The Philippines' bid, which was presented by Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP; the national basketball federation) president Manuel V. Pangilinan, SBP secretary-general Sonny Barrios, Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Chito Salud and former FIBA Asia secretary general Moying Materlino, included hosting the games at the newly constructed Mall of Asia Arena.

[2] The Lebanese bid was presented by national team player Fadi El Khatib, which was a 10-minute video demonstration of the venues, of which Ghazir Club Court would be the primary arena.

[3] The FIBA Asia Executive Committee awarded the tournament to Lebanon, which shall be hosting its first championship.

[4] Beirut was the host of the 2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Asian club championship.

However, the final between Lebanese club Al-Riyadi and Mahram Tehran was put off due to political tension in the city.

[5] However, with the escalating Syrian civil war, FIBA Asia announced in January 2013 that they shall move the championship to the Philippines, after the SBP expressed willingly to still host the event.

However, after the country's basketball federation was suspended indefinitely by FIBA due to unresolved conflicts within the country's national basketball federation,[7] they were replaced by fourth-placer Iraq,[8] who declined due to lack of preparation time, and FIBA Asia instead invited the United Arab Emirates to replace them.

The TV5 airings of Philippines games were consistently among the top ten telecasts of the night throughout the tournament, and even beat shows from ABS-CBN and GMA in Mega Manila.