In this May 31, 2019 photo, Yang Liwei (center) of China vies with Jessica Kuster of Canadian-American Women All-Stars Team during the 2019 International Women's Basketball Challenge in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Basketball's global governing body FIBA announced on Monday that the women's Olympic qualifying tournament to be held in Foshan, China would instead be relocated to the Serbian capital of Belgrade, amid concerns over the spread of novel coronavirus in China.

The basketball tournament will be played from Feb 6 to 9

The tournament will be played from February 6 to 9, the same dates as originally planned, and will feature China, Spain, Britain and South Korea, with top three finishers advancing to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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"After having carefully evaluated the developments regarding the coronavirus outbreak and placing as main priority the safety of the participating players and team delegation members, the FIBA Executive Committee decided to relocate the tournament to Belgrade, Serbia, where one of the other three FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments will be played," read a FIBA statement.

The other two competition sites are Bourges, France and Ostend, Belgium.