KIEV, Feb. 8 - Ukraine expects the arrival of more than one million fans during the final tournament of the European Basketball Championship in 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Vilkul said.

"Over one million fans from other countries are expected to visit the host cities [in Ukraine] during EuroBasket 2015," Vilkul said in Kiev on Friday at a meeting of the coordinating committee on preparations for EuroBasket 2015, which was attended by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

During this event, Vilkul also presented a strategy for the development of the national sports infrastructure for this tournament.