The Philippines has until the end of the year to submit its bid to host the FIBA World Championships in 2019, which is 10 times larger than last year’s FIBA Asia Cup in Manila.

“We want to host the FIBA World Cup in 2019 and have an idea what are the requirements. We were informed that the proposal should be received by FIBA by the end of the year. The FIBA Central Board will then decide in the middle of next year (2015) so that the country that will do the hosting will have four years to prepare,” said Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas President as well as Gilas Pilipinas patron  Manny Pangilinan in a chance interview.

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