Ukraine stripped of hosting rights to 2015 European men's basketball championship

Published February 05, 2015

Europe's basketball federation says Ukraine has been stripped of the right to host next year's European men's championship.

The tournament had been in doubt because of the political instability in Ukraine.

Following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March, tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky said that hosting the event was no longer possible, but Ukrainian and European basketball authorities tried to keep the project alive.

FIBA Europe, the continental governing body, says Friday on Twitter it has "decided to relocate EuroBasket 2015 from Ukraine to a new destination(s)," without giving further details.

Even before Ukraine lost the hosting rights, France had positioned itself as a leading candidate to host next year's championship, submitting a formal bid to FIBA Europe last month.

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