LYON, France (FIBA Central Board) – Great Britain’s Men’s and Women’s national teams will compete in the Olympic Basketball Tournament at the 2012 London Games after FIBA granted them automatic places at the Central Board on Sunday.
The other major decision on the agenda saw Turkey awarded the next FIBA World Championship for Women, the biggest international women’s basketball tournament, to be held in 2014.
FIBA recognised that Great Britain had met the requirements set out for them – proving their competitiveness on the court with both senior teams qualifying for this summer’s EuroBasket tournaments, while also providing a solid legacy plan for the sport in the country beyond the Games of the XXX Olympiad.
