Canada Basketball – The accreditation process for the first window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers opened on Monday October 23 (12:00 CET).

Canada will open the qualifying process on Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax against Bahamas with tip-off scheduled for 8:00 PM.

Local and international media representatives wishing to attend a game are invited to apply for accreditation online, through the FIBA Media Portal.

Media representatives who have not previously registered with the Portal will need to create a profile before completing their application. Creating a profile or logging in to a previous existing account is not an application in itself. Applicants are required to complete all steps and complete all required fields.

To apply for a specific game each media person must:

• Log-in to the FIBA Media Portal or create a new profile (only if new user)
• Select one of the Qualifiers from the event list: African Qualifiers, Americas Qualifiers, Asian Qualifiers or European Qualifiers
• Select the game(s) to attend during the first window

Media credentials will be awarded on the basis of the professional history of the applying media, relevance to the event and basketball in general, as well as space availability in the venues.

The National Federation hosting a game will, ultimately, be responsible for the delivery of the accreditation decisions and distribution of badges for any home game however applying media must initially proceed as described above. 
 
You will find a list of National Federations Media Officers contacts in the FIBA Media Centre.

For further queries please email accreditation@fiba.com
 

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For more information, contact:
Matt Walker, mwalker@basketball.ca