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FIBA Asia Championship Day 2 Results

Day 2 of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha, China (September 24, 2015)

Matt Ganuelas-Rosser

2015 FIBA Asia Championship Day 2 Results
Group B Game 1: Philippines defeated Hong Kong, 101-50
Top Scorer: Jayson William with 21 points

FIBA Asia Championship Day 1 Results

Opening Day of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha, China (September 23, 2015)

Gilas Pilipinas vs Palestine

2015 FIBA Asia Championship Day 1 Results
Group B Game 1: Hong Kong defeated Kuwait, 87-50
Top Scorer: Ki Lee with 15 points

Group B Game 2: Palestine defeated Gilas Pilipinas, 75-73

Reality Check

The classification phase was supposed to be a cakewalk for Team Pilipinas, the calm before the proverbial storm. The thinking was Gilas 3.0 would breeze through this round, all while perfecting Coach Tab Baldwin’s swing offense and fine-tuning every weapon in the arsenal. The team, after all, was grouped with a trio of “lightweights”—Palestine, Hong Kong, and Kuwait.

Palestine vs Gilas Pilipinas

No one expected the storm to come right at day one, though.

Good luck Gilas Pilipinas in the FIBA Asia Championship

Gilas Pilipinas Player Roster

2015 FIBA Asia Championship starts September 23 in Changsha, China. Good luck Gilas Pilipinas!

Say a prayer for these 12 brave souls (plus the coaching staff) who will fight for our Country in the next few days!

Gilas Pilipinas Player Roster for 2015 FIBA Asia Championship

Gilas Pilipinas flies to Changsha today

Gilas Pilipinas players and coaching staff are on their way to Changsha, China for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship which starts on Wednesday, September 23, 2015.

Gilas Pilipinas flies to Changsha today

Road to Rio 2016 starts in 2 days vs Palestine at 11:45am. View 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Full Schedule

Final Roster for FIBA Asia:

Gilas Pilipinas stays at No. 3 in FIBA Asia Power Rankings Week 3

FIBA Asia Power Rankings Week 3

Iran, China and Gilas Pilipinas did not move in the FIBA Asia Power Rankings Week 3 and still No. 1, 2 and 3. Jordan which is coached by Rajko Toroman moved to No. 4 while Chinese-Taipei and South Korea dropped in the rankings.

2015 FIBA Asia Championship Full Schedule

2015 FIBA Asia Championship Schedule

Second Round Groups
Group E – Iran, Palestine, Philippines, Japan, India, Hong Kong
Group F – China, Qatar, Lebanon, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Jordan

Second Round – The results against the teams that had also qualified would carry over. The teams shall play the teams from the group they had not faced before. The top four teams from each group would proceed to the final round

Second Round Schedule
Sunday, September 27
Venue: CSWC Dayun
9:30am – Iran vs Hong Kong
11:45am – Palestine vs India

Road to Rio 2016

In order for Gilas Pilipinas to automatically qualify for the 2016 Olympics Basketball in Rio de Janeiro, they must win the Gold Medal in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha, China from September 23-October 3, 2015.

Road to Rio 2016