THE Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) made it official this Thursday that it was presenting its candidacy to host the Eurobasket 2029in collaboration with the Community of Madrid. The Spanish capital is presenting itself as a candidate to host the men’s Eurobasket which will take place in five years.
“THE The FEB and the Community of Madrid presented the candidacy to host Eurobasket 2029a basketball championship which will take place over 22 days at the Wizink Center in the capital, and which will host both the group stage played by Spain, with 15 matches, and the entire final phase from the round of 16 onwards , where “They decide the medals,” the organization said in a statement.
In this way, and as happened recently during the last major championships, Madrid chooses to be one of four sites of the group stage and the final stage of the tournament, which would involve hosting a total of 31 matches at the Plaza de Felipe II. FIBA’s decision is expected in May 2025.
🚨 OFFICIAL | THE #FEBin collaboration with the @ComunidadMadridpresents the application to organize the @EuroBasket 2⃣0⃣2⃣9⃣ @deportecmadrid | #WeAreTeam pic.twitter.com/yM9FgM9H8D
– Basketball Spain (@BaloncestoESP) November 28, 2024
Until now, Spain has hosted the continental event three times in its history, in the years 1973, 1997 and, for the last time, in 2007, with the final also in the Plaza de Felipe II and with a title for Russia against the host. It also hosted the 2014 World Cup and the final of the 1986 edition.
A big economic impact
The regional government has stressed that it believes that the economic impact of this international event would be around 270 million eurosand would also serve to strengthen the image of the Community of Madrid as a sporting and cultural tourist destination, while the FEB indicated that it would contribute to “giving visibility to Spanish basketball”.
THE FEB It is the second with the most sports licenses of Europe with more than 411,000 and has organized major events in recent years, such as the 2014 World Cup, the 2018 Women’s World Cup, the 2021 Women’s EuroBasket or the Valencia Pre-Olympics last year.
In addition, organizes six national leaguesas well as all Spanish championships and the activity of all Spanish teams. In recent years, Absolute Masculin has prepared its most important championships in Madrid, playing one of the preparation matches at the WiZink Center.
THE Community of Madrid It regularly and periodically promotes and hosts major sporting competitions, becoming a point of reference for national and international sport. In fact, the region offers tourists a wide and quality leisure and sport offer, and it is the autonomy which includes, to a large extent, the greatest number of events at the national level.
The Regional Executive promotes different actions to encourage Madrid as a sports tourism destinationincluding sponsorships for different events, actions capable of mobilizing relevant tourist flows and marketing actions in collaboration with other entities.
