The International Basketball Federation officially announced on the 26th that it would grant Australia the right to host the Women’s Basketball World Cup in 2022. This will be the second time Australia has hosted the Women’s Basketball World Cup since 1994.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 26 (reporter Lin Delen, Su Bin) the International Basketball Federation officially announced on the 26th that it would grant Australia the right to host the Women’s Basketball World Cup in 2022. This will be the second time Australia has hosted the Women’s Basketball World Cup since 1994.
In this competition, Russia is also the host of the women’s basketball World Cup except Australia. Both submitted and stated their respective candidature file, and finally the Central Bureau of the International Basketball Federation decided the ownership of the host right through video conference.
Hamane Niang, the president of the International Basketball Federation, said: “Today, the Central Bureau saw wonderful statements from the basketball association of two basketball powers. I would like to congratulate them on their outstanding work, efforts and efforts for this bid. However, there can only be one host country for this event, and it will be Australia in 2022.”
The secretary general of the International Basketball Federation, Andrea Zagris, said: “We witnessed many historic moments in the last World Cup, and I firmly believe that we will see more in 2022. We look forward to making this women’s basketball World Cup a peak event through fruitful cooperation in the next two years.”
The Women’s Basketball World Cup in 2022 will last for more than ten days. The competition will be held in September or October at two venues in Sydney Olympic Park. At that time, 144 players from 12 teams will play 38 games.