FIBA EuroBasket 2013
| FIBA EuroBasket 2013 | ||
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| 38th FIBA European Basketball Championship | ||
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| Host nation |  Slovenia |
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| Dates | 4 – 22 September | |
| Teams | 24 (from 49 federations) | |
| Venues | (in 5 host cities) | |
The FIBA EuroBasket 2013 will be the 38th edition of the FIBA EuroBasket championship that is organized by FIBA Europe. It will take place from 4 September till 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams will be 24.12
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Host selection
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia brought forward a potential candidature for the EuroBasket. Countries who were interested in submitting a formal candidature had to do so by 31 August 2010.3 On 5 September 2010, it was announced that only two countries with formal bid made were Slovenia and Italy.4 On 15 October 2010, Italy announced its withdrawal from the run.5 The Basketball Federation of Slovenia (BFS) thus remained the only candidate organizer.
The decision on the candidacy was officially reported after FIBA Europe's meeting in Munich on 5 December 2010. In March 2011, the BFS appointed the economist Aleš Križnar as the director of the event.6
Venues
On 24 March 2011, it was officially announced that the preliminary round will be played in Novo Mesto, Jesenice, Koper and Ptuj. Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, will host the final round at the Arena Stožice.
| Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round |
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Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 13,000 | Opened in 2010 | Second and knockout stages | |
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Novo Mesto | Portoval Arena | 5,000 | unknown | Preliminary stage | |
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Jesenice | Podmežakla Hall | 5,500 | unknown | Preliminary stage | |
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Koper | Bonifika Arena | 8,000 | unknown | Preliminary stage | |
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Ptuj | Ptuj Arena | 5,300 | unknown | Preliminary stage |
Qualification
Olympic Games or Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants Spain, France, Russia, Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece, Slovenia and Great Britain are all qualified directly to of EuroBasket 2013 Final Round.
The 31 remaining teams were divided into 5 groups of 5 teams and one group of 6 teams. The first and second placed teams in each group plus the 4 best third placed teams will qualify for the Final Round.
The Qualifiers will be played between 15 August and 11 September 2012.
The EuroBasket 2013 draw will take place on 18 November 2012.[1]
Qualified Teams
| Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Nation | – | 1 | Slovenia |
| Participants of 2012 Olympics and of the 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
28 July – 12 August 2012 2 July – 8 July 2012 |
7 |  France Great Britain Greece Lithuania Macedonia Russia Spain |
References
- ^ FIBA Europe Board Expands EuroBasket Field FIBA Europe, 31 May 2010.
- ^ EuroBasket 2013 seeding unveiled FIBA Europe. November 22, 2011
- ^ Ten countries express interest in hosting EuroBasket FIBA Europe, 18 May 2010.
- ^ http://www.fibaeurope.com/coid_UugdBuwMJw2kTQqfxS4311.container_frontpage.articleMode_on.html
- ^ http://www.fip.it/News.asp?IDNews=3015
- ^ "Križnar postal direktor Eurobasketa 2013 [Križnar Becomes the Director of EuroBasket 2013]" (in Slovene). Žurnal24.si. 30 March 2011. http://www.zurnal24.si/kosarka/direktor-eurobasket-2013-ales-kriznar-adecco-smrekar-volcic-207532/clanek.