After a few practice sessions with Gilas 4.0, Kiefer Ravena was officially added to the Gilas Pilipinas player pool for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament as confirmed by Coach Tab Baldwin.
Updated Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool for FIBA Olympic Qualifier
-June Mar Fajardo
-Marcio Lassiter
-Greg Slaughter
FIBA was supposed to announce the 3 winning bids for the hosting of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments on November 23, 2015 but decided to move it to January 19, 2016 due to “technical reasons”.
16 PBA Players named in the Gilas Pilipinas player pool for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament have confirmed attendance to the 1st Practice tonight, November 9, 2015, 8pm at the Meralco Gym.
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has formally submitted to FIBA our intent to host one of the three 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments from July 4-10, 2016.
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be held from July 5-10, 2016. 18 teams divided into 3 tournaments with 6 teams each and the winner of each tournament gets a slot in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Teams Qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifiers
EuroBasket 2015
-France