PR N°14 - Online accreditation for FIBA World Championship drawing to a close

GENEVA/ISTANBUL (FIBA World Championship) – With the deadline for application for accreditation to this summer’s FIBA World Championship in Turkey one week away, interested media are reminded to finalise their applications.

The application process, which requires all media wishing to attend the Championship to fill in and submit an online application form, has been open since December 2009 and will close on 1st June 2010.

Requests received after this date WILL NOT be taken into consideration.

Access restricted, the registration portal is protected by the following password (case sensitive): FIBA*2010.

Please note that the application process is an online service only; it will not be possible to obtain accreditation for this event by any other means.

The form is available at www.fiba.basketball/media-accreditation.

We would like to remind you that the online registration form is an application only and accordingly does not guarantee accreditation to the event. FIBA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) will inform all applicants of the success of their requests no later than 15th June 2010.

For further information, please contact FIBA Communications at accreditation@fiba.com if you report to a media organisation with head offices outside of Turkey. If you report to a media organisation based within Turkey please contact the Communications Department of the Local Organising Committee at SancarS@tbf.org.tr.

FIBA’s accreditation system allows representatives of the worldwide media to provide the necessary information quickly and simply without administrative hustle, and is designed to ensure the best possible working conditions and facilities for journalists attending the event.


About FIBA

FIBA (www.fiba.basketball), the world governing body for basketball, is an independent association formed by 213 National Basketball Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in basketball by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Its main upcoming events are the 2010 FIBA World Championships for Men and Women, to take place in Turkey and in the Czech Republic respectively.

For further information about the 2010 FIBA World Championship, visit the event website, the FIBA twitter page  or the FIBA Facebook page.