MIES, Switzerland/TENERIFE, Spain (FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018) - The first wave of tickets for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018 are available with the 'venue pass' going on sale on Tuesday.

The 'venue pass' is the first of three ticket types which can be purchased to take in the action at FIBA's flagship women's competition, taking place from September 22-30 in Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands.

The venue pass ranges in price from €24.50 to €112, with discounts of 30 percent in the Group Phase and 20 percent in the Final Phase in effect.

The 'day pass', the second ticket type, will go on sale at the end of June. Finally, the 'session ticket', the third option, will be made available on August 6.

For full information about tickets, go to womensbasketballworldcup/2018/tickets.

The 16 teams in action at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018 are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Greece, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Spain, Turkey and the USA.

The Group Phase and Quarter-Final Qualifications will be held across the Tenerife Sports Pavilion Santiago Martin in San Cristóbal de La Laguna and the Palacio Municipal de Deportes "Quico Cabrera" in Santa Cruz.

The Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals will then take center stage in the Tenerife Sports Pavilion Santiago Martin.

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