Croatia defeated Gilas Pilipinas, 81-78
2014 FIBA World Cup Preliminary Round
August 30 – Seville, Spain
Game Highlights:
-Andray Blatche led Gilas Pilipinas with 28 points and 12 rebounds (3/4 from 3)
-Jeff Chan scored 17 points (4/6 from 3) and also with 4 steals
-Marc Pingris with 10 points and 4 rebounds (5/8 from the field)
-Jayson Castro William with 6 points including a 2-pointer that forced OT
2014 FIBA World Cup Group B Teams (FIBA Rankings)
Argentina (#3)
Greece (#5)
Croatia (#16)
Puerto Rico (#17)
Philippines (#34)
Sanegal (#41)
2014 FIBA World Cup Group B Teams Player Roster
Argentina Player Roster
Luis Scola, Andres Nocioni, Pablo Prigioni, Matias Bortolin, Facundo Campazzo, Marcos Delia, Tayavek Gallizzi, Leo Gutierrez, Walter Herrmann, Nicolas Laprovittola, Marcos Mata, Salem Safar
Average Height: 6’6
Average Age: 28 years old
Croatia Player Roster
Dario Saric, Roko Ukic, Oliver Lafayette, Kunoslav Simon, Bojan Bogdanovic, Mario Hazonja, Luka Babic, Damjan Rudez, Damir Markota, Luka Zoric, Ante Tomic, Luksa Andric
Average Height: 6’6″
Average Age: 28 years old
Batang Gilas Philippine Under 18 National Basketball Team participated in the 2014 FIBA Asia U18 Championship last August 19-28, 2014 in Doha, Qatar.
Batang Gilas Record: 5 wins, 3 losses
Final Standing: 5th Place
Player Statistics: (Top 5)
Ranbill Tongco – 15ppg, 2.4rpg, 3.3apg
Kobe Paras – 11.6ppg, 6.0rpg, 1.5apg
Paul Desiderio – 11.4ppg, 5.9rpg, 2.4rpg
Mark Anthony Dyke – 10.8ppg, 9.4rpg, 0.8apg
Jose Go – 5.9ppg, 2.5rpg, 2.6apg
Batang Gilas FIBA Asia U18 Game Results
Preliminary Round
Game 1: Batang Gilas defeated Jordan, 85-60
Top Scorer: Ranbill Tongco – 24 points
Read recap: Batang Gilas defeats Jordan
Watch the 2014 FIBA World Cup Games Live Online at the Official Livestream of FIBA at LiveBasketball.TV
If you are in the Philippines, you can also watch at News5 Everywhere Free Livestream at http://n5e.interaksyon.com/live/0A999CBBC5/live-tv5
Gilas Pilipinas lost to Dominican Republic, 86-79
Leading Scorer: Gabe Norwood – 17 points
Read recap: Dominican Republic defeats Gilas Pilipinas in last Tune-up game
Watch Video: Gilas Pilipinas vs Dominican Republic Highlights Video
Gilas Pilipinas defeated Egypt, 74-65
Leading Scorer: Jeff Chan – 20 points
Read recap: Gilas Pilipinas defeats Egypt in Tune-up game
Watch Video: Gilas Pilipinas vs Egypt Highlights Video
Gilas Pilipinas lost to Angola, 83-74
Leading Scorer: Andray Blatche – 33 points
Read recap: Angola defeats Gilas Pilipinas in Tune-up game
Photos of Gilas Pilipinas players and coaching staff in Seville, Spain getting ready for the FIBA World Cup from the Instagram/Twitter Accounts of Jimmy Alapag, LA Tenorio, Paul Lee, Assistant Coach Josh Reyes and Coach Chot Reyes.
This is it! pic.twitter.com/wNpPa3IBpQ
— Chot Reyes (@coachot) August 27, 2014
2014 FIBA Asia U18 Championship Final Day Game Results
August 28, 2014 – Doha, Qatar
Finals: China defeated Iran, 66-48
Battle for 3rd Place: South Korea defeated Chinese-Taipei, 70-58
Battle for 5th Place: Philippines defeated Japan in OT, 113-105
Read recap at Batang Gilas defeats Japan in OT for 5th Place
Battle for 7th Place: Malaysia defeated Kazakhstan, 86-74
2014 FIBA Asia U18 Championship Final Rankings
1 – China
2 – Iran
Croatia National Basketball Team Player Roster for the 2014 FIBA World Cup
– Ante Tomic
– Luksa Andric
– Oliver Lafayette
– Bojan Bogdanovic
– Dario Saric
Watch Gilas Pilipinas players Japeth Aguilar, Gabe Norwood, Ranidel de Ocampo and other FIBA Basketball World Cup players sing and dance to the tune of “Sube la copa”, the Official song of the 2014 FIBA World Cup performed by Huecco.