Georgia to co-host postponed EuroBasket tournament in 2022
Georgia's Thaddus Mcfadden seen in his team's EuroBasket qualifiers fixture against Serbia in February. Photo via FIBA.
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Georgia will co-host the 2021 edition of EuroBasket, a major continental competition involving 32 teams from Europe, in summer of 2022, an update of International Basketball Federation calendar has revealed.
The news was made public following a meeting of the European governing body's Executive Committee via video conference on Thursday to discuss necessary amendments to its calendar of tournaments due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
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Senior and youth competitions have been moved to different time slots, with next year's EuroBasket moved to September 1-18, 2022.
The outcome is a calendar [...] with a balanced distribution of top events, keeping always in mind the welfare and availability of players. I am looking forward to the day when the basketball community will be able to get back on the court," said FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis.
Georgia is co-hosting the competition's 41st edition with Italy, Germany and Czech Republic. The country unveiled a new sporting venue to host EuroBasket matches last year.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi will have a new sports complex which will host 10,000 people for the European Championship in basketball (Eurobasket) in 2021, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Shalva Gogoladze stated on TV programme ‘Sport on Imedi’.
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