stephan
Mayer - Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of the
Interior, Building and Community, Ingo Weiss - President of German
Basketball Federation, Wolfgang Brenscheidt - Secretary General of the
German Basketball Federation and the rest of the German delegation with
FIBA President Horacio Muratore, FIBA Europe President Turgay Demirel,
FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis and FIBA Executive Director
Europe Kamil Novak
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JULY 15, 2019
MUNICH
(Germany) - Germany, Czech Republic, Georgia and Italy are confirmed as
the four co-host nations of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 at the official
announcement ceremony held at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel today.
Following on from the success of EuroBasket 2015 and 2017, which both
were hosted by multiple countries, the FIBA Europe Board opted to follow
the same path for the 2021 edition of Europe's premier basketball
competition and award four countries with hosting.
During today's ceremony in Munich, the Board heard presentations from
seven different nations, all bidding for a piece of EuroBasket. Czech
Republic, Estonia, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia all put
in impressive bids.
In the event, attended by FIBA President Horacio Muratore, FIBA
Secretary General Andreas Zagklis and FIBA Executive Director
Europe Kamil Novak, President of FIBA Europe Turgay Demirel made the
official announcement with Germany being awarded both the Group Phase,
to be played in Cologne, and the Final Phase to be played in Berlin.
Prague (CZE), Tbilisi (GEO), and Milan (ITA) will each stage Group
Phases.
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Michal
Konecny - Secretary General of Czech Basketball Federation, Jiri Welsch
- Men's Youth Basketball Director of Czech Basketball Federation, Pavel
Pumprla - Czech national team captain, famous model Karolina Kurkova
with FIBA President Horacio Muratore, FIBA Europe President Turgay
Demirel, FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis and FIBA Executive
Director Europe Kamil Novak
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Salome
Zourabichvili - President of Georgia, Paata Guraspauli - President of
the Georgian Basketball Federation,Tornike Shengelia - captain of the
Georgian national team and the rest of the Georgian delegation with FIBA
President Horacio Muratore, FIBA Europe President Turgay Demirel, FIBA
Secretary General Andreas Zagklis and FIBA Executive Director Europe
Kamil Novak
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Maurizio
Bertea - Secretary General of Italian Basketball Federation, Italian
basketball legend Dino Meneghin, Antonio Santamaria - Managing Director
of Local Organizing Committee and the rest of the Italian delegation
with FIBA President Horacio Muratore, FIBA Europe President Turgay
Demirel, FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis and FIBA Executive
Director Europe Kamil Novak
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FIBA Europe
President Turgay Demirel commented: "We are extremely happy with today's
decision to continue our tradition of multi-hosting. The 2021 edition
will bring both experience and new ideas with Germany already hosting
the EuroBasket four times, most recently in the Group Phase of the 2015
edition, and Georgia coming in as a first time organizer. All
four co-hosts are passionate basketball nations."
FIBA EuroBasket 2021 will take place in the month of September, which
will be the first since it was agreed to take place ever four years,
rather than two. The FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers will be played
across three windows in February and November 2020 and then February
2021.
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