Philippines will co-host the 2023 FIBA World Cup along with Indonesia and Japan and Coach Chot Reyes is preparing early by naming the Gilas Pilipinas player pool for 2023.
Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool for 2023 FIBA World Cup
Guards
Robert Lee Bolick
Jaymar Perez
Juan Gomez De Liaño
Christian Standhardinger who currently plays for Hong Kong Eastern in the ASEAN Basketball League had a monster game with 40 points, 17 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 assists against Mono Vampire of Thailand.
FIBA just announced that Philippines, Japan and Indonesia will host the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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Even after a 2-0 record in the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, Philippines down 1 rank in the FIBA World Ranking for Men, from 30 to 31.
Gilas Pilipinas, in the confines and comforts of home, took a while to get going, and they needed a certain four-time PBA MVP to finally find their bearings.
With the nationals struggling early, June Mar Fajardo came off the bench and gave the team a much-needed boost, scoring often against an overmatched Chinese-Taipei frontline. The gentle giant from Cebu led the team back from an early 14-point deficit, scoring 9 points and sending counterpart Quincy Davis to the bench due to foul trouble.
Gilas Pilipinas will face Chinese-Taipei on November 27, 2017 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in their 2nd game of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
Gilas Pilipinas may have started the FIBA World Cup qualifiers with a win, but if their performance against Japan is any indication, then this iteration of Gilas might be in big trouble.
In a case of taking half a step forward and several steps back, the nationals struggled to put away a young but game Japanese squad, ultimately needing the brilliance of Jayson Castro and timely baskets from Andray Blatche, Matthew Wright, and RR Pogoy to outlast their counterparts from the Land of the Rising Sun.
Gilas Pilipinas vs Chinese-Taipei on November 27, 7:30pm at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in their 2nd game of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
Gilas Pilipinas Coach Chot Reyes has opted to used the same line-up they used against Japan last November 24.
Gilas Pilipinas Final 12 Roster vs Chinese-Taipei
-Calvin Abueva
-Japeth Aguilar