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May 31, 2010, 5:29 pm
Quote:[size="3"]Eurobasket 2011 dates announced[/size]
Eurobasket 2011, which will be hosted by Lithuania, will take place through September 3-18. The city in which the home team will play its group stage games will be announced in Septmeber 2010. Host cities will be Alytus, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Panevezys, Siauliai and Vilnius. Group stage games will be played in Alytus, Klaipeda, Panevezys and Siauliai.
The draw for Eurobasket 2011 group stage will be held in January 2011 in Vilnius. First tickets will go sale in March 2011.
So far three out of six arenas are open that will be hosting Eurobasket 2011 games. Those are Cido Arena (Panevezes), Siauliai Arena (Siauliai) and Siemens Arena (Vilnius).
It is expected that final will take place in Zalgiris Arena (Kaunas) which is expected to be opened at the end of the year. The capacity of the new arena will be around 15,000.
http://www.talkbasket.net/news/eurobaske...-3063.html