Gilas Pilipinas at Fiba U17 World Cup
Schedule, roster for Fiba Under-17 World Basketball Cup.
Gilas Pilipinas boys team begins its campaign in the 2024 Fiba Under-17 Basketball World Cup, which will run from June 29 to July 7 in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Philippines is bracketed with Lithuania, Spain and Puerto Rico in Group A.
China, USA, France, and Guinea round out Group B while Argentina, host Türkiye, New Zealand, Italy headline Group C. Egypt, Germany, Canada, Australia are slotted in Group D.
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The Gilas boys earned their spot in the World Cup after a semifinal stint in the Fiba U16 Asian Championship last year.
This is the Philippines’ third appearance in the U17 World Cup after Gilas’ first two campaigns in 2014 and 2018.
Gilas Pilipinas at Fiba U17 Basketball World Cup Group stage schedule
Gilas Pilipinas plays a round-robin format with teams in its group in the group phase from June 29 to July 2.
All four teams per group advance to the next round, where Groups A and B and Group C and D will face each other in a crossover format. The match-ups are based on their group phase ranking.
June 29, Saturday
- 5:30pm – Lithuania vs Gilas Pilipinas
June 30, Sunday
- 8:30pm – Gilas Pilipinas vs Spain
July 2, Tuesday
- 8pm – Gilas Pilipinas vs Puerto Rico
July 3, Wednesday
July 5, Friday
July 6, Saturday
July 7, Sunday
Philippines’ roster at Fiba U17 Basketball World Cup
- 0 – Noah Banal
- 1 – Joaquin Gabriel Ludovice
- 2 – Elijah Mark Williams
- 5 – Paul Cyron Diao
- 6 – Irus Chua
- 8 – Bonn Ervin Daja
- 11 – Kurt Nathan Velasquez
- 12 – Dominic Joaquin Arejola
- 13 – Samuel Alegre
- 25 – Cletz David Amos
- 26 – Edryn Morales
- 38 – Jaime Lorenzo Gomez de Liano
Kieffer Alas, who starred in the Gilas U16 run, was replaced due to injury.
