MIES, Switzerland (2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup) - 'Follow Your Team' passes for the Final Round of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup went on sale on Wednesday 16 October 2013.

By allowing fans to easily secure a seat for all games of their favourite team, the 'Follow Your Team' passes represent the ideal ticket option for fans who plan to travel to Spain next summer (30 August-14 September 2014).

The 'Follow Your Team - Final Round Pass' is the third and final of its type. It gives fans the opportunity to already secure tickets for the Final Round games of their team of choice.

Over the summer, two other Follow Your Team passes went on sale with a starting price of €27 per game:
• The 'Follow Your Team - Preliminary Round Pass' grants access to the five Preliminary Round games of a chosen team.
• The 'Follow Your Team - All Rounds Pass' takes the Preliminary Round Pass one step further, by securing a seat to all the games of a chosen team throughout the entire 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, from the Preliminary Round all the way to the Final Round.

Purchasing a Follow Your Team Pass is very easy: fans simply choose their team, the phases they plan to attend and the ticket category. With an advance fee of 5 EUR per game, they can then relax and look forward to the draw in early 2014.

However, all three Follow Your Team passes are only available until the draw takes place on 3 February, and in limited numbers for each country - the remaining allocation is already under 30% for a number of them.

After the draw, three remaining ticket categories will go on sale according to the following timeline:
• Venue Pass: On sale from 4 February 2014
• Day Pass: On sale from 5 May 2014
• Session tickets: On sale from 1 July 2014

To buy tickets, visit http://www.fiba.basketball/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/tickets/p/tickets.html.

Twenty of the 24 teams that will make up the field in FIBA's flagship competition in Spain next year (30 August-14 September 2014) have qualified with the remaining four to be determined through the allocation of wild cards.

Qualified teams for 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup (by zone)
1 Host country: Spain
1 Olympic champion: USA
3 teams from Africa: Angola, Egypt and Senegal
4 teams from Americas: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Dominican Republic
3 teams from Asia: Iran, Philippines and Korea
6 teams from Europe: France, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Serbia
2 teams from Oceania: Australia and New Zealand
4 wild cards: to be announced on 2 February 2014

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About the FIBA Basketball World Cup

The first-ever FIBA Basketball World Cup will take place in 2014 in Spain.

The Preliminary Round will be played from Saturday 30 August to Thursday 4 September in Bilbao, Seville, Granada and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The Final Round will be hosted in the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona and in the Palacio de los Deportes of Madrid from Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 September.

The FIBA Basketball World Cup, known from 1950 until 2010 as the FIBA World Championship, is the flagship event of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

The winners of the FIBA Basketball World Cup get to celebrate their crowning moment by holding aloft the Naismith Trophy, named after the inventor of basketball, Dr James Naismith.

Go to www.fiba.basketball/spain2014 to find out more.