The current FIBA rules stipulate that closing competitions must not only be held in the same city, but also in a 15,000-seat venue -- and only the Serbian capital has one.
Postojeća pravila FIBA predviđaju da završni turnir mora da bude održan u istom gradu. Zahteva se i hala od petnaest hiljada sedišta, kakvu ima samo glavni grad Srbije.