Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
| Philippines bid | |
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| for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup | |
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| Bid Details | |
| Bidding nation | Philippines |
| Bidding federation | Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas |
| Proposed venues | at least 6 (in 6 cities) |
| Bidding decision | 7 August 2015 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Bid result | |
| Lost to China's bid | |
The Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup is the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas's bid for the right to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 16 March 2015, the bid became one of the only two formal candidates with the other bidding nation being China, as FIBA decided that the 2019 World Cup will be played in Asia.
A six-man bidding team was formed in December 2014, to attend the bid workshop in Geneva, Switzerland. It was led by Philippine Tourism Undersecretary Domingo Ramon Eneiro, Philippine Basketball Association Chairman Pato Gregorio, and SBP Executive Director Sonny Barrios. Also included in the team are SBP Deputy Executive Director Butch Antonio, Logistics Consultant Andrew Teh, and Octagon Asia-Pacific President Sean Nicholls.
The SBP announced its interest to host the 2019 Basketball World Cup in September 2013, right after the successful hosting of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, which top FIBA officials commended the nation for the high attendance rating, TV coverage, and logistics management.
A number of sites were proposed as venues for the Basketball World Cup.
FIBA underlined some requirements for the venues to be used:
At least six venues to be proposed as venues, including three planned locations.
A three-man FIBA Evaluation Commission fly arrived in the Philippines on January 26, 2015 to inspect the five venues and assess the Philippines' capability to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Patrick Baumann, secretary-general of FIBA three days after the first group arrived.
On January 30, 2015, in a press conference at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel, FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann declared that the Philippines is capable of hosting the FIBA World Cup in 2019.
The final bid presentation was made in Tokyo on August 7, 2015. Filipino fans were urged to make the hashtag #PUSO2019 trending on social media while the final bid was being presented. The bid focused on "heartware,” or what the bidding team describes as the passion of the Filipino for basketball. The bid also highlited the designation of the country as the "social media capital of the world".
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