2013 Philippine U16 NT

[yogaflame]

how long are his arms? i think it reached the top of the white square(at the peak of his jump)..
his lift is almost japeth-like..for a 16 year-old kid..wow with that athleticism and if he can develop and polish his skills well, he will have a very bright future.

Depends where he lands in his college. I hope he consider playing in USA, but DLSU basketball is a good system since they always play big, they always use two big players at once. I hope they will train him to be a SF or SG, or a stretch four.

 

[reamily]

Kobe wouldnt be playing here in college unless the call in showbiz is inevitable..

 

[nardy]

FIBA U18 3X3: Argentina won the mens Gold by winning all its 11 games after in beat France in the Finals 13-7. With the tournament over they ranked Philippines #18, for Asia-Pacific ranked ahead of us are only China #6 and NZ #17.

In my opinion we could have done better. I truly feel that default loss to China emotionally drained the boys that resulted in us losing our last 3 games in the 2nd round .... its really heart breaking since we were leading China13-12 with 9 seconds to go when the ref called a foul on Arvin that made him foul out thus joining Thirdy, Kobe and Prince who all fouled out earlier, with no players to finish the game, a 20-0 win was awarded to China. The boys lost focus after that game with China which FIBA said was the most fierce in the whole tournament then that 1 point loss to Bulgaria several hours later broke the camel's back.

However its gratifying Kobe stole the show in Jakarta after winning the Gold Medal of the Honda Dunking Contest of the tournament.

 

[JAMSKIE]

Lets pray that Japan beats Taiwan & we'll win versus India today(I'm confident we'll beat India). I hope what happened to Gilas-2 in the 2013 FIBA-asia Championship will repeat with our U-16 team. Go go Japan, beat Taiwan please!

 

[engwan]

Lets pray that Japan beats Taiwan & we'll win versus India today(I'm confident we'll beat India). I hope what happened to Gilas-2 in the 2013 FIBA-asia Championship will repeat with our U-16 team. Go go Japan, beat Taiwan please!

Groups E and F for this tournament looks eerily similar to the recent FIBA Asia Championship in Manila.

China, Korea, Iran + 1 weaker team in one group.

PH, Taipei, Jordan, Japan in the other bracket.

Plus, if Japan beats TPE and we beat India, we have a triple tie at 1st place which will go to the quotient again. (Just like FIBA Asia)

We are -5 (TPE) and +18 (JPN) = +13
TPE is +5, so they'll never be first if they lose.
JPN is -18, so they need to beat TPE by at least 31 pts to snatch first place.

So it's beat TPE but not more than 31 pts

Hope we get the same result, or even better

 

[engwan]

Japan is up by 10 with 7 mins left in the game.

Looking good for us.

 

[jundakki]

Whoaaa , Japan beats CT by 20, we only need to beat India then we're #1.

 

[jundakki]

Phi might face Syria if IRI beats Bahrain.

 

[engwan]

Whoaaa , Japan beats CT by 20, we only need to beat India then we're #1.

I know this is thinking too far ahead but if we get #1, we will most probably face Syria in the QF (Granted Iran beats Bahrain later).

If we win against Syria and KOR takes care of TPE in the QF, we'll face them in the semis.

August 10, 2013 all over again

 

[jundakki]

What is at stake for this U16 ? Is the top 2 placers qualify for the 2014 U17 world championships in Dubai?

 

[Silent Killer]

What is at stake for this U16 ? Is the top 2 placers qualify for the 2014 U17 world championships in Dubai?

Top 3..

 

[jundakki]

Top 3..

Is it top 3? because in the last edition of 2012 U17 , only China & Korea qualified and only 12 teams participated. Did they increase the number of participating teams?

 

[Silent Killer]

Is it top 3? because in the last edition of 2012 U17 , only China & Korea qualified and only 12 teams participated. Did they increase the number of participating teams?

16 teams suppose to play this year but 2 countries back out. Thats why group c and group d have only 3 teams each.

 

[engwan]

Hard to find info on the net regarding the U17 qualifications.

From http://www.usab.com/mens/u17/just_the_facts.html

2014 QUALIFIED TEAMS (16): In addition to host UAE; qualified for the 2014 U17 FIBA World Championship from the FIBA Americas Zone are Argentina (silver medalist) Canada (bronze medalist), Puerto Rico (fourth place) and the USA (gold medalist); while 11 additional nations will qualify through their respective FIBA zones listed below.

FIBA Africas U16 Championship: June 27 - July 6 || Madagascar
FIBA Asia U16 Championship: Sept. 25 - Oct 4 || Iran
FIBA Europe U16 Championship: Aug. 8-18 || Ukraine
FIBA Oceania U16 Championship: Sept. 1 || Australia


Doesn't mention though how many from each zone. It might be 2 from Oceania and 3 from the others.

 

[jundakki]

16 teams suppose to play this year but 2 countries back out. Thats why group c and group d have only 3 teams each.

I read from this link that only 12 teams participated on that 2012 staging http://www.talkbasket.net/6158-2012-u17-world-championship-to-be-held-in-lithuania.html

 

[engwan]

16 teams suppose to play this year but 2 countries back out. Thats why group c and group d have only 3 teams each.

I think he's referring to the U17 worlds.

Anyway, from the link I posted above, it looks like 16 teams will be playing. So most probably it's top 3 from Asia.

 

[jundakki]

And this official website http://kaunas2012.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/fu17wc/men/p/group-standing.html

 

[engwan]

And this official website http://kaunas2012.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/fu17wc/men/p/group-standing.html

Yup, that's 12 for 2012. But from the link I posted, looks like it will be 16 in 2014.

It will be great for Pilipinas Basketball to be represented again in the world stage.

Our Gilas team, plus our 3x3 team, now hopefully this U17 team.

 

[engwan]

so, I found an article that says the top 3 teams go to the worlds:

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/508691/20130925/2013-championship-fiba-asia-under-16-day.htm

 

[durden_tyler]

so, I found an article that says the top 3 teams go to the worlds:

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/508691/20130925/2013-championship-fiba-asia-under-16-day.htm

Top 3 indeed as the official fibaasia site also states:

http://tehran2013.fibaasia.net/EventGuide.aspx

Brace up to watch the stars of the future!

Top three teams book ticket to Dubai

· The 3rd FIBA Asia U16 will be the fourth occasion the Iranian capital of Tehran will host a FIBA Asia event.

· Tehran earlier hosted the (now discontinued) 4th FIBA Asia U20 Championship in 2004, the 18th FIBA Asia Champions Cup in 2007 and the 21st FIBA Asia U18 Championship in 2008.

· Incidentally, Iranian teams have won the gold medal on all the three occasions the event was held in Tehran.

· The top three teams from the 3rd FIBA Asia U16 Championship will represent FIBA Asia in the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship.