Gilas Pilipinas is keeping its finger crossed after forward Carl Tamayo went down with a sprained ankle injury in its pulsating 82-81 escape against Jordan to open the second round of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Tamayo went down with the injury after stepping on the foot of one of the...
Fans raved through the bad weather and came in droves expecting a thriller. Gilas Pilipinas gave them a game to remember. The Nationals weathered the hot start from Jordan and then leaned on heroics of CJ Perez, Kevin Quiambao and Kai Sotto to hack out a much-needed 82-81 overtime victory in the...
Iran missed two crucial shots from point-blank range to drop a 91-93 overtime defeat against New Zealand in the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers at the Mall of Asia Arena on Friday, Aug. 28. Tall Black’s Sam Waardenburg blocked the first attempt of Team Melli’s Mohammad Amini before the...
The Gilas Pilipinas women’s team booked a spot to the FIBA U23 3x3 World Cup after topping the sixth and final leg of Nations League Asia SEA Conference with a pulsating 17-15 win over Chinese Taipei in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia on Sunday, Aug. 23. In dire need of valuable points to qualify to the...
The Gilas Pilipinas Boys team failed to assert its mastery of Chinese Taipei, dropping a 78-89 defeat to settle for eighth place in the 2026 FIBA U18 Asia Cup at the Veer Savarkar Stadium in Ahmedabad, India on Sunday, Aug. 23. The Nationals couldn’t sustain their strong start as the vengeful...
The Gilas Pilipinas women’s team narrowly avoided a winless stint in the 2026 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament after fending off Senegal, 79-75, at the Arena Astros in Guadalajara, Mexico on Friday, Aug. 21. Vanessa de Jesus, Sophia Dignadice and Kacey Dela Rosa conspired in the...
The Gilas Pilipinas women’s team suffered a huge collapse in the second half to absorb a stinging 58-61 loss to host Mexico to open the FIBA Olympic pre-qualifying tournament at the Arena Astros in Guadalajara on Tuesday, Aug. 18 The Nationals went off to a hot start, leading by as many as 15...
The Gilas Pilipinas Boys team erupted in the second half and blew past Thailand, 91-62, to advance to the playoffs in the FIBA U18 Asia Cup at the Veer Savarkar Indoor Stadium in Ahmedabad in India on Monday, Aug. 17. The Nationals bucked a slow start before finally getting their bearings going...
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone is just as clueless as everyone whether Kai Sotto will be available for the crucial August window of the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers and the country’s title defense in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. “No word,” said Cone. “Even for the Asian Games,...
The coaching staff of Gilas Pilipinas will be juggling their time to train two different compositions of the national team for the upcoming tournaments in the August window of the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers and for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Gilas head coach Tim Cone has no other...
Several new faces are set to give the Gilas Pilipinas Boys team a much-needed boost in its bid in the 2026 FIBA U18 Asian Championships in Ahmedabad, India from Aug. 13 to 23. The 6-foot-7 Filipino-American Elias Gish from Far Eastern University provides the Nationals the ceiling they need...
Gilas dropped three places to No. 39 in the FIBA men’s world ranking following a winless run in the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. The Nationals were previously on the No. 36 spot in the world rankings but slipped to a lower placing after a 102-106 overtime loss to New Zealand and a 49-92...
