By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
Sixteen countries expressed their interest to organize the Eurobasket 2015 but eight of them made an official bid to FΙΒΑ Europe as it was announced today. These are Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Poland and Turkey. All interested federations submitted their bids to host either a part of or even the entire tournament.
One month ago FIBA Europe decided to relocate the Eurobasket 2015 from Ukraine because of the unstable situation in the country and invited bids by its member federations to host the event instead. The idea of many countries co-hosting the event gained ground since then.
The Eurobasket 2015 is scheduled to take place between 5-20 September 2015 and FIBA Europe will announce the details of the bids after the end of the EuroBasket 2015 Qualifying Round on 27th August and will announce the decision in September 2014.