Japan is in Group B of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers along with Gilas Pilipinas, Chinese-Taipei and Australia.
Japan 24-man Player Pool for 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers
-Seiya Ando
-Yudai Baba
-Ira Brown
2017 PBA Governors Cup – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel dominated Game 1 of the best-of-seven finals series against Meralco Bolts, 102-87 led by import Justin Brownlee with 32 points, 19 rebounds and 6 assists.
Watch Ginebra vs Meralco Finals Game 1 Highlights Video
MIES, Switzerland – FIBA on Wednesday launched the new FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike.
The innovative game-based ranking factors in results from official games played by 153 national teams and will be updated after every window of Qualifiers and following the conclusion of top official FIBA competitions.
The new ranking is based on results of games ranging from regional pre-qualifiers all the way to the FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, and includes the Olympic Basketball Tournament as well as the Continental Cups. The previous ranking was purely competition-based and only took into account the final standings of tournaments.
Philippines is now ranked No. 30 down 3 places in the FIBA World Ranking for Men updated last October 11, 2017.
According to Gilas Pilipinas Coach Chot Reyes, the Gilas Pilipinas Training Camp will start on November 3 in preparation for the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers which will start end of November 2017.
Kiefer Ravena will finally join the 2017 PBA Rookie Draft to be held on October 29 at Robinsons Place Manila.
2017 PBA Governors Cup Finals – Meralco Bolts vs Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in a rematch of the Governors Cup Finals last year where Ginebra won in Game 7 with the game-winning shot of Justin Browlee,
2017 PBA Governors Cup Finals Schedule
Game 1: Fri, October 13, 7pm – Quezon Convention Center, Lucena
Game 2: Sun, October 15, 6:30pm – Smart Araneta Coliseum
Jeron Teng who recently played for Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas in the 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup has submitted his application in the 2017 PBA Rookie Draft.
TNT import Glen Rice Jr. was thrown out in Game 4 of the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel vs TNT Ka Tropa Semifinals series in the 2017 PBA Governors Cup. Ginebra will face Meralco in the finals in the rematch of the finals series last year.
Watch: Glen Rice Jr thrown out of TNT vs Ginebra Game 4