The Israel Basketball Association has submitted its application to host next year's Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament. It also hopes to be chosen for an early stage in Eurobasket 2017.
The Pre-Olympic games will feature 18 national teams competing against each other in games in three different countries. It further appeals to Israel because the host countries are automatically eligible to play. Israel was knocked out of the competition after losing to both France and Italy.
The allocating committee's final decision will be announced in December.