Indonesia to host 2021 FIBA Asia Cup

The International Basketball Federation on Friday named Indonesia as the host of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup.

FIBA Asia President Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani said choosing Indonesia as the host of the regional tourney "is a massive step forward towards developing basketball in the country."

Indonesian Basketball Federation President Danny Kosasih, meanwhile, said that being chosen as the host of Asian basketball's biggest tourney is "an excellent platform for Indonesia to display its basketball potential."

"It will also help us to prepare ourselves for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, both as an organizer and a national team," he said in a press release.

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The regional tourney which will feature the top 16 teams from Asia and Oceania will be held on August 16 to 28, 2021.

This is the second time that Indonesia will host the event. It also hosted the 1993 FIBA Asia tourney, where China won its ninth continental championship.

Indonesia will also host the 2023 FIBA World Cup, alongside the Philippines and Japan. —Justin Kenneth Carandang/MGP, GMA News