Spain's candidate to host the 2014 World Basketball

Spain will have to fight against Italy and China to host the World Basketball Championship 2014. The name of the host nation will be announced on 23 May 2009. I do not think a lot of campaigning in the media, but it is good to reflect and await favorable news.

The last World Cup was in Japan, the gold memorable selection of Spanish, where Pau Gasol missed the game due to injury. The next will be in Turkey in 2010, and the next will have to decide between Italy, China and Spain.

According to NBA, is favored to organize China, but no one speaks in a clear (except the Spanish sports daily Sport, which gives us by favorites).

"China is the favorite, but Spain is the current world champion and silver medalist in the Olympic Games and Italy has a great history and strong passion for basketball," said Patrick Baumann.

At the presentation ceremony attended by Secretary of State for Sport, Jaime Lissavetzky, presenting a video of them leaving many national representatives, led the final by Pau Gasol said, "we are in Spain in 2014. In the Italian film appeared Silvio Berlusconi, Andrea Bargnani (fellow Raptors Calderon) and Mike D'Antoni, Knicks coach who also has Italian citizenship. Yao Ming China was the trump card for the meeting.

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